Developing Facial Recognition Software

Here I am going through my picture book and pointing out who I see. I'm pretty good if I do say so myself. I am still working on saying Gung-Gung and Gramma. My cousins are all letters O(Owen), H(Harrison) and E(Ethan). I've had Mama, Dada and Papa down for a while now and I just mastered Nana. Aunt Elaine is just Lane(so close) and Uncle Mike is My. I've decided to call Aunt Megan, Mimi since her name is hard to get my tongue around and Uncle Jim is a work in progress. He hides from the camera like a vampire from sunlight so I only have tiny head shots of him. I know Kiwi of course, I call him Ooof. Every other kid (no matter how much older they are) and I are just BABY!

Snow!?!?!?!?!

Did you know it snows in Southern California? Mommy and Daddy sure think so but the jury is still out on that for me. Tuesday, Mommy and Daddy along with Nana took me up to Mt. Baldy to play in the snow. I got all dressed up in a sweet snowsuit that we borrowed from my friend Logan. Mommy and Daddy were planning to ski while Nana and I made snow angels. Let's just say that even at 6000ft there wasn't much/any snow to play in. I had to climb up, over and into a gully to find this patch of snow to check out. The people at Mt. Baldy said there was snow at the 7500ft lodge but mommy and daddy didn't think it was worth it especially since we didn't see any snow the entire drive up. That and it was $20 dollars each just to ride the chair up to the lodge! I guess we could have just hiked up the hill. It's not like we would slip on the ice and snow. LOL.
The great thing about being 1 year old is that almost everything is exciting to me. Heck, we could take a trip to the DMV and I would think it was Disneyland. After playing in the patch of snow and wandering around the virtually empty parking lot we had a picnic in the back of daddy's truck. MMMMMM food.  After that it was time to head home and to be rocked to sleep with the gentle sway of the ride. We have a big storm coming in this week so mommy says we can try again in a few weeks.

A Busy Girl

My life is sure busy these days. Daddy is home all day and really tries to keep me active. I tried to act out my favorite part of my new book “Hop on Pop.” I’ll let you guess which part. Mommy had to reel me in from the edge of the world. Check out what else I did this week.
I practiced my Karate, surveyed my domain and attempted to “swim with the fishes” but in a good way. I climbed rock walls and slides with Finn (is Everest in our near future?) I painted my face with various foodstuffs and practiced for my ballet debut at the Met. I explored the culinary aspects of various soils and alluvium and learned about botany and the aesthetics of pinecones. I tried surfing the coffee table (I’ll try the real thing sooner or later), I discovered the structural properties of sand and I got first hand knowledge of gravity’s affect on people.
That’s a lot of activity and learning for one week. Sometimes you just have to know when to say "When!"

Looking Back on Christmas