Monday, December 29, 2008

Happy New Year


Inga wishes you all a happy new year!

She especially wishes Baga Granowski a happy 80th birthday- even if Baga doesn't want to be 80.

Oma gave Inga 40 bales of hay- Unk and Pappa put them on the porch. We let Oma know that we would NOT be bringing the bales back on the train.

Knit Sheep/bears

Our lovely Anderson friends knit Inga these unbelievable sweaters and sheep. Inga opened the package and immediately started growling- she thought they were bears.

Inga's Big Day



Inga got a very, very fun book from Santa- which she immediately asked grandpa to read. She can now find all of the poop. The lower picture is a graphic representation of how Inga felt at the end of the day...

Presents


Santa brought inga toys-- inga thought that all of the packages contained toys "toys, fun!" Inga got the super-fun present of mittens from her mommy, a doll house, and a transit station. She has become an expert unwrapper-- call her for your package opening needs.

Christmas Breakfast

Uncle Anders and Anna made us breakfast in the morning. Inga liked the St. Nick's bread (sent by great-grandma blomer), but she wasn't so sure about the polenta with dried mango. She really likes clementines...

Sunday, December 7, 2008

Holly Trolly

Inga's first visit with Santa ended in relief when she was able to sit in her own seat-- far away from the Santa...

Holly Trolly


Inga and I rode the trolley between lake Harriot and lake Calhoun. We listened to christmas carols, looked out the window at the graves decorated for the holidays (yes, it goes through the graveyard) and visited with a very hard-working santa..

Inga's pretty chirstmas tree

St. Nick's Day 2008



Inga came downstairs and found a new pair of shoes, a book (christmas in noisy village) and marzipan. The tree had also been decorated while she slept. Inga kept on looking at the tree and saying "wow" and "pretty."

At the Children's Museum



Inga and her friend and I went to the Museum on Thursday (I took the day off)...There would be a lot more pictures, but I ran out of batteries. Inga and her friend super liked the water, but they liked shopping in the pretend supermarket the best. They did NOT like the ant cave (scary, mommy)

Inga's new chair in her room

3 dollies, one highchair



Inga loves to load her dollies into the highchair and force-feed them blocks....