New Kid In The Class

January 24th was Penelope's first day of preschool. She was very excited to attend. I couldn't read how she felt about it after her first class. Miss Kelly said she did great, but she definitely has a stubborn streak. Don't I know it! Best part of her going to preschool for me was when it was time to pick her up, she ran into my arms.

Here she is checking out the classroom.

That's Miss Kelly.

Meeting new friends.

Speed Demon

Penelope is finally gliding and really going the distance on her bike. It's almost a little hard for me to catch up to her when she gets going. I'm terribly proud. It's really neat to see her progress on a bike. She gains just a little speed and she picks up her feet to glide. She laughs while she does it. It's really cute. When she is running out of steam, she pulls a branch from a nearby plant and fills up on gas. There's also a lot of "zoom zoom", "try to catch me", and just plain excitement.

Snow Day

Brace yourselves!  This is what we woke up to.  Why is THIS storm such a big deal?  Still, I'll take it.  What a lovely day.

Here's Pen making a snow angel.

I would like to mention the layers she had on.  She had thermo underwear, long sleeve shirt, vest, scarf, jacket, baby legs, jeans, mittens with pocket warmers in each mitten, socks, and boots rated to -30 degrees.  Oh, a hat.  She's toasty.

And we were off to Cafe Besalu!

We made a snowman!

Hugs.

We were out in the snow all day.  Tomorrow, the rain will wash it all away.

Three

Happy Birthday Penelope! We did not throw a party, but we did our best to give Penelope a fun day. Derek made her blueberry pancakes for breakfast. She made balloon people, had balloon races, rode her bike in the snow, made slime, and had lunch before her nap. After nap, we surprised her with a dozen helium filled balloons. That was a big hit! She opened presents, had cake and skyped with her family and friends. We ended the evening with a confetti popper.