Snow Snow Snow!

"Snow, I want to wash my hands, my face and hair with snow. Snow, I long to clear a path and lift a spade of snow. Snow, oh, to see a great big man entirely made of snow...." (Two pats on the head for anyone who knows what movie those lyrics are from.)

These pix are a week old, taken last Monday at Sugarhouse Park. Wowzer, what a storm. The snow was so thick and powdery it was tough to make a path through it; hence, downhill speeds were on the leisurely side. Fewer broken bones that way.

But mama still has the "misery in her hip," making getting up a chore.

As you can see, there were not hordes of tobogganers out that day. But it was still fun and we got some good photos.

Emma is doing well. She is such an intense, active, humorous, alert, insistent little soul. She keeps us on our aging toes. She loves her pre-school classes twice a week. She loves being involved in a project, using her hands. She likes to help cook. Emma's talking a lot, so much that sometimes I can't understand what she's saying. Final consonants are a challenge for her and sometimes she'll use an "h" sound for a middle consonant if she can't pronounce the right one....for instance "water" will come out "wa-her". (I was trying to teach her how to say "water" correctly....well, semi-correctly because I was actually saying "wadder" instead of "water" with a 't'...anyway I was saying, "der, der....wa-DER," so she points to the glass of water and says "DER!") Some words and phrases come out great, though. For instance, she can say "barbecue sauce" very well, and at our house that's important. She can also say "I love you," which is delightful to hear. "I love joo." When I tell her she's my pumpkin, that's her cue to say, "I love joo, too." The other day she had an, er, accident on the floor and when I rounded the corner and saw it, I said, "Emma, what happened?" and she looked up and whispered, "I love joo!" (Hard to be very upset...)

We've been yearning for warmer temps lately. January's kinda long and draggy, if you ask me. I wanna play in the park again!

But all is well. We are very blessed. Hope all is well with our loyal band of readers. We'll try not to wait so long between posts next time (riiiight...)