Because we are a bit of a blended family, we have several different Christmas celebrations. This one was a little after Christmas when YaYa was around.

Daphne got some purses to play with.

Mama got some fun spinning things.
Daphne also got a Mrs. Potato Head.
Fun was had by all.

I’ve talked about Daphne’s love of Mama Mia. Here she is absolutely enthralled with watching the movie. I couldn’t get her to move for an hour.

Sometimes when I am working in the kitchen the best thing to do is put her in the sink with a bunch of bubbles to play with. It can keep her entertained for long enough for dinner to get on the table or for long enough to clean the kitchen.

At one point, when she was getting ready to go to bed she spent some time putting the rest of the family to bed as well. Flaff is the most cooperative family member and here is some documentation of a playtime when she absolutely insisted that Flaff go unders (and stay there).

Sometimes I have nothing more to post than cute smile photos. Here are a few that I have no commentary on other than the fact that she is so adorably cute!

A while ago, Daphne started taking my phone and pretended to talk on it like I do. She sometimes will grab my phone and then walk around the house for 10 or more minutes talking on it with no one there.

More recently, she has started to beg to talk to whoever is on the phone. She either sits listening intently or she babbles on and on, and no one can understand what she is saying!

We go to Scotty’s Playplace a lot to play. When Papa was here visiting, we took him there and got these action shots!

Of course the water fountain is the most interesting part (and still is).

However, the slide can be a lot of fun too!

Daphne is learning to read and is loving it more and more each day. We went to the library and got some books a while ago and when Papa visited, he got to read the books we first checked out

Flaff was even in on the action of reading.

Papas sure do tell interesting stories!

Papa Bob came to visit us after Christmas for a weekend. Daphne is getting older now so she can play with him and talk to him. She really liked playing puzzles with him and getting him to play with toys with her.

Of course, there is no better place than a Papa’s lap.

Occasionally, Daphne will get into the dresser in her room and spend time putting on clothes from the bottom drawer. I have reserved the bottom drawer for clothes that are too big for her.

She surprised me one day with this pink outfit. The look she had on when she came to show it to me was priceless!