Our Sweet Boy Turns 2!

Leif loves dinosaurs and trains, and anything that goes.  He likes to pretend he is a "super airplane" and fly around the house, with sound affects.  When Ethan asked him what kind of cake he wanted, he said a dinosaur cake.  Then Ethan asked what color, and Leif said "pink."  Funny, because Ethan told me over and over again that he wanted a pink dinosaur cake for his third birthday.  I did not make it pink this time, but Leif also loves chocolate.  He had a great time celebrating with his sweet brother, who he adores.  Such a big, happy boy.  He loves riding on his birthday present, his new tricycle.

It's sugaring time and a friend invited us to visit and see his operation.

Lovely ski in Craftsbury, and the boys got to taste their first sapcicles

If Leif couldn't ski, he was going to walk the ski track.

 Ski trail at Smuggler's Notch

 Leif wanted to "look at clouds" on our walk.

 Horse on the ski trail (owner not far away)

 Ethan's snowball rolled down the hill, and turned into this.

 Mount Mansfield

 Sugaring time

 My latest project

 Mansfield State Park

 This is what a Vermont baby looks like after playing outside for hours!

 THE sledding hill

It's been a while since we've taken our camera around town.  All the pictures here are taken in Underhill, or close by.  We really do live in a beautiful place.

We are finally getting lots of snow.  We got almost a foot in our yard over the weekend and it keeps snowing.  We went cross-country skiing yesterday with a friend, Dorothy, who works at an outdoor center in Craftsbury, which is another cute and small town.  We skied past big barns, and Dorothy pointed out sapcicles hanging from a big maple tree.  The boys loved those of course.  Ethan did so well on the hills on his skis.  I didn't bring Leif's, though he's no chariot rider.  I used to pull Ethan all the time in his stroller on skis.  But, maybe because he has Ethan to watch, Leif won't have it.  After a short while he got out and insisted on walking on the track behind Ethan.  Dorothy is a x-country instructor, so she picked him up and skied with him so he could feel like he got to participate.  Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of the ski, but we'll be going back.  Next time.