Violet's Favorite Gift from Santa

Our presents were limited this year, due to our severe weather and using most of my energy to drive to work (a good 3 hours of my day). 

I braved the snowy roads and picked up this little table late on Xmas eve (there were about 10 people in IKEA) when little Miss V got up on Xmas the table was waiting for her, she ran straight to it and went right to work coloring.  I have more pictures from Xmas but for now enjoy Violet and her new table.

A comparison of snow

Saturday Vs Sunday night......

Dishes and Cupboards

Violet's latest obsession after being stuck in the house at home for the last 3 days.  Take all the pans out of the cupboards, put all the pans back in.... and then moves to the drawer and pulls all the towels and places them back in (not in a perfectly folded manner either)

Snow Snow and more Snow

Okay I'm done.  It's been one week now of completely unpredictable weather.  I know the fog in Visalia was bad, and the rain can be a pain the spring, but a week of this?  I would say we had at least 8 inches of snow today, and as I sit here typing it's still snowing.  Violet hates it, when you put her on the ground, her face contorts, I think it feels funny on her feet.  

Okay snow, I'm ready for you to be gone, so I can get back to my regular life.  I'll even take rain at this point.

Violet & Santa

Well needless to say Violet was not happy with her first interaction with Santa.  

Violet's second snow

Honestly I don't think she likes it very much.  

Snow

It only snows here a few days a year, and generally it seems to happen in January.  So when the weather forecaster said snow this weekend, I laughed.  They usually aren't right... right?  But here is what we woke up to this morning.  The city is requiring chains to drive in Portland today.  Looks like we may be stuck at home!

Getting Ready

We started to decorate the house last weekend, I always go back and forth on whether we will put the tree up (Yes, it's fake please don't give me a hard time, it is pretty once it's up)  Violet has taken all of the ornaments off of the areas that she can reach, so the tree looks a little funny at the moment.  

The weatherman keeps talking about the possibility of snow this weekend.  I never know if I should believe them or not, they seem to wrong about 90% of the time.  But we are getting ready, I'll let you know what happens!

Who weighs more?

The Bird or the Baby?  I'll give you a hint, we ate the heavier one....

Disneyland

What's a trip to California without going to Disneyland?  Thanks Grandma DeGroot for a fun day!  We had a fun time, the sun was out, and Violet even took a nap in the middle of it all (just in time for Mommy and Daddy to ride Pirates of the Caribbean!)

Small World dressed up Xmas!  Violet's second ride of the day (doesn't she look excited?)

Seriously?  Have you EVER seen this many strollers before?

Violet's first ride!  Storybook... again she looks thrilled!

My favorite ride at Disneyland, alas we will have to wait until Violet is 4' to ride....

Daddy & Grandma waiting in line... really what else do you do at Disneyland?

A week!

Okay I'm really sorry it's been a week.  I feel like we've been really busy, but honestly I feel like that all the time.  We made it home safety from Orange County and returned to our regular life.  It's funny I was so sad on Monday morning when I took Violet to daycare, I thought it was going to be twice as hard for her (she really had a lot of fun with everyone in California).  The moment we stepped into the daycare she went running (yes running) to the kids and was so excited.  She wouldn't stop talking to them (in her own language) I kept trying to get her to give me a kiss good bye but she was so pumped to see her friends I was quickly forgotten.  At least I didn't have to worry about any separation anxiety!  Here are some quick photos from our trip, you can view the rest of the album here. These were all taken at Irvine park, we had a great time picnicking, looking at the ponies, riding the train, and playing with cousins.