If all had gone as planned, sadly Grandma would have left us on Sunday night. However, the snow both in Boston and St. Louis interfered and she had to stay with us a whole extra day. Given that it was President's Day Mom and Dad were both home, we decided to brave the weather and all go to the Children's Museum.
Sadie had a total blast. As usual, the bubbles were a big favorite.
But alas all good things come to an end and in the evening grandma had to leave. There was some more cuddles, and one more book, and one more time with the puzzle...
And one last kiss and squeeze from Grandma!
It was a great weekend and we can't wait to visit you in March!
During the weekend while, Sadie continued to hang out with Grandma. On Saturday Sadie showed off her monkey skills with Dad.
Then, Mom and Grandma went out for supplies, and took some pictures to document the snow. Here is Grandma standing in a curb cut in Allston.
Sadie also read to her dinosaur and played with a new puzzle that Grandma brought her.
On Sunday we decided it was time to introduce Sadie to a new activity - baking cookies!!! Here's Sadie dumping the flour into the dough while Grandma mixes.
And here is a short video clip of Sadie pouring water into the mixture
Sadie then loved playing with the dough to form cookies (she made 2 by and for herself)
Here's the finished product ready to go in the oven (Sadie's cookies are in the back right)
And of course that night after dinner came the best part - eating the cookies :-)
In case anyone was wondering they were peanut butter cookies and delicious (shout out to Emily and Nicole for the easy recipe).
Hello from the deep tundra of the frozen north formerly known as Boston. We are here, buried under the 93 inches of snow that have fallen so far on what I used to think of as my beautiful city. Yet somehow we remain here, trying to find new ways of entertaining ourselves in doors.
We were so lucky this weekend that Grandma Lora braved the weather and came to visit us. Usually, Sadie spends Thursdays with Babulya and Deda but this week she stayed home with our very special visitor. Sadie also skipped school on Friday to hang out with Grandma.
They had lots of fun reading books and playing with blocks.
Sadie strutted her curls after a bath
She also tried on Grandma's boots and got ready to go run some errands
Unfortunately, it's much too cold for Sadie to go out dressed like that. Grandma and Sadie did manage to go to Starbucks, though.
And here is a video of Sadie playing with the snow on the walk back.
On Sunday Sadie refused her nap (an activity she's been engaging in more often than we would like to admit). However, she was in pretty good spirits. In particular she wanted to put her toys down for a nap. She covered Raggedy Ann with a blanket (that's the lump in the corner there - Sadie is not adhering to SIDS guidelines). She then insisted I help her put her frog in her sleep sack and patted the frog and Ann's back and told them to "seep". She then laid down between them for 30 seconds (pictured). Sadly no nap for Sadie was forthcoming but it was very cute.
It seems like we've been home with Sadie all week and yet, she did go to school on Monday as usual. We got some photos of her from that day sent to us and thought we'd share them with you.
Here she is playing dress up.
And here she is playing with some crafts to make a snow storm collage.
By the way, Sadie loves the bus shirt Grandma and Grandpa got her for Chanuckah. She always exclaims "bus! bus!" excitedly when we pull it out of the closet.
More really for our own nostalgia than your entertainment perhaps, but Dad took a few videos documenting the progress of the blizzard. Presented here for the Sadie's Adventures completists among you.
On our second snow day in a row (the daycare was closed Wednesday), Sadie has been eyeing the keyboard, so we thought it's time for Sadie's second post...
v vv v vvvvvvv fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff rnrnbrunjr b bbb j lkkkkk bv
We also dictated some of her thoughts for this post:
More Sticker
No tissue
Wow, sticker, uh-oh, weeeee
Go
As many of you know, the Northeast has been hit with a really big snow storm. This is the first big one of the season. We spent most of the day in doors listening to the wind howl and watching the snow fall. By the late afternoon however, the tempest had slowed down and we decided to venture outside and show Sadie some snow.
Sadie seemed kind of scared of the whole thing (understandable really, since her whole neighborhood suddenly looked REALLY different).
We still had a good time looking around...
We also tried out our kid hiking backpack, though sadly Dad didn't think it was too comfortable.
And here's one more shot of our snow covered street before we went inside...
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