33 Months

33 months old today! And growing so quickly. Aspen is longer and stronger and more articulate. She's figured out Santa (it helps that he's already started hanging out at the mall and is available to wave to) and is eagerly anticipating Christmas. Thanksgiving doesn't quite register, yet.

In big girl news, in October



Aspen got some help from daddy



and is now the proud owner of a big girl bed!



Sabine helped her break it in,





and Aspen has been sleeping happily there ever since.

Aspen has also started a mommy & me preschool class at the local Friends school, and is quite excited about "HER" new school!









(If you didn't notice, she already has a favorite dress-up dress that she beelines for when we arrive, and then we check out the rest of the room.)

It's been nice to have a weekly activity that's just for her, and it's a great space, with fun toys, lots of arts and crafts, nice teachers, and a HUGE playground!





Sabine, meanwhile, has been trying out a taekwondo class, and loves it, although three days a week is probably more than we are going to be able to squeeze into our schedule regularly, for now.





We've had another round of illnesses go through the family, but Sabine managed to rally and put on a brave face despite feeling crummy for our Christmas pictures this year (here's a sneak preview:)



and Aspen gamely smiled along, so the girls earned themselves a reward. Both mommy and daddy felt very nostalgic after they picked out Cabbage Patch Kids!



All in all, it's been a very busy month. Both girls are growing by leaps and bounds, but continue to be as close as ever. Coincidentally, today was also our first snow of the season!



Aspen has been asking when it's going to snow for a while now, I think she's eager to build a snowman, since she's been watching the movie Frozen a lot, recently. The snow coming down today blew her mind, we were in the car when it started and, forever mindful of her politeness routines, she squealed, "GOOD JOB, CLOUDS!"



Not quite enough to build a snowman today,



but still an excellent time.

I think we've got another winter-lover!