UhOh...I Guess The Ivy League Is Now Out of the Question...

Well, our fiery little one got sent to the "principal's office" for the first time on Friday. According to the incident report they sent home with her and the lead teacher's re-telling of the story, Lauren has a tendency to "pat" at the babies faces in her classroom. She's not trying to hurt them when she hits them, she just doesn't get "gentle touch" quite yet...and she swatted (again, in a happy way) at Coleman's face. Apparently he didn't like it and swatted back, scratching the heck out of her face in the process (see below). He's around the same age and size, so I am sure it was a moment to see. They said she bawled like crazy! Todd said, "That'll teach her not to hit..." Oh boy!

Last night following the "incident":


And, again this morning after it had healed a tad:

So...ya think we are going to have our hands full with this little girl???

Date Night/Practice Parenting

Saturday night Todd and I had a wedding reception to go to, so Uncle Jamie and Aunt Stephanie (Todd's childhood friends who are expecting their own bundle of energy...i mean joy! on April 15th --MY birthday for those keeping track) agreed to babysit for us. Lauren loves to go to their house because they have a jack russell terrier named Lexie that makes her squeal with utter delight! When Stephanie answered the door Lauren's whole face lit up, as if to say, "THIS is where I am going tonight? You never told me we were driving to THEIR house. YAY!".

From all reports she was a super great baby for them. She tentatively petted Lexie, bopped her on the head and pulled her ears (we are still working on "gentle touch"). She read parenting magazines with Stephanie--- for Lauren that means tearing off the covers and crinkling the pages. And she went to bed for them like a champ! We can't wait until we can return the favor for their soon-to-arrive little girl! :)

Looking back in the archived posts, it appears as though this is the only pair of pajamas the child has. They are just the warmest, softest pair she has, and with Winter Watch 2008 last weekend, we had to keep her bundled up as we transported her about town. Thanks Nana for the best St. Nicholas Day gift for her. She's certainly getting her wear of them! XOXO.

Lauren in the Snow- Part 3

Here our snowoman stands near the biggest snowball she's ever seen...and she's seen NONE before! :)

Lauren in the Snow- Part 2

More of our Snow-capades last weekend...

Lauren in the Snow- Part 1

We took Lauren outside to experience her first snowfall. The snowflakes on her face made her giggle! The poor kid can barely move her arms in her coat...she's like a big pink marshmallow-y snowman!!

Checkin' It All Out...

Lauren and Todd watch out our front window as the Winter Wonderland Part Deux unfolds in our front yard Saturday morning. It sounds silly to many of you in places where you get snow more than once every three years or so...but it was pretty exciting down here. Twice in one week--- unheard of!

Winter Wonderland

We got less than 4/10 of an inch of snow in Atlanta last night-- the most in 3 years! Of course the news called it Winter Watch 2008! Some schools are cancelled in the more northern counties, but not for the Birthday Boy Todd. Haha. The roads when I drove home from grad school last night were wet, but not super slick. Here is a picture from our front porch: