big brother practice

"reading my magazine," he said.

smile like a patch of sunshine

a little break

papa

mama

a little stroll

"slided," he said.

missing the sandbox

pretzels and chalk

while we waited for the pretzels to rise, he got to try out chalk for the first time.

"this is good," he said.

a handfull of sunshine in january

it was little like tagging

"i miss opa," he said.

even if it only 22 degrees out, it is good to escape the house

mitten weather

he's learned his first poem. (no off-camera prompting either.)
the original is:
thumb in the thumb place
fingers all together
this is the song that we sing
in mitten weather

the aunts

sequel

due out mid-may 2008

a new book puts all unwrapping on hold

merry christmas

trimming the tree

my opa

last minute christmas project

christmas tastes like gingerbread

look, opa, mittens!

is that dancing?

he couldn't quite explain why, but it was impressive to see him put them on himself

our snow day

a little sun

learning to make pie

"you need two and a half cups," he said.

mama haircut sans bowl

our second snow

northern light

"mmm, coco," he said.

a home for alexander beetle

(it maybe the wrong season to find an alexander beetle of our own)

for a day that was 28 degrees