Mr Blue Eyes

Ball with "Fofie"

New things

There were two things different about this snow: 1.) it was wetter. 2.) Daddy was not at work. These two thing meant that instead of exploring and marveling at the snow, Andrew was formulating a snowball attack strategy.

Andrew spotted the amaryllis that mom and dad have every winter at their house. The flower was just about to open, which was completely fascinating to him. Since that moment, he has become my budding botanist. We are reading books about flowers from the library. We watch time lapse movies of flowers blooming. We spot every flower in a 1 mile radius, real or silk, and decide if it is open or closed. We even planted some flowers of our own:

(Hint: in these videos, listen for the words "Flowers, open, close." They have sort of become his mantra)

Andrew is picking up all kinds if new skills lately. Like cutting:

And sweeping:

And even a first attempt at knitting. He has some yarn that he plays with sometimes while I am knitting, and the other day he informed me he needed "pens" so he could knit. I assumed he meant needles.









He fiddles for a little while like he's tossing a salad, then says "ta-da!" and tells me what he made. Usually it's a flower for Sa-sa's wedding. He pays such close attention to what I do.

P.S. Aunt Terri, I haven't forgotten about his birthday pictures. Currently my photographer is running a business, working full time, and flipping a house for me, so I am trying not to be too demanding while I wait for the pictures. :)

Bubbles!

Don't worry, birthday pictures to follow. :)

Happy Birthday Andrew!

Snow! Among other things

It snowed last weekend just enough for Andrew to have some quintessential snow experiences, like eating snow:

And sledding, more or less:

Mostly Andrew is obsessed with tools, the new house, and who might be working at the new house. I guess this really reflects our recent focus...


Andrew working on the door to our bedroom:

There is lots to do!

Last days of 1...

A budding percussionist

He looks so big except for that pasie


Andrew and Sophie


One of the highlights of Andrew's week is going to church. And with such good friends to rock with, why wouldn't he?

Andrew's recent obsession is the horse pasture in my parents' development. We talk about the horse, eating apples, tickling papa's hand, sleeping in the barn, etc, at least 3 times a day

We have started a new tradition of family worship in the evening, which involves music, dancing, the Bible, prayer, and generally silliness:

Turns out almost 2 is silly a lot of the time.

He leads a charmed life.