Laura's song and kick sledding

Laura bursts into long medleys of song every now and then and I finally caught part of one on tape:

It was 40 degrees here last weekend (though you'd never know it from the -20 this morning!) and we rented a kick sled from Lebanon hills park and went to play on the frozen lake. Laura really like to sit on the very end of the sled so she could "fall off" face foward into the snow whenever she wanted to. She thought it was hilarious. This is really the first time that she really enjoyed the snow. After playing outside, we sat by a fire ring and had a snack, then went into the visitors center to see the turtle and play with some toys. It was a lot of fun!

Ponytails, vacuuming and fireman Jim

I found a little vacuum for 50 cents at Goodwill and it has been a big hit!

Here's my attempt at ponytails in Laura's whispy hair. She doesn't look to amused, huh? But she tolerated it well.

In case you haven't heard, Jim has started volunteering with the city's fire department. He's still in training, but still gets the pages and can go to the station and help clean up the truck after the calls. He had to bring his uniform home one night to transfer it from one station to another, so I got some pictures:

A few from home

Laura's first snowman...

I know its a sad little snowman, but the snow just wouldn't stick together.

When Laura was really little, Aunt Emma gave her a bunch of puppets and these curtains to make a stage. We finally pulled them out the other day and she has been obessed with them ever since.

Christmas

I found the CD of the pics from Jim's folks'. Here they are...

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year

We've recuperated well and spent about a week at both family's houses.

Here are some holiday pictures. I'll add some pics as soon as I can find the CD with the pictures on it. (we're still unpacking):