winter!

last week, we had a very busy sunday.  we started off at the museum of natural history, where we wandered through the food exhibit.  

 there was a kitchen offering demonstrations and taste testing of chocolate.  we could not convince penny to try it, which was pretty weird, but she was mostly not eating last week.  she did decorate her own chef's hat, though.

at lunch, penny and alex decided to go on a penguin and polar bear hunt, and downloaded the AMNH app.

Success!

 After a great museum trip, we went home to watch the most important sporting event of the year!

Puppy Bowl!

 This weekend was snowy!  Penny has experienced snow before, but this was the first real snowfall we've had that she's been autonomous for.  we started off our snow day building a "snowman".  unfortunately, the snow was gorgeous fresh powder, and i couldn't get it to pack.  penny seemed pleased with the results anyway:

 our next snow adventure was sledding!  we've had this sled for years, but this was the first time it's ever seen a hill.  penny was a sledding champ!  she definitely has inherited my love of thrill rides.  she wanted to go faster and faster, and for a kid who had no nap today, she did super great on the "slope".

penny prepares her attack on the hill

away she goes!

ready to make her second descent!

penny pulled the sled up the hill by herself!

many thanks to our intrepid photographer and social director for the day, aunt jodi!  penny was having such a fun time with her that she didn't want to say goodbye!