The Salmon Family: February 2010

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Happy Lent!

In case you didn't know, Maggie is Catholic. And darn proud of it. Her new favorite game is to "play church." Just watch:

...and on a totally different day....

(for those of you who have never been to a "St. Anne" mass, the processional includes Father Don, the cross bearer, and a reader who carries the Bible in- high up above their head. When they reach the center of church, they turn and bow to the parishioners. Maggie could obviously be a substitute for any mass....)

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Happy Valentine's Day!

If Valentine's Day had a super hero, we'd like to think she'd look something like this.....

Happy Valentine's Day from the Salmon Family! We hope you had a great day and got to spend it with someone you love!

So proud!

This weekend, Maggie worked hard on lots of "projecks" for different people. One of her jobs was to write a thank you note to Gramma for her special trip to see the Princesses on Ice last weekend. She carefully chose a Snow White sticker (because it matched the Snow White dress she wore!) and decided to draw Snow White as well. She worked quietly for quite some time...When she told me she was "all done!" I took a look and THIS is what she created. I was SHOCKED! I asked her to tell me about her drawing- the face is Snow White (note the black hair), her red hair bow is in the top corner (it really looks like a bow!) and the blue is her blue dress. So the pieces are not "assembled" correctly, but for the first time ever, I could totally make out what Maggie drew! I have no idea is this is age-appropriate work or not... For all I know, she should have been drawing like this last year. All I know is that I thought this picture was SUPER cool and I was so proud! Had to share! :)

Snow Day!

Last Tuesday, we had a SNOW DAY! It was soooo much fun! We were sad that daddy had to go to work, but we stayed home in our "cuddle clothes," lit a fire in the fireplace, snuggled, watched movies, baked cookies, fingerpainted, and even got to play in the snow for a little while! I am not particularly fond of Wisconsin winters, but even I have to admit that watching the big, puffy white snowflakes fall all day was quite beautiful!

Lucy thought the snowflakes falling on her cheeks were hilarious!

Maggie was super excited to head outside, but wasn't so sure of the "cold snow" once we got out.....

...but it didn't take long to start having a great time!

Sledding Lucy!

What a great big sister!

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Lucy. Oh, Lucy.

Dan will never admit it, but I know that there is a small (?) part of him that desperately wished for a boy each time.... Growing up in a house full of boys, I am enjoying every second of being a mom of 2 little girls! God sure knew what he was doing, though. He didn't send us a boy the second time. He sent us LUCY.

Lately, she has been showing her true colors- Since she has started crawling about 3 weeks ago, WATCH OUT! Nothing stops that girl... she is in everything, goes everywhere, and if it doesn't work the first time, gosh darnit, she will try it again and again and again until she gets what she wants! And (much like her Unky Doug) has quite the impish grin when she gets caught- you just can't get mad! Here's the first of what we are sure will be MANY posts of Lucy's "shenanigans!" Just wait until she starts walking- Aghh!