Shaving cream is not just for shaving

It's for washing too. And for blasting off the shower walls using a water gun filled with colored water. 

"Take a picture, Momma."

Hair cut day!

Oh yes. New hair cut!!

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During:

After:

First Lego vehicle

Tonight Ryan built his very own Lego car. No help. No instructions. Just pure determination and full imagination. 

He was a little embarrassed to have his picture taken. That red one is the one he made. 

Ski champion

Ryan went on his very first ski trip today. We headed up to Shawnee Peak bright and early and spent the day on the mountain. He's a natural and is almost better than me already. 

Enamored with his equipment

In line for his first run

Magic carpet ride

First run

Can we do it again, Daddy?

Who needs the kiddie run? On to the big stuff!

Chair lift pro 

There they go!

Survived the big hill and wanted more

What a great day!!!

Inspired

Yesterday I was looking for inspiration for a post. I got it in the form of an awesome lesson about cardinals while looking out the window at lunch. 

Behind again--catch up post for 16th and 17th

So I owe a Thursday the 16th and a Friday the 17th at least. I'll hold off on today's in hopes of feeling inspired by something going on here. It's snowing again, so that's sure to be fun. 

Thursday: 

This was all before we left for school. He had some very important things to do.  

This is our indoor sandbox filled with rice and dried beans. Lots of digging going on in here. The cats are also enjoying chasing stray beans around the floor. Everyone wins! Except mommy who has to sweep up the digging disasters. 

Bath time is story time

I'm not sure how it happened, but bath time has become a time for telling stories to each other. Ryan wants to hear about when Nik and I were kids. Everyone takes turns. On Ryan's turn, he tells elaborate stories about going on walks with the cats in the woodland meeting up with bears and wolves and monsters. As you might imagine, there is also an occasional fire truck. And the occasional refusal to get out of the tub, because he will get too cold.