LIFE with LEXIE

All good things must come to an end and Princess Snowflake's end came pretty quickly. This is what we woke up to.

This was actually better than I expected since it rained buckets all night. Clearly the rest of the snow is gone. Here's Lexie's reaction.

She wasn't sure why everything was so far away from the princess. Including the umbrella which ended up across the street.

It was not a fit night for man nor snow...princess. But Lexie was all for trying to put her back together. 

A carrot here...

some buttons there...

Still something was missing. Oh yes, the mouth. The gum drops where just a mushy mess so we used the licorice that were her eyelashes. We just couldn't get her to smile (and who can blame her?) but Lexie was happy enough to finally head off to school with a wave good-bye to Princess Snowflake.

This is who I found when I ran by the house to let the dogs out a few hours later.

A little freaky if you ask me. I considered just knocking the whole thing down but figured the light showers due for the rest of the afternoon would probably do the job. This is what Lexie came home to after school.

Yup - she's headless. But Lexie was not deterred. We moved the "necklace" scarf down and put her face right back on. Or at least tried.

We Lexie looked out the window and saw what was left she insisted on going out in her jammies. After looking over the pieces and talking about how she's watered the grass and flowers she was ready to say good-bye.

Now that was real shock. And she insisted on putting her back together even at this stage. But I got her laughing about it and all was right with her world again.

Oh how my baby is growing up!

And what was I thinking with those hair bows?

Here on the Kitsap Peninsula we don't get snow all that often and even when we do it doesn't stay for long. They've been talking about snow today for about a week and I'm so glad to say we got it. It started last night and since the weather report said we might get 3-5 inches Tue night but it would turn to rain by early Wed am. So when it started coming down last night around 7:30pm I decided it might be our only chance to enjoy the snow. So Lexie and I bundled up and headed outside. I'm glad we did.

 We are talking big flakes too. It was pitch black but the snow just made everything glow. LOVED IT!

 Lexie had to make snow angels.

 She even made twin angels for Maddie & Maddox. She said they are holding wings.

 Then MY angel became a little snow ball throwing devil. Funny girl! And then I pulled out the little sled and dragged her around for awhile.

It was a magical time being silly out in the dark in the snow. The next morning I woke up to see that we had indeed gotten a good 6 inches but it had already turned to rain. School (and dance class) was canceled so I couldn't go into work - poor Mommy! Here's my little snow angel asking for at least the 10th time if the rain had stopped so we could go outside.

 Finally!!!!!

 She surprised me by being really good at rolling large snowballs (of course this was way more mush than snow.)

 A few pats here.....

 and a lot of suggestions there and wa-la!

 Introducing Princess Snowflake!

But we weren't done yet - oh no. Lexie reminded me that it was Princess Snowflake's birthday (the first thing Frosty says is "Happy Birthday!") so we needed to get out the sign.

As you can see she was melting pretty fast (no worries we found the nose and got it right back on her.) I reminded her that the sun was peeking through the clouds making it warmer and it was also supposed to rain this afternoon both of which would cause Princess Snowflake to melt. After discussing what could be done to stop that we decided an umbrella could keep both the sun and the rain off her.

 Lexie took it very seriously but I told her she could NOT stand out there all day holding the umbrella to help out Princess Snowflake.

 Lexie had to make a cake for the birthday girl (that white blob by the sign) and get her a present. Can you guess what it is? Her favorite toy - a snowball! Sadly Lexie dropped it and she was trying to put it back together.

 Naturally Lexie had to sing happy birthday to her and here she is cutting the cake. Yummy!!

 Finally everything was perfect with both of my princesses. The one not made of snow headed inside for a long winters nap.

 And Princess Snowflake is sharing the joy of her birthday with neighbors and friends.

Happy Snow Days!!

It's wonderful that Lexie and I have been a family long enough to have established traditions and one of my favorites is Mommy & Lexie Christmas. Since we travel to be with family for the holidays it makes sense not to take her presents from me to wherever we go and then haul them back. That has lead us to the tradition of M&L Christmas and what a lovely day we had this year.

This year was not the crazy big presents of last year (the doll house, puppet stage & table & chairs) but Butterscotch the pony was a pretty big hit. I have to say this horse is as close as you can get to the real thing without having to clean up after it.

Lexie had to ride her first of course.

 Then naturally she had to put a crown on her.

 And as soon as she opened her new real porcelain tea set she had to give Butterscotch the first sip of tea.

 she lined them up right there on the floor. Funny girl.

 I tried to let her explore her presents before encouraging her on to the next one and she really did have fun opening each one.

 She was very excited to be able to give me the gift she'd made for me at school.

 I was expecting a snow flake ornament or maybe a picture of her but they made these very unique egg reindeer ornaments.

 She told me a lot of the kids broke theirs and had to start again but she was VERY careful and it never dropped. I will cherish it always.

 After finishing up with the opening of the presents it was off to have breakfast on Lexie's new REAL tea set.

 It was a lovely affair and Minnie Mouse even joined us.

 I have to say this is a really cute set. I looked long and hard to find a set for 4 with pink ballerina's on it. It even came with these tiny forks and spoons and a wicker basket - for picnics Lexie says.

 But naturally Butterscotch (AKA Phillipe from the movie) was what completed the outfit for her. That is one happy princess.

 She had to sit sidesaddle because of the skirt but as you can tell she didn't care. She just rode off in the forest to get away from the angry pack of wolves. Poor Kit & Kaboodle where the evil wolves all afternoon long.

I also gave her Belle the toddler and Lexie told me she was 3 years old (because on the box it said suitable for 3+) so that made Lexie the big sister Belle.