Hello spring! Goodbye winter!

After a snow-packed winter, we're eager for spring to arrive.  Here are some recent pictures, a little out of order.

After bath crazy hair!

Sunday afternoon train ride, awesome!

On the train, not quite sure what to think.

Almost time to get off the train...

Wearing his "jungle vest"

Easter guy!

Happy Easter!

Two pizza guys

A homemade birdfeeder

Notice the snow in the doorway....

Enjoying a cozy fire during the blizzard

Sledding in the driveway

Happy 2nd Birthday little guy!!!

Birthday party with Mr. Peter

Piano man

Construction man taking the duck for a walk

Little Mr. Sweetness

Little Mr. Farwell had a streak of superb sharing this weekend, and has started saying "I share you" (meaning, I'm sharing with you). We are very proud of him.

His sharing streak started when we went up to New Hampshire to visit Aunt Ruth the Great-Great.  He brought along a book of little books and happily shared them and read them with Aunt Ruth.

And he quickly figured out just how much she enjoyed his hugs.  And shared lots of them.

Then when we got home, he noticed that the Buddha in the dining room that had been wearing a Santa hat no longer had a hat (the Christmas decorations are almost all gone).   As soon as he was finished with his dinner, Little Mr. Farwell headed to mudroom to pick out one of his hats to share with Buddha.  Not only did he gladly share a hat, he chose he most favorite owl hat to share.  We're pretty sure that this made Buddha (and us) very happy.

Jingle bells

Little Mr. Farwell is still overflowing with Christmas delight...and occassionally breaking into a rendition of "ingle bells, ingle bells, hey!" Keep scrolling down to the bottom for a video performance.

A little pre-holiday recycling

Baby it's cold outside--time for hats and gloves

Examining the tree

Hanging out after seeing Santa

New Elmo slippers, awesome

The cutest (and only) little sheep in the Christmas pageant

Christmas morning!!!

Pouring a drink for mom

Looking at Uncle Chris' present

New Mizzou sweatshirt.  Go Tigers!

First remote control toy, not sure who loved it more. 

Train set!  Again, not sure who loved it more.

Wonderful Weekend

Little Mr. Farwell was super fun (and willing to be photographed) this weekend.  Here are a few shots. 

SNOW!  Little Mr. Farwell enjoyed a walk in the winter wonderful of our backyard.  Until the snow got into his boots.

Fun dinner party with our cooking group, including four kiddos.  Little G on the left is a year younger than Little Mr. Farwell and cute as can be.

2 year old birthday party, and a chance to roll Mommy around.

More birthday party fun

Not this weekend, but a cute picture of the little guy in the high school gym.  He's got a lot of growing to do before he's ready to start dunking.

So very, very thankful . . .

for a wonderful trip to California, for a toddler who travels well, for wrestling with cousins, for a delicious Thanksgiving dinner, for two fabulous nieces, for the chance to put our toes in the Pacific ocean, for friends in Redwood City....