Big Snowman with Cousins

This is snowman number 2: in our backyard/park. You can see my townhouse in the background of this first picture, we are on the very right hand side. As you can see with the second picture, the park extends quite a ways...and it all feels like it is mine =). Minus the troublesome teens who come around now and again, it is a wonderful place to live.

First Real Snow Day (Warm enough to play)

January 25, 2011

Sebastian's first snowman. Sorry, no finished picture, just the main ball that he rolled all by himself. Now this was good, Washington style snow! Super fun day with them.

February Snowman

February 27, 2011 . . . We all went to church . . . came home . . . had lunch . . . Paige and Dad went down for a nap together . . . then Sebastian asked if he could go play outside, make a snowman? "Mom: will you please come outside with me and help me build a snowman?" "of course" . . . So, we did. There certainly was a lot of snow but it wasn't the perfect Washington snow this time so it was hard to make a ball. We tried it "The Snowman" way by just packing the snow up and up, then placing a head on top. It is still standing 4 days later, so it wasn't too bad. This is our third snowman of the season, and the only one to last more than 2 hours! Kids around here like to knock them down. Our first was in the front but close to the sidewalk, the second was behind our house, in the park...I guess people felt like it was free game being in the park: to me, it feels like my backyard though. So this time I put it as close to our front window as possible so there would be no confusion as to who made it and then we decorated him facing our window versus the street.

Learning to Ride

January 17, 2011. This was our first warm day after Sebastian's birthday (Jan 3rd) when he received his bike from Chris and I. When I say warm....I mean at or above 30 degrees, but with some sun thankfully!
He was a bit tentative at first, but with some encouragement and a lot of praise, he decided he liked it, and he liked that he was doing well. So we kept out there for a good half hour probably.
The very next day we had another sunny day and he begged me to let him ride to the library (about 3 blocks away or 3/8mi). He did great...sure, it took a while, but he did it, and he didn't complain . . . not even on the way back. To sum it up in Sebastian's words to his Dad as we picked Dad up from school that day "Mom is so proud of me!"