Sweet Photo {by Grey}

Happy Snow

The weather right now is pretty whizbang amazing and it looks like winter's on it's way out, so I better share my last set of snow photos (although I might have some in my camera still, hmm).

Sometimes, when the temperature is warmish and it's lightly snowing, the kids actually enjoy themselves!


Sledding is a favorite and we have the perfect hill in our backyard to descend. EXCEPT it leads right into a fence. So either I have to be down at the bottom to stop them or they've learned to drag their hands to slow themselves.


Grey's content to slip and slide on a stationary sled.


Picking your nose is hard with snow gloves.


Tire swings are a little extra slick in the wintertime.


Did you know you can use your racquetball rackets in the snow?


He thinks he's so clever sneaking on the other side of the fence.


Time for some snowflake catching! First Liam!


Dash!


Grey!

Thanks snow, it was fun, but I don't think we'll miss you.

Grey Skies and Sunshine

Sean's a man of many interests that often rotate between themselves. His free time (ha!) floats between woodworking, chess, card tricks, weirdly specific wikipedia research, and whatever else strikes his interest. Every now and then, learning a new instrument sneaks in there. Around the time I began my pregnancy with Grey, he started learning the harmonica.


The first song (and one of the few) he learned? You Are My Sunshine. The twins and I loved hearing him play. And when we finally settled on the name Grey, we thought, hey, it's in that song! and Sean would sing it to my belly. In the hospital after delivering Grey and trying to sooth the crying babe, Sean and I started singing the song. He calmed down immediately. And each time after, same result. It was magic. You Are My Sunshine became Grey's song.


I tried not to use it too much. Surely the magic wasn't unlimited. But if any of my normal soothing tricks wouldn't work, I'd curl him against me and start singing. Sometimes he'd quiet down right away, others, it took a few repeats. But it always worked. Until a few months ago, when he realized he could be stubborn. I was on round ten warbling the chorus and still, the cries! Ah, it was magical while it lasted. To me, You Are My Sunshine will always be for him.

It's gender time

Are you ready? Everything looks good with the baby and we found out that it's a...


GIRL! How exciting! High five!