Videos of the snow

And here are two videos of our skiing trip to Ski Butternut in Great Barrington, Mass.

So now you know what tubing is

Wilder Loves Books

Wilder loves books (I guess it must be genetic). For a long time we've read to him at night but now he carries books with him everywhere and sometimes reads them himself. Yesterday morning while getting ready for school, he made me sit down outside on the drive with the books he wanted to show his teacher, and read Brown Bear, Brown Bear to me.

Snowing and Tubing

This weekend we took a 2 hour drive through Connecticut and up into Massachusetts to go skiing (Saturday, Emily and the girls, while I watched Wilder) and on Sunday morning tubing (basically sledging on a large inner tube). We went with our friends and neighbours, the Lyons, and all the kids had a great time - especially riding the chairlift. 

Hello Willow

A week and a half ago we picked up our new kitten, Willow. She is extremely tolerant of being manhandled by children, and purrs so loudly whenever handled that the vet was not able to hear her heartbeat over it. Willow and Jewel are also (kind of) friends - they need to play fight for a while before they will lie down and sleep together.