GMA's shovel and the Tiny Dancer!

 Finally a snow fall worthy of a family effort to shovel the driveway. Most people do not realize snow shovels can come in sizes other than adult or colorful plastic child size.  We are fortunate to have inherited my beloved mom's, (aka GMA, Grandma Mary Ann) snow shovel that could have been considered by Goldilocks as not too big, not too small but just right! The solid wood handle and perfectly curved metal blade makes this petite instrument effective and manageable when loaded with heavy snow. I am sure GMA is smiling and pleased at how skillfully Annie Kate can help clear the driveway with this unique 40 year old shovel. She considers this to be her shovel refusing any type of "toy" looking option.  We just need to help her understand that turning her shovel up side down and dragging the snow from the lawn onto the driveway is a bit counter productive to our common goal.

Annie Kate loves playing in Molly's room every chance she gets. Two older sisters with a combined 25+ years of ballet lessons have a fair amount of influence over Annie Kate's future dance skills. Today she refused to wear ballet shoes that were too big even though they stayed on just fine. Her turns were just not "clean " enough. It was only a matter of searching to find, among the dozens of out grown dance shoes, before we found an acceptable style and size.

 The "Tiny Dance" in her purple tutu had a ball attempting to perfect her maneuvers! Dizzy dance may be more accurate!