Lately...

As we continue to embrace our actual winter we are experiencing in Michigan, Faith receives the award for  best embracing the cold, snow, and all that a Michigan January entails!  The girl seems to love the snow!  Each afternoon she asks to go and play in the snow, and she likes to be out there for quite a while!  She created a game, which is very similar to one of her favorite indoor games - hide and seek, and it is called "Follow the Footprints".  One person counts to twenty while the other runs off, creating footprints in the snow.  The counter must then follow the footprints to find the other person.  It is actually entertaining to watch Faith play this as she literally tries to follow each footprint to find the other person!  And it is getting to be more difficult as we have not received a significant amount of snow this week!

Today, while outside with Grandma, Faith learned another important aspect of a Michigan winter...

Shoveling!!!

As she loves to help out in any way, Faith was excited to help Grandma shovel the walk leading up to the front door.  Shane even wanted to join in as he was watching inside and thought it looked like fun!  Ahhh, to be young again and have no idea that shoveling is work!!  

She had so much fun she actually started shoveling snow off of the grass!

In addition to the snow, Faith is loving preschool!  She is attending two days a week at the school where Grandma teaches P.E.  And the class is spending the month studying the beach!!  Naturally, Faith feels like an expert!  She has made some nice friends and loves going!

I am enjoying catching up with old friends!  Tonight I met a few girls from high school for dessert!  It's amazing how all of our lives have changed so much since high school and how many kids there are among us!  Here I am with the girls...