Orange!

If Penelope has a favorite color already, it might just be orange. This is based on very scientific evidence.

Exhibit 1: of all of the shape & color combinations in her shape sorter toy, the piece she consistently picks up and carries around with her is the orange star.



Exhibit 2: of all of the Fisher Price Little People she now has (3 from the doll house she got for Christmas and 3 from the plane she got for Christmas), the one she consistently carries around of the 6 is the pilot from the plane, a woman with orange hair.



The only thing these things have in common is the color orange, so we have come to the only logical conclusion: Penelope's favorite color is orange. I hope this doesn't mean she's destined for Syracuse or even worse, Clemson, like her Aunt Jenny!

Penelope's Birthday (Post I)

I have a feeling there will be multiple posts on Penelope's birthday, it is just too momentous of an event not to deserve multiple entries in this public diary of sorts, but for the moment, here are some pix from the birthday party she had yesterday. Simply put, it was a great day. We had so much fun, and I think it shows in these shots:

Thought of the Day

You are not really a card-carrying member of the mom club until...
you have been thrown up on by your child....
multiple times....
in the same day.

So glad that I will always remember December 8, 2010 as the day I officially joined the mom club.

Thanksgiving

What would Thanksgiving be without family? And for this holiday it meant time in Indiana and the second time that Penelope got to spend time with her cousin Gable who is about 3 months older than her. Here are a bunch of pix of the two of them together. It was a great time and Penelope's Aunt Rachel really came through bringing lots of toys for the kids to share. I have a feeling family holidays will never be the same again!


This was taken about 3 second before Penelope grabbed that book ("Brown Bear Brown Bear") out of his hand. What a delicate flower she is.


Sharing a meal together.


Just chilling out. They probably just got done talking about how weird their parents are.

Hoo Hoo Hoo Hoosiers!

Last Saturday Penelope attended her first IU football game. The Hoosiers were in town (relatively) playing Penn State at FedEx Field where the Redskins play. Anyway, we got her layered up and covered in as much IU stuff as we could (many thanks to the Christie family for the excellent Hoosiers jersey)! Here are a few pix from the fun day. Penelope lasted about as long as the Hoosiers' defense, who made it through nearly 3 quarters tied with Penn State (a team they have never beaten) (note: they did end up losing by 10 or more points, but all in all we considered the whole outing a success)!

Things Penelope Can Do

Here are two random things that Penelope can do that are worth mentioning (at least in the eyes of her mother): (1) touch her belly (or mid-section generally) when you ask her where her belly is - in fairness she doesn't do it all of the time, but enough of the time to convince me she understands what I am asking and knows the answer on some level; (2) rub her hands together whenever she is near me and I use hand sanitizer and rub my hands together - it's almost Pavlovian at this point the way she starts to rub her hands together when she smells the stuff, pretty crazy!

The Monster Mash

here is a low quality version of Penelope taking some steps Frankenstein-style