Here’s Rylee and Nora at the zoo. I’m glad I got a few photos of their favorite attraction, the spinning water ball fountain.
Thanks, Grandma, for the zoo membership! We have been using it a ton.
This might be my favorite Nora purchase EVER. The cutest little-girl shoes I’ve ever seen, and nary a licensed character. My online shopping skills are unparalleled.
Yes, that’s a paint roller. Nora sits on the roller part and then bends her head down to blow into the handle. BAM. Horse flute.
When your adorable daughter morphs suddenly and inconsolably from this:
…into this:
sometimes all you can do is grab the camera and document the transformation.
Pop-Pop and I took Nora out sledding on the snowy streets around the farmhouse. I like that this has the makings of a Christmas tradition.
My mom wears this cozy winter hat completely unironically. Thank goodness now Nora does too.
Thank goodness Dawn brought her camera to capture our first Christmas morning in our own house: fancy breakfast, Christmas story from the bible, stockings, and all. Somehow I hid these from myself in a folder labeled ‘August’ for two years, but we won’t worry about that.
Clearly I need to get my act together and take some photos on Christmas Day, not least because then I wouldn’t be appearing in the photos, looking like a tipsy Russian grandmother.
Chad gave Nora the tutu and matching headband, and the adorable horse and cowboy hat were from Kurt and Jone. Grandma’am and Grandsir gave Nora the musical instruments. Thanks so much, you guys!
