Daddy's Little Helper

Molly decided to make herself comfy cozy on daddy and help him turn the pages of his magazine.

Tahoe Tot Spot, jumping

Molly's absolute favorite thing to do at the Tahoe Tot Spot is to jump down the trampoline and into the ball pit and then immediately bury herself. Of course the time I record her she skips the burying herself part, but you get the idea.

Ta-Da!

Molly walking on the balance beam at Tahoe Tot Spot. She is watching herself in the mirror so she stumbles towards the end, but I absolutely love the way she "sticks her landing".

Morning cuddles

N and all his kids... human and furry... well, except for Charlie... Charlie doesn't cuddle.



So stinkin' cute!

It's Pajama Time!

Leo, Mommy's little helper

Leo was obsessed with the Swiffer so we decided to put him to work.

Tahoe Tot Spot with Leo

On Sunday (2/20) the blue skies were out, but since the high was in the low teens we decided it was a good day to hit Tahoe Tot Spot. Molly immediately headed for the trampoline and ball pit.



Leo was hot on her heels.



However, once Leo spotted the train table it was hard to pull him away.



Molly and her beloved horsies.



However, the lure of the ball pit was hard to resist.





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Molly and Leo dancing

Molly and Leo dancing to Bob Marley.

Sledding with the Silvestris

It had been snowing since we arrived so we deemed it unnecessary to head to a snow park on Saturday (2/19) and simply walked up the street to Mt. Shasta Circle and went down that.

Tahoe with the Silvestris

We headed up to Tahoe on Friday, February 18th and were joined by the Silvestris. N woke up at the butt crack o' dawn with Molly and we were actually on the road by 7:30 am. We made excellent time and got to the cabin after dealing with very little traffic. The only time we really slowed down was when we were behind some snow plows on the 50 and had to wait for a safe opportunity to pass them. Then it was smooth sailing the rest of the drive. Amy and Dean arrived a few hours after us and they got there just as it started to snow. It was as if someone was having a pillow fight of epic proportions. Big, fat flakes were falling from the sky like little feathers. There was no wind so they were just coming down on us. It was amazing.

Molly had no desire to go out in the snow. She was quite content to stay inside and look at Frosty (what she calls snow) from the window. N hung out with her and I headed outside with Amy, Dean, and Leo.



The snow was actually too dry to make a snowball. Such a great problem to have. The powder was amazing! I had to dig out some steps so Sadie could get up into the side yard and do her business somewhere other than right outside the side door.



The weekend was spent playing in the snow (Molly had one tortuous 10 minute session in the white stuff so we could snap off the yearly obligatory pics), eating excellent food (Amy made some amazing meals), and playing games (got the Silvestris addicted to Guillotine and Settlers). N and I were even able to get a nice snowshoe hike in with Sadie while the Silvestris hung back at the cabin while the kiddos napped. It was a lovely weekend and was over far too quickly.



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