And More Snow!

Dorian was having too much fun to stop for pictures!

This snowman is lonely, he needs a friend.

Now he's happy!

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!

We woke up to our first snow of the season. The boys got their snow suits, coats, hats and galoshes on and went out to play. When I joined them, I brought out 3 hot chocolates with whipped cream. After drinking them, we took a snowball and rolled it all over the yard. Then I picked it up and carried it to the front yard and rolled it all over the front yard. So, all the snow in front and back is now in a giant ball in our backyard. And it is snowing again. Maybe by tomorrow, we can make another one and turn the "shiny snowball" into a snowman. (Dorian said, "Look! Tissan, Mommy shiny snowball!")

They almost match!

Orange juice and rice cake before the hot chocolate came out.

It comes up to Tristan's waist, Dorian's chest.

Indiana Jones the new Rabbit

The morning after our Rabbit, Polkadot, aka Bun-Bun was buried in the backyard, Tristan woke up and immediately put on his coat and shoes. I asked where he was going. He said sadly, "To Bun-Bun's grave". So I quickly got my coat and shoes and went with him. At the grave he sat down and started crying. He said, "Mom, I just don't think I can live without a rabbit". So, after discussing it with Daddy, we got on craigslist and found lots of free rabbits. I said, "How about this cute black one?" "Oh, he's so cute," he replied. "What about this pretty gray one?" I asked. "That's a nice looking rabbit," he answered. Then we saw the ad for a 4 y/o male, neutered rabbit. When we clicked on it, Tristan immediately said, "I want that one! He looks just like Bun-Bun!" I wasn't so sure it was a good idea to get a rabbit that looked so much like our beloved, now dead, rabbit. But he insisted and we decided they looked enough different that it was OK. We drove to Bothel to pick him up. His name is Indiana Jones, he came with his name, and supposedly likes Indy for short. So, we've been calling him Indy.

Indy is slightly obese. He is very lazy and docile. He lets Tristan pick him up and hold him as much as he wants to, which Tristan loves. He's getting used to being fed veggies, but seems to prefer pellets. (Rabbits are only supposed to have 1/4 - 1/2 cup of pellets per day. He seems a little put out by that fact). He plays with toys more than Polkadot did. He's less curious, less energetic, and less destructive than Polkadot was. He lets us trim his nails and hold him longer, but he doesn't lick us when he's happy like Polkadot did. And he's not as well potty-trained. Polkadot only went in his litter box. Indy goes everywhere in his cage and it is a big hassle to clean up. To try training him to use his litter box, yesterday, I blocked off half of his cage with cardboard, so that only his litter box, food dishes and a small path to each are left. You guessed it, he filled the small path with poop and pee. He's going in the litter box too, but not exclusively yet. At least he doesn't go all over the house!

From the description you may have guessed that Tristan and Dorian are very happy with the new rabbit. He's very soft. Here are some pictures of him playing ball.

Tragedy Strikes

Our rabbit died unexpectedly after his neuter surgery yesterday. It is very difficult for our whole family. Three of us cried and one of us said, "It ok, non't worry. It ok, non't worry." We buried him in the back yard under his favorite spot. He was Eric's favorite pet he ever had. He was Tristan's favorite pet he ever had. And for me, he rivaled some of the amazing dogs I've loved in the past. A very loveable pet that will be missed. Here are some pictures we took the night before his death.

"Hide and Seeky", Dorian says

Random Recent Photos

Where's Moxie's head?

I don't know.

Looking at the mirror.

Making faces in the mirror.

Driving a train on the carpet train track.

Driving some more.

Look, Dorian finally figured out how Tristan does a headstand on the couch!

Noah's Ark Pictures

We built the ark to scale, but our animals and people are not to scale.

We built separate pens for different types of animals.

There's Noah with his (parrot) dove.

Boys a Growin'

Dorian can say just about everything now, and he's getting better at saying the things he could already say before. He can say water, milk, juice and wice cake (rice cake). He calls Tristan "Tistan boy". He calls the rabbit Bun-bun, and calls his droppings "rabbit poop". He can count down 3-2-1 at the beginning of a race and can say "mark, set, go!" He can count to 12 and especially likes to count stairs out in service.

We built Noah's ark out of Legos a few weeks ago. It took us 3 hours to build it to 1/3 lego bump scale. We filled it with animals and people that were not to scale, they should've all been tinier. We took pictures and the ark lasted about 2 weeks before Tristan couldn't live without the parts anymore.

Tristan is reading at mid-first grade level. He read The Nose Book to me yesterday and The Ear Book the day before, both by Al Perkins.