This is as close as Emerson was enterested in coming to the snow. I tried to give him some, but he was having none of it!
Norah was thrilled - she even made a miniature snowman (her first).
With such small amounts of snow, we managed to pick up bits of bark in our snowman. In case you are wondering, his eyes and mouth are made of dog treats. :-) We left him on Grammie's porch.
Emerson has to spend a LOT of time in the car and his patience tends to wear thin. He was very cranky and gnawing on his toe. :-)
One of my other SIL, Katie, had a birthday on the 17th, so we sang to her as well!
Neil, imitating one of Robert's goofy faces
Norah helped Neil scoop ice cream - she'd scoop a bit out and putit on the plate, then lick the spoon off - then repeat. :-) 
A lunchtime visit with my grandparents. Norah loves it - she gets to bask in all the attention, recieve a ride on Grandpa's cart, PLUS there is a stage that she can dance on. Ahhh...good times. My mom joined us as well.
Emerson found his favorite place to nap, with my mom. No one else can get him to fall asleep like this!
Emerson is perched on the arm of the couch, right next to Ryan's man-chair, playing along on the X-Box. If you look, you'll see his remote doesn't have the battery pack...but Emerson toggles and pushes buttons right along. If you stand between him and the TV, he'll crane his neck to see around you. LOL - I wonder what he thinks he's participating in?? BTW, Ryan has a similar glazed/focused-but-distracted expression when he plays. :-)
Give Norah, Kimmie and Hadley fancy dresses and pile of my shoes and they can play for hours! Lots of discussion goes in to who wears which pair, if someone else can borrow them, etc. It reminds me of times at Pi Phi. :-)
Emerson's short happy period
I love this tree and make everyone get their pic with it. :-) Even Kodiak, who is too cool for pics. Check out his spiffy WSU sweatshirt - he is taking early enrollment classes at the WSU - Vancouver campus.
There are some wacky toys at this park - this one has a disk at the bottom, with this pole attached. You climb on, hold on, and try to spin yourself round and round...
We've been getting a bit stir crazy - our home is not big enough for 4 children to run around in! Today I took the girls out to a park we've driven by a few times. It had tons of fun toys and a neat layout. Lots of paths to wander around on.
Cousin Hadley joined Norah's ballet class - they are close enough in age that they are in the same class. We had a really fun time getting her all ready - shoes, tights, hair and fancy leotard. She just couldn't wait for class to begin! She is a natural, incredibly graceful and quick to pick everything up. And adorable!
She kept peeking out the window to wave at me!
Learning how to do ballerina hands
Norah, leaping over a snowman. She has a funny tecnique... Hadley's first leap!
Crazy tap dancing
