Easysticks - by the Cain Sosnoff family

The ground has reclaimed its territory from the snow and ice, so… time to scoot!

Forgotten photo (from yesterday): a blue treat for Blue Lightning and a red treat for Red Lightning

We walked in the woods today

And peeked in birdhouses in the meadow

“When I slip on ice I just cry, then I get up and try again”

Picture fatigue

Still fatigued

But it helped to be on the other side of the lens (Hazel’s idea)

Robots

Still going strong

Hazel was amazed by all her teeny tiny baby clothes

Catching a football

And pretty thrilled about it

Toss

Laura was our special guest at bedtime

First farm trip of 2014!

Hazel enjoyed dusting the newly fallen flurries off everything

Dusting or fox viewing? Dusting wins

Freshly dusted

Ditto

Look who followed us onto the back trails!

Here Hazel’s industriously dusting her favorite giant eggs

Before 7am*. Why not.

*Date and time metadata are finally correct on my big camera! Woo hoo!

Hazel has continued to make all kinds of robots. All day, every day.

Different setting, same activity

Same setting, robot-making intermission, fussing over pacifier being taken away

This is a Christmas tree (robot with flying capabilities) in a special holder

This is moment zero of a running game launched immediately after taking the previous picture

It was a pretty fun running game, but that’s not why I’m including this picture. This one’s here to memorialize the first time Hazel ever independently asked to put on a sweatshirt and slippers. All of a sudden she’s aware of the cold and what can be done about it!

Making off with an onion from the backyard garden

Sand table at WFN…awesome

Hazel loves this three-floor stairwell: best echoing around!

Early and simple

Reading over breakfast (note the fox’s new accessory in the foreground)

Steam rolling some play dough

Building a pet salon (here installing a treasure chest, duh)

It’s meticulous work

That’s a bunny hopping up the ramp into a bubble bath

These replicas of WALL-E and Eve truly played the day away and are now tucked into bed with Hazel (That green block on the right is a plant in WALL-E’s belly)

Not the kind of snow ball you might think….this kind

Taking a break from kicking to touch a snow shelf

Dropping a huge snow clump on the red ball

You may be surprised to learn that the service window is open all year

“Supey, will you do tricks with me?”

The whole Radiator Springs gang out in force