Spinning

Satchel has been into making herself dizzy by spinning lately. Here's a pretty hilarious video of her testing out the limits of her spinning.

We're Back!!!

Since my last post, my Mom has made a couple visits to Chicago. During one of her visits, we spent the day at the Art Institute. I wasn't sure how Satchel would do, so we went on a free day thinking that we would stay for just a little while before her patience ran thin. She surprised us though and we stayed for several hours (with breaks for lunch and snacks, of course). Here are the pics.

We spent a bit of time in the hands-on children's area.

Satchel takes a rest by Edward Hopper's Nighthawks.

Satchel Reading

Satchel's very favorite thing to do is read books or have books read to her. Here is a video of her spending some quality time reading The Potty Book aloud.

Snow of Century!

Last night we weathered one of the biggest snow storms that I have ever experienced. We had thunder and lightening, 50 mile an hour winds, an 8 hour power outage, and all totaled about 2 feet of snow. Here are the photos to prove it!

This is the chicken coop barricaded against the storm. All four survived!

Yes, those are drifts up to Matt's waist.

Satchel Painting

Satchel has begun to get what painting and coloring with crayons are all about and she has begun to enjoy them. Notice the blue paint on her mouth and in her hair. At this point, painting generally occurs on bath day or if not, painting day will evolve into bath day.

Satchel's dress up obsession

Satchel is obsessed with trying on our clothes and our shoes. She is particularly fond of my slippers and sometimes will throw a minor fit if I'm wearing them and she thinks that she should get to wear them. I thought about buying her a pair of slippers of her very own, but I think that the novelty is that she gets to wear something that isn't hers.

Given her preoccupation with wearing our clothes, we have to be particularly careful that dirty clothes go directly into the hamper and not onto the floor, otherwise their libel to end up around Satchel's neck. Fortunately in the photos below, the clothes she is wearing are fresh from the dryer and clean. She is thoroughly enjoying herself.

Breakfast with the Cats

Satchel sits with the cats and drinks her bottle of milk while they eat their food most mornings. Birdie doesn't mind much, but Sammy usually clears out pretty fast and only returns to finish his after Satchel is gone.