Winnipeg Visit with Grandma Berta

Mommy and Lily flew to Winnipeg January 1st to visit Grandma Berta. Lily was very excited to see Grandma, and was thrilled with all the toys at her house!

Lily took her scooter for a little spin. She stopped in the kitchen to knock over a few empty yogurt containers. Apparently this was a very fun game.

She also invented another really cool game that involved putting your shoes and your socks on your head.

Oh, and lets not forget the game where you put the little stuffed tiger inside your top :)

Mommy thought she was so smart putting her cel phone on top of the microwave so it would be out of Lily's reach. She underestimated Lily's problem solving skills.

Grandma and Lily had dance parties every day. Grandma even dug out her psychedelic pants from the 80's for these little jam sessions.

Grandma has very small feet, so Lily thought she would try on her shoes.

They didn't fit perfectly, but Lily enjoyed stomping around in them.

Time to go outside. Why do you look so, uh, reticent Lily? It's only -35?!?!?!

We told her she would have lots of fun in the snow, but Lily was not convinced. This was an understatement.

Once outside, however, after surveying the landscape for a few minutes, Lily dove right in...

...and smooshed the snow around with her hands.

But the best part of being outside was the OUTDOOR scooter. Cool!

Lily had red cheeks after coming in from outside. Even though she had lots of fun in the snow, she was happy to be warm again, and was ready for a very long nap.

"But Grandma, I don't really feel like eating right now."

"OK well maybe just a little..."

"...or maybe a lot. I forgot how much I like food."

"You're a great lunch partner, Grandma!"

Lily decided her feet needed to be free, so she invented a strategy for pulling both socks off at the same time.

"Ohai!"

We thought it would be cute if we took a picture of Lily with mommy's earmuffs on. Lily disagreed.

Thank you Grandma Berta, for a wonderful visit. We had a great time with you!!

Late December, 2010

Lily's daycare picture - December, 2010. This look seems to say "Go ahead. I dare you. Bring it."

Lily's lookin' a little bit sweeter and more approachable in this one.

Lily's little buddies and daycare providers (l to r): Ludmilla, Lucia, Jenny, Gigi & Teresa (program director)

"Go duckies, go!!"

Lily likes stirring up the water and making waves in the bathtub. Unfortunately for mommy, a lot of the water ends up on the bathroom floor.

"Wow!!"

"I love my pink rubber ducky!!"

"Whoa!!!"

Lily shows Babalinda and Grampa Hunter (on skype) her tea set and three little tasty treats.

Lily throws herself headfirst down the slide.

"I'm coming, daddy!!"

Lily decided she needed to be more aerodynamic, so she pulled off her hood and threw herself down again.

"Here I come!"

Getting closer...

"Thanks for catching me, daddy!"

Merry Christmas!!

Christmas Eve, 2010 - Lily hitches a ride on Auntie Jill.

Which was awesome for everybody...until Lily decided she wasn't finished yet. It took a team of us to manually extract her.

Christmas morning, 2010 - Grampa Jim gets in some morning exercise. Lily helps.

Apparently we should have gotten a bigger tree :) The other option, of course, is fewer presents. Nah...we'll go for the bigger tree next year.

Dressed? Check! Eeyore? Check! Lily's ready for the gift opening to begin.

First she crawls into the middle of the pile.....

...surveys the landscape for awhile....

...goofs around with Santa for a bit (we don't think she was fooled by the hat, daddy)...

...and then gets a lesson from Auntie Jill on how to rip wrapping paper off of presents.

She becomes quite adept at this, and makes her way around the room helping other people open their presents too.

She decides to go exploring again, and finds a few with her name on them, and goes in for a closer look...

...she decides to open the biggest one first. That'll fly this year, Lily, but next year you have do open them in the order in which *Santa* gives them to you!

You work up quite a thirst opening gifts, so Lily chills out for a bit with some milk. And Eeyore. And Nana. And a bib. Oh, and a hair bow. We'll see how long it lasts on her head.

Lily takes some tea from Nana. Who doesn't love tea and cupcakes from a little pink and purple tea set?

Much of the big waffle brunch ends up in Lily's hair, so a change of clothes is in order. Lily stops halfway through her costume change to check her voicemail on her Elmo cell phone.

Boxing Day, 2010 - Auntie Jill and her little helper :)

Nana and Grampa Jim take Lily swimming in the pool in our building.

Lily demonstrates the double arm pump. She's been watching Jersey Shore.

"Whoa! It's very wavy in here!"

Family dinner!!!! Lily's favourite is the turkey and yam. She even eats a few cranberries from the sauce. So far she hasn't met much food she doesn't like.

Lily tries out her new bike from Nana and Grampa. It may be awhile before she's old enough, big enough and coordinated enough to ride it, but we don't think that's going to stop Lily from trying :)

See??

We are so looking forward to seeing what adventures Lily takes us on in 2011.

Happy New Year, Everyone!!

xoxox

Tannis, Dylan & Lily