Imagine Maren's surprise when
Froggy #1 rose from the dead and arrived in an envelope this past week! Way back when Maren and her friend Kate were still cooking on the inside, their Grandma's had similar ideas and purchased this cute little frog for their new granddaughters. The difference turned out to be that Kate loves monkeys, while Maren can't live without frogs. Upon hearing of "
froggy demise" at Maren's house, Kate and her parents decided that their family frog needed a new home. I wanted Maren to pose with new/old
froggy as a way to salute and thank Kate's family, but she of course wouldn't oblige...so here's what I got. Maren loves to play with this pitcher and built in mixer. New/old
froggy was an instant favorite again and she plays with him non stop. So at this time she decided to use the pitcher to make frog juice.
Pre-juicing.
During juicing.
Checking out her handiwork.
Post
juicing.
Both
froggies succumbed to the juicer on this day. And Maren thought she would take a sip.
THANK YOU KATE AND PARENTS! YOU HAVE BROUGHT JOY TO THIS LITTLE TODDLER'S LIFE! HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON!
And last, but not least, here's a frozen blueberry face from breakfast. Man, those things are messy! I bought fresh ones again today. I'll gladly pay the price for a little cleanlier snack (believe me, the above is not the worst of it.).
She noticed that Santa had visited immediately upon entering the living room this morning.
Santa thought right when he left this baby. Maren wanted us to open it right away and she fed baby her milk.
Opening gifts was so great too! Maren helped everyone. She really loved this silly talking Cookie Monster from Aunt Sara and Uncle Andy.
Opening her new kitchen from Grandma and Grandpa K.
Another gift hit for this busy girl! Along with the small rocking chair and a baby doll cradle she'll be taking home that were her mom's, Maren's ready for her own place!
We went to Aunt Alisa and Uncle Darrin's yesterday afternoon for their gingerbread house party. Maren got to make her very own house! Most of what made it to the house has been licked. She seemed to be eating it faster than Lee or I could get it on the house! 
Overall, it was a sticky mess and Maren ate candy for dinner...but look at that masterpiece!
Maren especially likes the tree.
This is out our guest bedroom window yesterday morning (Wednesday). It had been snowing for about 18 or so hours, on top of a couple inches from the day before.I think our report for the area was just over 10 inches. Pennies, compared to some areas. Notice the tree height compared to the drift. We'll be watching that drift from here on out.
Here's the same window and the same tree and the same drift about 5 hours later.
So after 3 days of looking at snow, I thought it was time to venture out for a short time. So Maren and I took about 10 minutes to get all our clothes on and practice walking in boots.
We spent 3 minutes outside. This was 2 minutes too long for the dog who I had already let back in. Maren sunk in the snow so she wasn't happy. I plopped her in that snow drift out the window anyway. It's a big drift.
Then Maren just walked around a bit saying "snow" and looking at rocks thinking it was Izzy do and saying "gross." When she clearly needed a kleenex and I was getting cold (3 minutes, remember) we came back in. Brrrrr.
She's pretty good at the hard floor vac!
And she likes to do it!
Pre-juicing.
