And...back to snow

A view of our house on a wintery February day. This picture really doesn't do justice to the amount of snow that has fallen this winter. Our little snow bunny has been enjoying playing outside.

Fun at Kalahari!

Our family recently enjoyed a much needed break from the winter season. We headed up to the Kalahari Resort and spent three days in swimming suits, shorts, and flip flops. We had a wonderful time and spent most of it in the resort's giant indoor waterpark. Eva and Dad enjoy a swim. She really proved to be a little fish...she couldn't get enough swimming. Many times after we returned to our room, she would approach us carrying one of her three swimming suits, indicating she was ready for more.
We met Liz (her daycare provider from last year) and some other Verona families for some fun the first night. This is an annual outing for them and the second year in a row that we joined up with them. Liz was amazed by Eva's growth since last June.
Eva plays with an inner tube in one of many baby pools.
Ryan and Angela met up with us for our second night there. They had a room very near ours so we spent some time playing cards with them while Eva slept nearby.
Enjoying the hot tub. We spent most of our time in the baby pools, lazy river, or hot tubs. On this day, we took turns playing with Eva so the "grown ups" could hit the many water slides.

Once More!

To continue the same topic from yesterday....today a #2!!

Okay, okay, future topics will not involve "bodily functions."

Potty!

Recently, Eva has been very interested in "potties." It makes sense, she loves the bathtub and the toilet is near it. Also, two children at daycare are potty training so it's a hot topic there.

We bought Eva a potty yesterday, thinking that we'd just have her explore it and play around with it. Today, after a diaper change, Les took her into the bathroom to visit the potty chair. She sat on it and he called for me to come and see our "big girl." We made jokes about what a natural she was and how funny it would be if there was any result....

And then she stood up....and, behold...."potty"....in the chair. "No," we thought, "strange coincidence."

But then again, before bath time, Dad asked, "do you have to potty?" And Eva shook her head "yes." Then, a turn on the potty, and again, the same result.

Apparently she has these things figured out. We're off to the store tomorrow to pick up some pull-ups. Could it be that we are at this stage already?

(For those friends who are not parents, I apologize for the subject. I realize that what is amazing for us may not be so exciting for you.)