Some recent photos from Ines.

Ava performs her original mash-up of two popular items in the toddler vernacular: "The Wheels on the Bus" song and the word "no."

Lots of multi-media art these days. Stamping with neighbor Lucy:

 

Watercolor painting over Daddy's painted owl (this was a game):

The outcome of 2 minutes of unsupervised finger painting:

Saturday was beautifully warm, so Ava assisted with garden prep. She and Daddy found last year's hydrangea inflorescences still on the bush:

And Ava munched on some chickweed.

The temperatures fell on Sunday, though, and a storm dumped 10 inches of snow on us overnight. Ava played in the snow on Monday:

Enamored with the squirt bottle.

Helping Daddy make breakfast, prepare the garden and fix the bird house. There were worms in the soil.

The most popular thing at the zoo this weekend? The frigid, dirty puddle, of course.

Runner up for cool thing at the (National) zoo was watching the orangutans traversing the zoo on their overhead lines:

Homemade eclair.

Magic wand and new dress from Grandma and Grandpa.

Warming up her belly in front of the fire.

Stuffed animals get to wear the dress, too.

Making the koala clap.

Bird book with Daddy (and Rhino, wearing a dress)

February

Most of these photos are from before Valentine's Day, but I've been slow to get the camera downloaded.

Following the elephant tracks at the zoo.

Eggs from our chickens. They are pretty colors.

 She's getting really good at cracking eggs.

Trying to get the banana back in the peel.

Snowstorm. Playing with Ines and the neighbor girls.

Post-snow hot chocolate cheers.

This is from today. She is in her "rabbit hole." This involves designating a space to be the rabbit hole, lining it with a blanket, and putting all nearby stuffed animals into it. And, of course, pretending to be a rabbit.