Raina received a stacking ring tower for xmas last year, and she still enjoys playing with it. Of course, now it's in non-traditional ways.
Raina is always very proud of herself when she creates something new, and she wants to show off her successes. This may be the sixth or seventh iteration of Mr. Potato Head that day. She's just so pleased with herself!
Raina eats either K (special K) or cereal (Shredded Oat Squares) for breakfast. This time, she brought a book to breakfast and read it to herself as she ate. She told the story, turned the pages, and everything. It was eerie to see such an adult action from the little miss.
We had a transparent piggy bank (from ages and ages ago) that stored all of our coins. Raina enjoyed playing with it, carrying it around, turning the bottom, remarking on its weight, and making it oink. Unfortunately, she dropped it one day and it split right in two. She was sad to see it go, but was VERY enthusiastic about moving all the coins into her fishy bank, courtesy of Jessie and Francis. I think it took her a good 20 minutes to move everything over. She had a really good time.
Raina joyous after her weekly bath :)
It's bitterly cold outside and we layer Raina up appropriately if she's playing. Here she's wearing a long-sleeve shirt, a sweater, a jacket with hoodie, long-johns, sweat pants, scarf/belt, sock hat, and mittens to come.
The big kids playground -- her favorite place.
Raina walks around the house and assigns possession to the most mundane, random items. Daddy's shoes, Mommy's computer, Sammy's dog, Raina's toy. She even can specify between Mommy and Sammy's library books. So when she claimed this Douglas Adams book as her own, we did not fight her. For about a week she wanted it read to her, and she happily listened to the story. She even memorized a part: "Click, hum. Click, click, hum. Click, click, click, click, click, click, hum. Hmmm." She laughs hysterically each time she gets to hmmmm.
Oh, the whistle. She overwhelmingly enjoys the pained and tormented looks of her parents each time she pulls it out.
Raina made an ornament at daycare and hung it on the tree on Friday. That action, coupled with viewing all sorts of external xmas lights and decorations, prompted us to put up our own tree. Raina's first xmas had a fully decked tree; last year, we had no lights and only ornaments above her reach. This year, Raina put all the ornaments up herself, so they are concentrated at the lower branches. In fact, the obsessive organizer in Raina kept putting all similar looking ornaments on the same branch. It took a lot of convincing to move snow-people onto multiple branches.
Raina has learned that she can move her stepstool all over the house. She frequently grabs it when we're cooking so she can see all the action. It didn't take her long to realize that the stepstool would be of great assistance for tree decorating. Her favorite part, though, was when an adult picked her up so she could reach the very top.
Raina's finished product.
And for the final piece. Krystal's mom gave us a nativity scene from Alaska, which is mostly mocking of the Inuit people. But the polar bear, wolf, and caribou additions are pretty cute. Raina was entranced.
Raina received a stacking ring tower for xmas last year, and she still enjoys playing with it. Of course, now it's in non-traditional ways.
Raina is always very proud of herself when she creates something new, and she wants to show off her successes. This may be the sixth or seventh iteration of Mr. Potato Head that day. She's just so pleased with herself!
Raina eats either K (special K) or cereal (Shredded Oat Squares) for breakfast. This time, she brought a book to breakfast and read it to herself as she ate. She told the story, turned the pages, and everything. It was eerie to see such an adult action from the little miss.
We had a transparent piggy bank (from ages and ages ago) that stored all of our coins. Raina enjoyed playing with it, carrying it around, turning the bottom, remarking on its weight, and making it oink. Unfortunately, she dropped it one day and it split right in two. She was sad to see it go, but was VERY enthusiastic about moving all the coins into her fishy bank, courtesy of Jessie and Francis. I think it took her a good 20 minutes to move everything over. She had a really good time.
Raina joyous after her weekly bath :)
It's bitterly cold outside and we layer Raina up appropriately if she's playing. Here she's wearing a long-sleeve shirt, a sweater, a jacket with hoodie, long-johns, sweat pants, scarf/belt, sock hat, and mittens to come.
The big kids playground -- her favorite place.
Raina walks around the house and assigns possession to the most mundane, random items. Daddy's shoes, Mommy's computer, Sammy's dog, Raina's toy. She even can specify between Mommy and Sammy's library books. So when she claimed this Douglas Adams book as her own, we did not fight her. For about a week she wanted it read to her, and she happily listened to the story. She even memorized a part: "Click, hum. Click, click, hum. Click, click, click, click, click, click, hum. Hmmm." She laughs hysterically each time she gets to hmmmm.
Oh, the whistle. She overwhelmingly enjoys the pained and tormented looks of her parents each time she pulls it out.
Raina made an ornament at daycare and hung it on the tree on Friday. That action, coupled with viewing all sorts of external xmas lights and decorations, prompted us to put up our own tree. Raina's first xmas had a fully decked tree; last year, we had no lights and only ornaments above her reach. This year, Raina put all the ornaments up herself, so they are concentrated at the lower branches. In fact, the obsessive organizer in Raina kept putting all similar looking ornaments on the same branch. It took a lot of convincing to move snow-people onto multiple branches.
Raina has learned that she can move her stepstool all over the house. She frequently grabs it when we're cooking so she can see all the action. It didn't take her long to realize that the stepstool would be of great assistance for tree decorating. Her favorite part, though, was when an adult picked her up so she could reach the very top.
And for the final piece. Krystal's mom gave us a nativity scene from Alaska, which is mostly mocking of the Inuit people. But the polar bear, wolf, and caribou additions are pretty cute. Raina was entranced. 
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