Hooray for snow! Because of the bad weather, my district declared a snow day, so Anya and I both got to stay home from school and play. We had a really fun day! We took about a million pictures, but here are some of the highlights (click on any picture to see it enlarged):

One of the first things Anya wanted to do was dress up in a bib that’s way too big and her hooded penguin towel. I’m not sure why she wanted to do this, exactly, but it was good for at least 30 minutes of entertainment:

Then the penguin baby helped me put away the laundry:

After the laundry was finished, Anya wanted to play in her crib. She was actually having a good time, despite what the picture suggests:

Hey, check out that snow!

After lunch and a nap, Anya got to try finger painting for the first time:

Anya thought the best part of finger painting was watching me squeeze more paint onto the plate, and she was extremely unhappy when I told her that she had enough. A massive tantrum followed the sweet pictures above, but when she eventually calmed down, she wanted to color:

Next, we were finally ready to brave the cold and play in the snow! Anya loved walking all over the backyard, throwing snowballs, playing on the slide, and building her first (mini) snowman:

(After watching this video hours after filming it, I’m not convinced that she was actually saying “white” anymore, although we had been talking about how snow is white all day long. Oh well.)

We came back in and warmed up again, and then, much like her online pal Braiden, Anya discovered the joy of an empty box, which her dad had left by the front door:

Such a fun day calls for an equally fun dinner:

Our day ended with more fingerpainting, only this time it was in the bathtub:

She’s up in her crib now, sleeping soundly. Let’s hope she stays in there until at least 6 am tomorrow!

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