I have been more than a little lax in attending to my duties as Nora’s webmaster this last week and more and for this I humbly apologize. Here is the first of what will be rather a large series of make-up posts documenting Nora’s second Christmas holiday. Here are some shots of her helping us wrap presents on the 27th day of Kislev. Note how she has helpfully helped wrapping paper, bags, and tissue paper out of their boxes and onto every square inch of available floor. She is nothing if not thorough.

Here’s are a couple of pictures of Nora going for a swim in her new snowsuit. It’s entirely possible we’ll need to get a slightly smaller one — she ought to be able to wear this one in June or July. :)

Also (barely) visible in these pictures is Nora’s spiffy new velour track suit courtesy of Sylvia in the Linguistics Department (thanks, Sylvia!).

Our daredevil baby toddler had a bit of an accident this morning. Here are the steps Nora followed to fling herself into the side of the table and cut herself just below the eye. Note that this recipe does not work and should not be reproduced. Past performance is an indicator of future success. Kids, please don’t try this at home.

1. Figure out how to use highchair as a ladder to get onto the kitchen table.
2. (Admirably) figure out how to get back down.
3. Absent-mindedly move highchair about 2 feet further from table while playing a different game.
4. Climb chair and discover it’s too far from table now.
5. Jump anyway.

All this before 7:00am (note the darkened window). She’s completely fine now but her face was covered in blood when Jen got me up. Here’s a picture of Nora basking in the glory of her initial successful summit of the table:

The highchair has since been modified and is no longer usable as a ladder. We’re going helmet shopping tomorrow.