We only talked Hazel into coming outside by promising that we weren’t going to have fun, but we needed to do a project and would she like to help?
The project: clear the car
Hazel, human snow removal unit
Then, somehow, from project to sledding
Clearly no fun being had here
Here’s a similar shot from almost a year ago
Really, what’s a snow day without baking?
And sharing
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