Snow Angel

This was Mary's first time playing in the snow. She doesn't like wearing the boots, and her Robeez aren't waterproof. Today, though, she saw the boys playing outside and relented to wearing the hard soled monstrosities :)

She's not sure what to think~
Fun~

Tasting it - if we don't see any yellow, it's really clean, right?

Another benefit of brothers...

Sled rides!

We only stayed out for about 10 minutes - it's cold!

Fridge Raider

Every time we open the refrigerator, Mary comes running. She cries when we take her out to close the door. She doesn't even take much stuff out. She just likes to climb in it, and stand there.

Toddler New Year

We meet today
To thank Thee for the era done,
And Thee for the opening one.
~John Greenleaf Whittier

Mary - Christmas

Charlie received this "push-duck" for his first birthday. Sam opened it again on his first Christmas. Now Mary unwrapped it for the third time this morning~
She likes it!

She really likes it!

Yum~

I think she's going to spare the duckling~

Kissing Cousins (and Aunties and Grandpas...)

Mary stole the show tonight at Grandma's house. She's been giving kisses a lot lately, and with barely any prompting, she made the rounds, kissing everyone she could get her lips on! Starting with Grandma~

Moving on to Grandpa~

And Auntie Darlene~

Jack got more than one kiss~

Later she acted silly while the paparazzi tried to send photos to Uncle Dan at the firehouse~

Wishing Uncle Dan a merry Christmas (Mary loves the telephone!)~

Sniff, and Pop, and Touchdown!

While taking a dinner break from our Christmas card photo shoot, Mary was acting very silly~

(Local) Celebrity Photo-Op

During our trip to the state capital, we ran into a Chicago reporter. Here's Mary with Carol Marin, in front of the governor's office~
Technically, Mary's first celebrity photo was with another hometown hero, Da Coach~

We saw him about two weeks before Mary was born, at his restaurant in Oakbrook.