From Halloween to Snow

In fact, several of these pictures were taken before Halloween, when we had our first storm! We've had substantial snow twice already this year, hopefully not an indication of the winter to come. The first snowy morning, Nora was just in awe when she looked outside; she couldn't even eat her breakfast and instead had to go outside and walk in the snow while Jeff fed her oatmeal! The snow was long melted before we could convince her not to wear her boots outside. It's been a dry couple of weeks and I'm sure Nora wouldn't mind more of the white stuff soon.

Auntie Claire came for a brief visit, and Nora couldn't have been happier to have someone else to play playdoh with, drag to the bathroom and direct which chair to sit in.

Nora got a cupcake just her size at the cupcake shop!

We made muffins one morning. Nora should have been wearing the cute apron from grandma Carol, it would have saved her pjs from being covered in flour!

Last weekend, with no visitors around, we went to the zoo. Unfortunately it was open for free and therefore very crowded, but we found some quite spots to enjoy the animals. Nora's favorites were the monkeys, elephants, giraffes and zebras.

The more Nora talks, the more funny things she says. While looking through the American Girl catalog, she said 'fancy dolly.' I didn't know she knew the word fancy, but couldn't have used in better two-year-old context!

She is so excited to go to the beach (we're going to Florida the first week of December.) She keeps talking about going to the beach and playing in the sand with Nanny and Papa. She's going to find her goggles and put on her swimsuit, etc; sure hope the weather cooperates. Last night she was looking at pictures on my phone and came across some of her on the beach last year. She was so confused and said 'No go to beach yet."

We're planning to drive to Utah for Thanksgiving, weather permitting. So, we'll see how Nora handles a 7 hour car ride!!