Easysticks - by the Cain Sosnoff family

Not so sure anymore that she wants to participate in the pictures she agreed to (with brown kitty in a blanket)

Big time project helper (also with brown kitty)

Reading a Seuss collection calls for a crooked picture

We sent the year out with Hazel’s first trip to the Boston Children’s Museum

After this picture was taken Hazel began a rousing rendition of Jingle Bells in this quiet car. By the end of the third time around some grown ups joined in!

First stop: golf ball room

Next stop: trains

And front row seat to the fish

“Let’s get building”

Piano player and band leader (ordering her parents to play nearby guitars)

Painting as promised

Scooter girl

Scooting with minimal assistance

Hazel spent a while this morning protecting Molly from Clementine on the basement stairs

I was told that the fox was expecting a sleepover guest (namely tiny white bear) in the neighboring bay

Showing Uncle Had the marker that hadn’t yet washed off

Horsing around

Pretend painting (real painting was promised at our house)

Racing with Grampy

Hazel is ringing the racing start bell

Protection hug (eye on the dog)

Merry birthday!

Check out blue Lightning’s digs!

Greeting Clementine upon her first arrival in NH

Hazel liked the portable dog pen, too

Puzzled

Pleased

Family portrait in Hazel’s new big girl bed

Santa also brought glitter glue — his interpretation of the “sparkly things” Hazel wanted from a book illustration — and a blue Lightning McQueen

A quiet moment

Before the uproarious fun of moving the big girl bed into Hazel’s room

Helping to dismantle the frame

All set up and almost invisible beneath the covers

Taking red fox for a stroll

Hazel has been having extensive pretend phone conversations

Pre-Christmas video chat