Yesterday we decided to be adventurous. Dave came home from work a little early so we bundled up the girls, packed the cameras and set off for our favorite spot in the woods.

Lauren, our little photographer, took this picture. Yesterday, she asked if she can have her own blog so she can write and post her pictures.

Dave and Lauren took pictures of each other, at the same time.

Hope got a taste of snow. She wasn’t so sure.

Me and my almost one year old!

We had fun. It’s good to have fun.

Snow can wreak havoc on the roads and can shut down most everything. But, it sure is pretty! It covers up a whole lot of brown ugliness. I love snow.

Hope has learned some new skills:

• She likes to lift the trash can lid in the kitchen and pull out all sorts of treasures. Some of those treasures are apparently worth tasting.
• She has figured out how to turn on the garbage disposal (who thought it was a good idea to put the switch on the side of the island, right at an almost one year old’s level?).
• She thinks it is great fun to spit her mouthful of food all over Lauren, who screeches loudly…which motivates Hope to laugh and do it again.
• She likes to push the humidifier tank over and splash around in the water.

Recently, she decided that anytime the camera comes out, so must her tongue.

I’ve said it before but it’s worth saying again. Carmen made us appreciate life. I don’t mind so much when I find Hope covered in whatever she found or got into. She’s healthy. And doing just what almost-one-year olds usually do.