Boy, do we have the snow. Wayne and I have decided we have never seen so much snow in our lives. Apparently we've have mild winters since we've been here. But not this year - so much for global warming.
Last year I started Will on a collection of nutcrackers so this is his second one.
Grandma Halldorson got Zanna a tea set. It's so cute how she serves us all tea. She only gives us about 10 seconds to finish our "tea" before she comes back to collect the cup.
Wayne's mom and dad came to visit us for Christmas this year. We had a great time! This picture was taken at Upper Canada Village which was decorated with beautiful lights, we took and cozy horse and carriage ride and had a yummy turkey dinner. The evening was lovely and the weather was mild.
Zanna woke up with a couple of red spots under her lip sometime around Christmas. I thought she had scratched herself in the night. But the day after Boxing Day she woke up with another one that covered her nose and she looked like Rudolph - only with skin peeling off. I panicked and was convinced she had some flesh eating disease (one's imagination tends to run wild) but the doctor said she had impetigo - a common bacteria infection. She got on some medication and now they're practically gone.
On an equally stressfull note, Zanna has also decided to forgo her nap time in exchange for taking her clothes off and diaper and peeing all over the bed time. She likes to see how zippers and snaps and buttons work. She can't get them back on (other than her socks) but she sure likes taking them off. I was doing laundry everyday and was getting really ticked off. So my first tactic was keeping a onsie on her at all times. This worked well for about 2 weeks. Then she figured she didn't need to take off the onsie to get her diaper off. Not sure how she managed that but had to give her some credit for imagination. Then I put her in overalls. But then she figured out snaps. Then I put her diaper on backwards which sort of worked until it leaked because it was heavy in the wrong place. I was ready for duct tape but thought I'd try one last thing. I found an outfit someone had given us. Homemade by the looks of it, a jumper with no crotch snaps and buttons on top so when I put it on backwards, the buttons are in the back. This is now her official "nap outfit". She's very clever though so we'll see what she does next.
Will and I have been enjoying our school break. He's getting together with friends this week now that the Grandparents have gone home. Our normal schedule resumes next week.
Mom and Dad spent Christmas with sister Bekah and her husband Tom in England. We received a few phone calls from them from a pub - very British! And we webcamed on Christmas Day - so great to see and talk to them all. Reid and Brenda hosted an El Paso, Texas Christmas with Brenda's family and were on their way to Mexico when I phoned. I thought the law had finally caught up with him but they were just going for a day trip.
2008 - William is 8 this year, Zanna 2 and we will celebrate 10 years of wedded bliss!
