Visiting with Zadia & Aiyana

On MLK Day, we went for a girls-only play date at Zadia and her baby sister Aiyana's house.    I think Elodie's favorite thing about Zadia's house is all her girly accessories!  Bows, bracelets, etc.  And we learned how to play "Ring Around the Rosie" which is song & dance I had completely forgotten about!

Where's Zadia?

There she is! 

Elodie volunteered to gently rock Aiyana in her bouncy seat 

Rocking the baby is serious business!

Zadia likes to have fun

Kiren Comes Over

A couple weekends ago, we had lots of social engagements...  Elodie was so excited for Kiren to come over, but then got a little shy whenhe actually came, as did he.  They had fun playing with cars, trains, the kitchen and playing hide & seek. 

Favorite Things

On a cold Sunday, Elodie gathers some of her most favorite things together - 5 blankies, a pacifier, Elmo pillow, football playoffs and Daddy!

Funny Hats

Elodie likes to put bags on her head and pretend they are hats!

First Snow of 2012

This weekend it snowed for the first time in 2012!  I'd say it's the first ever real blast of snow that Elodie was able to get out and enjoy!  She was very excited to see the snow outside when she woke up, and loved marching in it and making snowballs, etc.  Though, she did not like getting COLD HANDS!  Elodie, you must always wear gloves when it's cold outside!  Then you won't scream all the way home and there will be no risk of hypothermia!  After her excursion Saturday morning, she refused to go outside the rest of the weekend!

marching

making snowballs

she took to snowboarding right away

posing with daddy

cleaning off the stoops

Hola! Ciao! Hello!

Elodie can say "Hello" in 12 languages, including Arabic, Russian and Swahili!  All thanks to this puzzle that Grammie got her a couple months ago...  Here's a little snippet of her playing and practicing her foreign language skills.

Family Dancing

Since Elodie's parents are rarely in the photos... here's a video of all of us dancing and jumping  to Christmas music...