It finally snowed enough to stick the other day. It still wasn’t that much and by afternoon 90% of the snow in our backyard was melted. Either way, there was some snow. I was doing stuff on the computer and Hannah was playing with puzzles when she heard a “nose” (noise) outside. She ran to the window to see what it was. It was a neighbor with his 4-wheeler plowing another neighbor’s driveway. She stood at the window and watched for several minutes. Then, she went to the basket of shoes, got me a pair of boots and brought them to me saying “Mamma, shoes, walk, Mamma, Dadda, outside, walk, shoes?” and was pointing outside. I took this as meaning she wanted to go outside and play in the snow (which she’s never done before). We bundled up and went out.
Since she’s never really played in the snow, that’s not what she wanted to do. She wanted to go on a walk to the mailbox. Almost everyday when Jonathan comes home, she gets her coat on and the two of them walk hand in hand to the mailbox. Hannah comes running back in the house when they get back with some piece of junk mail that Jonathan had her carry back. She’s always so proud and excited to deliver it to me. I think it’s adorable.
Well, they haven’t gone on their daily walk in a few days and apparently she was missing it because that’s where she led me. After getting the mail I helped her into the snow. At first, she would pick it up and say “bubbles!” and rub the snow on her belly – because that’s what she does in the bath. Then she tried tasting it. Her little legs are so short that it didn’t take much for her to get stuck in the snow and need help walking. In usual Hannah form, she was very dainty as she played – not too adventurous. I guess I don’t need to run out and get snow pants.
She had a great time.
Here are a few other pictures of her favorite things lately. For Christmas we got her some puzzles and legos – mostly because I felt like puzzles and legos were something we should have, not necessarily something she would like. Turns out. She LOVES them. We do puzzles and play with legos everyday and it didn’t take too long for her to figure them out. She built this tower all by herself the other day.
And sometimes she likes to sit in the puzzle bucket while she does the puzzles. She has a few odd things about her.
Speaking of odd things Hannah does – she’s OBSESSED with “yuckies”. Mostly “yucky toes”. She doesn’t like the lint from her socks or jammies getting between her toes. EVERY time I change her diaper she lifts up her feet and inspects her toes and says “yucky toes” and won’t stop until her toes are clean. Sometimes she’ll ask me to take off her slippers or socks so she can check for yuckies. She’ll work at them for several minutes too. She doesn’t like yuckies on her hands either which means I have to clean off her hands 3 or 4 times while she’s eating. Cleaning her hands and face is never a battle though because we just tell her there are yuckies. She’ll also pick lint or crumbs off my clothes because those are “yuck!”
Hannah talks like crazy – at least I think she does. The other night I sat down to make a list of all the words she says. In just a few minutes I came up with 75 words that she says on her own. She’ll repeat anything I say, but those are just words she knows and will come up with by herself. She’s very good at communicating what she wants. And everyday she’ll say a few more words that I had no idea she knew. She also copies everything I do. She’s my little shadow and loves to help in the kitchen. She always wants to see what I’m doing when I’m cooking. She helps me carry in groceries and put things in the fridge. Often, when Jonathan comes home, I’ll lean against the sink and fold my arms while we talk. Guaranteed within a few seconds Hannah is next to me, leaning against the cabinets with her arms folded. The other day I had one arm folded and I was using the other hand to eat a piece of pizza. Sure enough, Hannah, who had been eating normally, saw me and folded one arm and started eating her pizza with the other arm. I love that she’s my little shadow and wants to do everything just like me.
We sure love our little Hannah and I could go on forever about all the cute things she does. She’s very sweet and always concerned when someone is sad. We got a BYU magazine the other day with Cosmo on the front. She thought he looked “sad” and she carried the magazine around the whole afternoon periodically giving Cosmo kisses. She’s starting to say her own prayers at night and dinner (well, repeats what we say). She does a great job and the whole time watches us and beams with pride. She doesn’t really get the bow your head and close your eyes part. It’s just too exciting. She goes to nursery great and doesn’t care that we leave her…never really did. She loves to take things out of my cupboards in the bathroom while I’m getting ready and line them up on the floor or chair in the bathroom. That’s a little annoying and my bathroom is never clean for that reason, but it keeps her entertained. We’ve only had one casualty when she dropped a bottle of perfume…but our bathroom smelled great for over a week!
Finally, the one thing she does that gets on my nerves is she’ll call my name over and over and over again. “Mamma, Mamma, Mamma”. Even if I answer and say “what?” she’ll just keep saying my name. Do all kids do this? She’ll say it like 30 times in a row. Both ignoring her and answering her don’t work. Oh well, I guess I’ll take her calling my name all the time over other things.
