Snowman and the Tent

A couple of weekends ago it was mild enough to make a snowman in the backyard.  It was so warm that we didn't even need to wear hats! Yeah. That really made Sarah's day because she's not into hats - hates them, in fact.  Dale made a snow cave as well, which Sarah thought was fun. It's sorta like tents and cupboards in that they're small, confined spaces. Just her sort of thing right now.

Sarah spends hours pulling her duck and alphabet pal around and around the kitchen.  What she really likes best is when you pull one of them around with her - kind of a follow the leader thing.  

Earlier this week she though it would be a good idea to crawl into the cupboard that contains all her stuff - sippy cups, bottles and tupperware.  It was sure fun getting in, but then there was the getting out part - she got stuck. I'm the meanest mommy in the world because I laughed and went to get the camera for a shot before I took her out.  

Sarah is also in to making piles of things right now. She'll take the contents of her toy box and take them, one at a time, to her tent...and then she just repeats the process in reverse. When Dale comes home from work, they usually play in the tent while I get dinner ready.  She decided to involve him in the piling...you could hardly see him for the pile of toys!

Last weekend we went to get Sarah a little chair of her own - she very much enjoyed Owen's chair when we were visiting the Zacharko's at Christmas.  So far she doesn't always sit in it though - she often uses it to pile toys in. Surprise. Surprise.

At the mom's group at the base last week the public health nurse brought in a presentation on teeth for us.  Apparently we should already be using baby toothpaste (no fluoride) and teaching her to spit it out. They usually don't get the concept of spitting until they're around 3, we were told.  She thinks that toothpaste is pretty cool and she loves brushing her teeth so we got into spitting this week and she's pretty much got it already. She sits on the counter with her feet in the sink and spits between her feet. We're pretty sure that the whole spitting thing is going to backfire on us at some stage (maybe when she meets the Queen), but what can we do? She's a natural. I wonder if that has anything to do with the fact that I used to be a bos'n?