New Year's with Noah

Chloe's friend Noah came to visit over New Year's. It took them a day or so to get reaquainted as they haven't seen each other since 4th of July, but soon they were best of friends. 

It was a cold New Year's weekend, but they bundled up and went to the zoo.

The zoo even had snow for them to play in, but they didn't want to get their shoes wet, so they just posed for a picture with their daddies.

Chloe and Noah saw Zebras, and Monkeys, Goats, and Elephants.

At home, Chloe showed Noah her new kitchen.  They played Iron Chef. Chloe was Cat Cora and Noah was Bobby Flay.

At the park, Noah was very adventurous.

Chloe enjoyed walking up and down the ramps

By the end of the weekend, they did everything together.  

Big Hugs, Bye - Bye, See you next time Noah!

Christmas 2010

Lots of Grandparents means lots of presents for this lucky little girl.

First a visit with Grandpa and Grandma Darling.

More Doggies!

Time to take some new and old friends for a ride in the stoller.

Next a trip to Grandma T and Grandpa Ken's house where Elmo was waiting for her.

Then Grandma T, forced her to wear her chef's hat while we decorated gingerbread men.

Chloe wanted to play with each toy immediately after opening it.

But there was lots more to open.

It was a musical Christmas with a Xylophone, Keyboard, and even a Tamborine.

Chloe is ready for her safari with Grandpa Ken.

Day at the Museum

Chloe had a great day at the Los Angeles Natural History Museum. 

She quickly wanted out of the stroller and wanted to explore the museum on her own.  She loved looking at all the animal bones, especially the mammoth elephants.

Up close and personal with a polar bear in Los Angeles.

She has her ruff-ruff and is ready for more exploring.

Uh Oh

One morning, I woke up to the sounds of continuous uh-oh's coming from the baby monitor.  When I took a look to see what the uh-oh's were all about, this is what I saw:

 These are not one arm fashion pajamas--our little girl is learning how to take off her clothes.  The next night, Chloe had a hard time going to sleep--and now you see why.... She is getting better and took her arm out the right way. 

Elmo and Big Bird Move in.

The newest additions to Chloe's bathroom decor. 

Elmo and Big Bird. 

 I looked long and hard for a growth chart that would work for both kids and that went with my ABC/Elmo theme of the Bathroom to put on this big wall.  After countless hours searching the internet, I decided to do my own thing.  I purchased a Big Bird decal from Walmart.com and we will make marks to show how big Chloe (and soon her little brother) is compared to Big Bird.  

I couldn't resist the Elmo decal and had to get it.  This one is right across from the bathtub so Chloe can talk to him while she takes a bath.

A little Elmo dancing on her towel rack.

And Chloe just loves this little bird that is right next to her sink. 

There are still several blank area, such as the space above Big Bird and 2 areas in the toilet/shower area that could use some artwork--so I'm still on the search for items to finish the bathroom decor.  Maybe add some numbers to the alphabet theme, or a foreign language alphabet poster--maybe spanish, hebrew, or even sign language. 

Run run as fast as you can,

You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man!

With the help of Grandma T, Chloe did catch the gingerbread man.  

She wouldn't wear the cute gingerbread apron and chef's hat that Grandma T bought for her, but she did use her little rolling pin.

Time to cut out the gingerbread man.

 Chloe's favorite part of baking cookie was playing with the flour.  She discovered how to spread it all over the table and then clap her hands and wave her hands--you guessed it--flour was everywhere.

Latkes for Hanukkah

Nana and Grandpa Kron taught Chloe how to make Latkes during Hanukkah.

First you take a piece of cut up potato.

And then you put the potato into this grinder and spin the handle to shred it.

This is fun. More potatoes please!!!