Starbucks Coffee, yum yum!

After enjoying Sunday Fun Day with Avery, I took Alexa to Starbucks. To keep her away from my latte, I got her an empty cup for her to "pretend" drink coffee. She loved it! However, everyone else at Starbucks must have thought I was feeding my toddler coffee! Ha. Alexa also really loved the madeline cookies!

The A's hit Sunday Fun Day

A kids theater near our house has a Sunday Fun Day program where kids can hear a well-known story and then sing songs and do arts and crafts related to the book. We decided to check it out today and Miss Avery joined us! So we dressed the girls up again in their matching "A" t-shirts. Look how cute! Our little A's! Thanks again to Mommy Mae for the adorable shirts.

Also while at the Fun Day, we ran into Alexa's older friends Julia and Sarah... Wow! How fun!

Alexa the rocker and tunnel crawler

Look at our adorable little rocker chick! Alexa is all dolled up for the day in her denim ruffle skirt, tights and new winter boots! And here she is jamming with her electric guitar, a Christmas gift from Aunt Heather, Uncle JP, and cousins Jessie and Seth. Rock on!

For lunch, we headed to downtown Bethesda to try out the Uptown Deli. We ordered Alexa matzo ball soup and a bagel. She finally ate the matzo ball with applesauce, but refused to wear a bib! Luckily, she didn't get too dirty. But the place got packed! Alexa walked off her meal afterward.

On the way home, we stopped by Toys R Us to pick up a tunnel. Alexa had enjoyed it at yoga this past week and at her friend Nate's party. This tunnel was on sale at TRU and with a coupon I got it for $15! (regularly $30) Alexa LOVES it! She keeps crawling back and forth. And playing hide and seek. So cute!

Surprise visit from Catherine!

We were very fortunate that the big snow storm did not knock out our power. But many of our friends were not so lucky. So we invited our friends to stay in our guest room with their daughter, Catherine, who is Alexa's age. That made this morning really fun for Alexa! She showed Catherine all her toys, including her kitchen. Too bad we had to go to work because the girls looked like they were having fun!

Update: Catherine and her parents came over again tonight since their power STILL has not been restored. So the girls got to play for a little while Saturday morning as well! Fun!

Snow! Snow! Snow!

Whew. Last night was a bit crazy! The weather forecast was predicting a heavy snowfall, so the federal government shut down 2 hours early. We picked Alexa up at daycare and hit the road t at 3:45 p.m. It usually takes us 45 minutes to an hour to get home. But the snow started falling -- hard and fast -- right after we got on the road! We got stuck in traffic and didn't get home until almost 8 p.m.! Alexa was a real trooper. We were so glad to make it home. Here she is enjoying the snow this morning, as Daddy shoveled our driveway. Meanwhile, Alexa discovered the joy of EATING snow! Doh!

Toddler Yoga with Avery!

When I was out maternity leave, one of my favorite activities was going to baby yoga. Alexa loved it too! My friend Blythe introduced me to this wonderful yoga studio that offers lots of classes for kids. We went several times when she was a baby and learned some fun poses to do together. Our last class there was just about the time that Alexa started really crawling. She was all over the room! Well, that was nothing.

At today's toddler class, my little runner ran all around the room! All the other toddlers sat in their mom or caregiver's laps nicely. Not Alexa! She wanted to explore! She proclaimed to the class that the radiator was "hot!" (It was mildly warm, but "hot" is one of her new words.) She also loved crawling through a nylon tunnel tent like the one her friend Nate has. (Note to self: Gotta get one of those!) And she had fun chasing bubbles and balls. Here she is playing with her birthday buddy Avery.

Also, check out their cute matching  "A" T-shirts, courtesy of fabulous Mommy Mae! I actually won a give-away on her site! If only the girls would stand still so I could snap a proper picture. Is that possible with active toddlers? Arg!

Ba-ba-ba-ba-Babara Ann! (video)

These videos were from dinner last night. Alexa was enjoying her latest favorite song... In the first video, she's dancing along and clapping her hands. In the second VERY SHORT video, she started singing along! And in the third video, she decided to play with her tongue, which she has lately discovered. I wish they were all on one video. Anyone know how to stitch them all together? In the meantime... Enjoy!

Sunday = Steelers!

Here we go Steelers, here we go! And here's Alexa all dolled up to watch the Steelers playoff game at a friend's house. We tried three ponytails to get her hair out of her face. Look how cute!

Over at our friend's house, Alexa loved playing with the other kids! She especially loved getting to know her friend Julia, who is two years older. Alexa went to Julia and Sara's 2nd birthday party when she was in my tummy and to their 3rd birthday party when she was almost one. She also enjoyed watching "fa-ball" on the TV and eating lots of junk food like chips and chocolate cookies! Pizza? Not so much.

Grandma E and the Baltimore Aquarium!

Wow, what a fantastic day. Grandma E came to visit us this weekend, so we went out for lunch and planned to go see a kids show called "Aquarium." Unfortunately, the show was sold out! So... We did something even better. We took Alexa to see a real Aquarium! She loved looking at all the fish and had fun making friends with the other little kids. What a fun day! Thanks, Grandma E!

Alexa loves playing dress-up!

One of Alexa's favorite things to do is to play dress up with my jewelry! She loves to go to my bedside dresser and fish out my bracelets and necklaces and put them on. How cute! Here she is last Saturday. After we got home from the parties and she took a nap, Alexa got all dressed up. My pretty little girl!

Walk around the block!

Today was a holiday, so Alexa, Daddy and I all stayed home! I had a doctor's appointment in the morning, so Daddy took Alexa to play at MusiKids, then to lunch. In the afternoon, Alexa and I braved the cold to take a walk around the block. She loved looking for dogs! And checking out the slide! I loved watching her... My little cutie pie!

Sunday means... Football!

Alexa put on her Steelers jersey again and guess what? The Steelers won! Let's go, Steelers!

Anne's Baptism & Aliyah's Open House

Alexa had a fun day with all her friends! First, we went to Anne's baptism. Alexa didn't pay attention to the details. All she wanted to do was run laps around the Catholic Church! At least she had a good time! Afterward, we went to brunch with Ellie and her parents.

After brunch, we headed to my friend Jen's open house to meet her new baby Aliyah! She is a little doll! Alexa had fun playing with the other kids and watching all the dogs. Here we are with my friend Kim and her daughter Ellie, and my friend Jen and her daughter Aliyah. Alexa did NOT want to be held! (Thanks to Jen's husband for the great shots he got of Alexa when she WAS smiling!)

Another video - Alexa's dog toy!

Alexa had fun this morning playing with her barking dog toy from Aunt Jen and Uncle Dani. Check it out! She loves her new toy!