Simpsons in Seattle

Nora's had a loose tooth for a while that she's been very timid at wiggling around to get it out. Finally, on Monday she got it to a place where she could almost push the tooth flat against her gum. When we saw that, we encouraged her to pull it out herself and lo-and-behold, she did! And I caught it on camera. Of course, she was super excited to get a visit from the tooth fairy. She wrote a note for the tooth fairy that she tucked under her pillow and wouldn't you know it, that sucker of a tooth fairy gave her what she wanted! She was one happy camper.  

We had made plans many moons ago to take the MLK weekend for a short getaway to the Leavenworth area. We've been a few times in years past and it's always a fun place to visit especially in the wintertime. But this year, with COVID and all, we weren't sure whether we wanted to go but I'm super happy that we went. We had a blast and was able to keep safe by keeping to ourselves! First up, we left bright and early so that we can pack in a snowshoe/winter hike on the drive over. The last time we went , we had stopped for some snowshoeing on the way back and it was epic! Unfortunately, this time the snow was old and not nearly as soft and fluffy so while it was a nice diversion with some pretty views, it wasn't as great as we had hoped. The fun part though, was that we brought our camping stove with us so we did some tailgating in the parking lot and had a fancy ramen meal for lunch. It was super nice to warm the belly with the yummy noodles and broth! That evening, we

We went sledding last weekend and I forgot to post photos!  We tried to go to Hyak, which is the only (groomed) sledding hill nearest to us but the line into the parking lot was long so we went to the next sno-park on the map and it turned out to be GREAT! We had actually been her before but didn't really venture much past the parking lot so didn't notice that there was actually a gigantic hill hearby that was perfect for sledding! Bonus too that it wasn't that crowded.  Yay for finding a new sledding hill! Daddy duties Nora knows she can get away with it! Kathy, Kinsey and I had fun building little igloos for snowmen while Scott (top left) built a human-sized igloo. View from inside Scott's igloo Evie, tired out from all the fun she was having.  

Nora snuggles are pretty good. She's is super warm and huggable and she made sure to get lots of time snuggling with Grammie when she was still in town. She says to let you all know that she misses Grammie and Grandpa! I also took a pic of this funny thing she did where we let her have TWO jelly beans and she cut them up so that she can make it last longer.