Last weekend was Owen's first trip to the snow and Teresa's first since she was 1. Both delighted in the cold stuff.

Teresa tried out her new skis and snowshoes and did a great job on both. She says she will ski more when she's bigger. I guess we need to save our pennies. She loved making and tossing snowballs, especially making them go plop in the street.

Owen found icy puddles to break the surface of and submerge his feet in with great stomping splashes. Rides on the sleds brought beaming smiles with glittery eyes.

Owen has recently discovered books. He carries them to Mama or Daddy and wants to open pages and discover the pictures. Three bookworms in the family may be too much for Daddy to handle!

New tricks

Owen is delightfully dancing around the living room this morning. Dancing is his great new sport - started yesterday while we waited for the library to open. He danced around in circles while Teresa ran. This morning he began more spontaneous dancing.

And two days ago Owen decided to see if he could feed Mama treats. He was DELIGHTED when Mama accepted a nibble from his cracker. Yesterday Mama was fed O's.

Bath!

a favorite word. we have to spell it unless we intend to give it. Owen hears bath he says, "Bath!" and heads with purpose towards the tub.

Kisses!!

Teresa wanted to throw a ball, Mama said, "We don't throw balls inside, what can we throw? kisees!" and proceeded to throw a kiss. Teresa threw one back... and so did Owen! who knew he knew! First kisses!!! and he loves repeat performances, just say "kiss" and he does!!

First bike ride!

Today we took Owen on his first bike trailer ride to the bagel store. Like Teresa in her time, he spent the ride holding onto his helmet tryign to hold it aloft - or take it off. He was happy for the ride though.

Somersaults even earlier than Teresa?

He watches Teresa do her somersault and flips and is not doing his "downward dogs" and trying very hard to get his feet over for a somersault. Two crazy kids? :)