Snowy Days

Calvin has been enjoying the snow more and more this winter. 

 This was his first attempt at a snow angel a few weeks ago. 

 Then we went sledding with his friend Liam the other weekend 

 and he was up for making a real snow angel. 

 Then we went sledding with Chip last week. 

 They loved to ride down together. 

There's plenty of snow here when it's "warm" enough to enjoy it. 

Best Buds

Just found some pictures. So we are going back in time to right after Christmas.

 We had Chip over to watch him to give his mommy a little break for a few hours. 

 Calvin showed Chip some of his new Christmas presents. 

 They had a little lunch. 

 And played some more. 

 They played well together with some toys

 and not so well with other toys. 

 Who knew a giraffe was worth wrestling over?

 Then I stuck the boys in the wagon and we took to the streets 

 to deliver cookies to the workers at the fire department, the police department and the library. 

 They liked to ride together

 but Calvin wanted to give pulling a try. 

 That only lasted so long before Chip wanted to try, too. 

 After a little rough start, we were able to work it out so they both were happy. 

 Back home, we gave Chip the Christmas presents Calvin had picked out for him. 

A fun day with a good buddy!

Winter Carnival

Last weekend was the Winter Carnival at the local nature center so we went for a little family outing for Daddy's birthday. We haven't been since Calvin was 8 months old so things were a little different this time. 

 Like last time, Chip was there. 

 Unlike last time, Calvin got to decorate his own mitten cookie. 

 We did snowshoeing again but had much more snow this time. 

 Calvin and Chip got to make noisemakers to play along with some live music. 

 They got to play in the preschool that is there. 

 And then we took them sledding. 

 Calvin tried going by himself

 and with Daddy. 

 But he loved racing Chip down the hill. 

 Much more then walking his sled back up the hill. 

 After a few more races down the hill, 

 we let them try going down together. 

 They loved it!

 The boys didn't want the fun to end. 

And somehow he didn't nap after all that excitement. Sigh. 

Train Table

So Calvin's love of trains has escalated greatly lately. 

 So we turned the box we were using as a boat into a train table.

 Calvin has enjoyed it for it many reasons. 

 And then we watched one of his little friends for his mommy and Calvin was thrilled when he arrived with his own trains and travel track. 

 Calvin showed Henry his track. 

 They would "chug" together and apart. 

 Calvin seemed happy to have someone who shared his love of trains to play with. 

 So we decided to retire the cardboard box and got a train table with a bunch of track from Craigslist. 

Calvin played it for HOURS straight after it was set up. 

It's been a great addition to our toys.