Snow, Bald Spots and Ninja Turtles

This has been a very strange month, weather-wise. One minute it's bright and sunny and the next minute...

Snow! But the snow hasn't really amounted to anything. A couple of mornings there has been enough snow on the cars to scrape off and make snowballs. But there hasn't even been enough snow on the ground to make a snow angel - let alone a snowman or to go sledding.

I refilled the beanbag the other day. It seems that Lilli got the "bean bag" gene from Dave...

She can't lie down in it without falling asleep, either.


Lilli's hair was growing out so nicely and was starting to get long in the back. And then all of a sudden she started pulling her hair out again. And she started pulling it at the 'swirl' in the back. So it looks like she has male pattern baldness (and she's not even three, yet!)

So I got her hair cut. When I see her pulling her hair out, I get the urge to just shave it all off - solve the problem once and for all and have her go all 'Britney.' But Maria, the woman that cuts our hair, would never go for that. Instead she gave Lilli an adorable haircut, and even 'painted' Lilli's hair...

Pink and blue. And yes, Lilli is wearing a sleeveless sundress - and it was snowing that day.

Here is Lilli's artful pose (with pony on her head), looking playfully over her shoulder to give you view of what the back/sides look like.

After the haircut it was time for Little Gym. After their class, they get a stamp on their hand. Or, if you are Lilli and all the instructors adore you, you can have them all over your body if you ask nicely. What this next picture does not show you is that she has stamps going all up and down her legs, too.

Here's a better view of Lilli -the punk rock, biker two-year-old.

And last, but certainly not least... Dave bought the kids t-shirts when he was in Beijing last week. Lilli's favorite movie is currently Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, so of course he got his little girl a t-shirt with the Turtles on it - and she was absolutely THRILLED and wants to wear it every single day. (I have to hide it so that I can get it into the wash - if she sees it in the dirty laundry she pulls it out and puts it on.) Currently, this is Lilli's favorite outfit...

Pink crown (that I knitted for her), TMNT shirt, pink pants, pink socks and pink sparkley shoes. Totally Lilli.