Snow!

Well Internet, it's that time of year again, it snowed. For me snow is great while it's snowing and then for the rest of the day or next day but then when it gets dirty I want no more to do with it. Abby got to experience her first snow and as you can see by the photo she wasn't all that impressed. We invited Kelly and her son and Abby's buddy Nicholas over to enjoy the snow with us. The babies were out in the snow for about 5 minutes, which is less time than it took me to get Abby's snow suit on, and they sat there and looked annoyed at why they could barely move. Then Abby wiped snow in Nicholas's face and it was time to go in. I'm sure next year will be so much more fun, I can't wait to make a snow man with her! Little Gym started up again last week and I'm so glad! I really missed having somewhere to go once a week to socialize, is that pathetic? All of our old friends were there and some new ones as well, Abby crawled all over the gym-last time we were there she hadn't quite mastered crawling yet so she has lots of freedom there to roam around. Abby has added a new trick to her repertoire this week, "So Big!" is when I ask her, "How big is Abby?" and then she and I hold our arms out very wide and I say, "sooooo biiiiiiig!" then you just change "Abby" to "Max" or "Daddy" etc...it's a very fun game!
The other day I was holding Abby and she started to scratch my chest, I told her, "no" and then she laughed at me, I told her no again but in a firmer voice and she cracked up! At this point Edgar and I had to laugh because it was funny and at this point wasn't hurting too bad, then she kept on doing it and I kept saying no, I pretended to cry and made sad faces well that was hilarious to her! After all was said and done my chest looked like I had been attacked by a kitten and I was perplexed by what to do in the future when this happens. Any suggestions will be appreciated! I'm just going to keep on saying no and stopping her from doing whatever she is doing and hopefully once she understands what the word means she will get it and not think it's so funny. I will not slap her hand away or spank her, I've decided that I really don't want to do that. I would like to use time outs instead, I know I'm naive since Abby is my only child right now so we will see if I feel differently in a year or so once the "terrible twos" hit. I have to go now and finish watching "Thelma and Louise", I love that movie.