The salad days of child-rearing are upon us as Luke and Violet are nearing mastery of the snack trap; here pictured filled with mini-goldfish and attendant Beagle. This marks the start of them feeding themselves.
Luke is the current odds-on favorite to start walking first. He can successfully stand un-aided and did a no-handed power squat today. Violet walks well with arms raised and hands clasped firmly on your fingers, but she doesn't like the repeated forced-attempts at walking one-handed. Violet remains the champion climber with several impressive displays up the stairs this week. It'll be nice to get their hands off the floor since they find every piece of dirt that Sadie brings into the house. Housekeeping has never been a favorite of ours.
Michael just picked up two new snow sleds for this season. We went looking late in the season last year and missed the short window in Portland for buying sleds (this window also applies to children's snow apparel, particularly mittens). We've got some nice ones now and are just in a waiting game with the snow. In the meantime, Livvie likes pulling Violet around the kitchen and living room. Luke and Violet together on the sled are a little too heavy, though. As always, Livvie's dressed as a princess, today it's Ariel.
luke looks so grown...he's becoming a little man -)
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