It smelled like heaven!

Alyssa is changing every day. (I probably say that too much!) We have started ponytails and pigtails. It keeps the hair out of her eyes, especially when she hasn't taken a bath in awhile. It makes her look more like a little girl rather than a baby. 

Mmmm graham crackers and deceivingly (not so) healthy veggie straws

Erik thinks her hair looks like a mushroom cloud after the elastics come out. The camera doesn't do it justice.

After sitting at home all morning because we're kind of sicky we decided to go to Longwood Gardens. (I decided...Alyssa doesn't really have much of  say.) It was a nice way to have a little walk like it was summer even though it's cold outside. Longwood Gardens was once a du Pont estate. There is a conservatory that has an orchid show right now. I walked in and drank in the scent of all the wonderful flowers and trees. It was like standing in the floral fridge at Dan's but SO MUCH BETTER! We walked around for a little while.

"No, I will NOT look at you and your ridiculous camera."

Alyssa loved the flowers and would not look at the camera. She kicked her legs and pointed and gasped in a quick, hyperventilating kind of way. I have about 15 pictures of her head craned the opposite direction of the camera. Silly Alyssa.

I am so grateful for beautiful flowers and their wonderfully delicious smells. There was even an orchid that smelled like chocolate! Oh yeah!

A little funny story from today: Alyssa had been snacking on her meal remains on the floor. I realized this and asked her to spit it out. First came a dried egg noodle...then another dried egg noodle. "Lovely," I thought. At this point I am aware that she has put something else in her mouth, not edible. She spits it out...and it was a piece of carpet. She then crawls back over to where she found said piece of carpet, pulls another little piece up, tastes it and gives it to me. By now she knows that carpet is not that good to eat so she just picks at the carpet and finds little pieces and hands them to me. I think maybe she's learned her lesson...now we just need to work on not eating paper.