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The Art of Sledding

tnolan72 — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:52:51 +0000

It was a beautiful winter day on Saturday–blue, blue sky, bright sun and cold but not bitter temps. We took Henry to a lovely little Dane County park called Indian Lake, which has a decent (but not crazy/scary) sledding hill.
When we got there, a scouting troop was dragging supplies for winter camping on sleds back towards the sledding area. They had the makings of a huge bonfire, and hot cocoa and apple cider. They alternated between setting up and sledding, whooping it up the entire time. It was a picture-perfect Wisconsin winter day.

Here’s some pictures of Henry and David sledding.

Unfortunately, Henry took a couple of rough spills, including a faceplant off a small jump. Here’s the aftermath. My poor little guy!

Snow at last!

tnolan72 — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:05:01 +0000

It’s been such a mild winter, it was shocking to finally have some snow this past week. If it’s been awhile since you’ve been around a 5-yr-old, let me remind you that they *love* snow.

Henry during a snowball fight with Daddy (note the ammo stockpile in the wagon).

Henry in the snow fort he and Mama constructed.

Henry gets his sled-face on:

Christmas 2012

tnolan72 — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:20:22 +0000

A few nice shots of a quiet Christmas at Grandma Loreli’s.

Sunset 12/24/11

Henry modeling a series of hats!

Daddy’s birthday

tnolan72 — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:27:36 +0000

Catching up here. . .a quick snap from Daddy’s birthday!

Halloween

tnolan72 — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:42:02 +0000

What a great day! I think we’re headed into the Perfect Age for Halloween–here’s hoping it lasts many years.

First, Halloween Eve (is that technically All Hallow’s Eve Eve?), and the finished jack-o-lantern:

Next, our cute house all decked out:

Thor testing his hammer on Dada:

Ready to go!

Critical accessories: hammer and candy receptacle.

The haul:

Fancy

tnolan72 — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 02:15:33 +0000

The Dickinsons attended a wedding a few weekends ago. . . October 8 in Wisconsin, 82*, and gorgeous. Here’s a few shots of Henry and I (David was busy serving as an usher).

We’re actually on a chair lift at a ski run in these pics–the wedding was on top of a ski hill, and we had to take the chair lift to get up there. Super fun–Henry and I rode it around a few times.

Henry would like you to know what ties feel like:

the year’s last, loveliest smile

tnolan72 — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 00:28:47 +0000

It was a picture-perfect fall day in Wisconsin: clear blue sky, bright sun, cool temps. We took a run up to Ski-Hi Orchard near Baraboo for apples (and pie, and cider donuts, and apple turnovers, and caramel apples), and then went for a hike along the bluffs in Devils Lake.

Pretty much everyone in the state was out biking, hiking, motorcyling, driving, etc., . . .what a day. No wonder it’s always been my favorite season. And the Badgers and Irish both win, a nice bonus for the weekend.

*William Cullen Bryant: “Autumn, the year’s last, loveliest smile.”

I-Love-You-And-I-Want-to-Marry-You-on-the-Fourth-of-July

tnolan72 — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 03:13:07 +0000

Henry and I have worked out a code of hand-squeezes, basically one squeeze per syllable. Three squeezes = “I Love You”

He recently introduced the 16-squeeze. When I asked, he told me it meant “I love you and I want to marry you on the Fourth of July.”
Sounds good to me, my beautiful boy.

Camping!

tnolan72 — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:35:45 +0000

Henry had a fun overnight camping trip with Dada and Grandma Loreli last weekend. Mama had a get-out-of-jail-free card.

First Day of Kindergarten!

tnolan72 — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:40:43 +0000

No words for this one!