Marty McFly in training?

Here I am sleeping like Michael J. Fox in Back to the Future. Mama wonders what I'm dreaming about (because I really was asleep when she took this picture.)

Tuesday night brought SNOW!

This is a picture of our patio, taken before Mama came outside. She is estimating about 8" is on the wall.

Daddy shoveled a path to the sidewalk and out to the Big Blue Car (aka Cody)

I did much better in the snow with my hat and new coat. Mama didn't push it and expect me to build a snowman.

She is very glad that we got to play in the leaves on Sunday and Monday, because they have all fallen off the trees now and are WET. Wet leaves are not as much fun as dry crunchy leaves, or so she insists.

A lot of the trees fell down in Fort Collins. We have one branch in the tree behind the apartment that cracked and came down. Mama went out with her shovel and knocked more snow off the branches. She says that next time she might try tossing snowballs at them instead, because she might not get snowed on that way.

It has been warmer for the last couple of days, and a lot of the snow has melted. I guess there is probably more to come.

Fun with leaves

Yesterday was a beautiful day, and Mama used the snow shovel while I used the broom to make a pile of leaves. It took me a few minutes to warm up to the idea of jumping into the pile, but I finally decided that it was fun.

Mama let me have the camera, and these are some of the more interesting shots I took.

Mama finished the day with this shot

Mama and Russell's excellent adventure

Daddy had to go to school on Saturday, so Mama and I had the whole day to spend together. So come with me and I'll show you what we did! First we had to do the dishes, and I was a BIG help. Because we rode THREE buses, we had a break at the downtown transit center, and I took advantage of the time to run off some energy I did some hanging from the bench
The first thing I did was check out the playground near the Library. I gave Mama a few more gray hairs, and she put down the camera to help me climb up and move onto the structure. I chased my "friend" from school off the slide I ran around and around and around! We went into the Library for a while, and I played with the puppets and had Mama read me some books. Mama forgot to take pictures, though. Next to the Library is an area with old homesteads and an old school. We looked in the buildings and Mama took lots of pictures for Grandpa in Florida. I decided to close the door on the old house. This old homestead had a dirt floor. We then went inside the Discovery Museum of Fort Collins. I put my hand on this plate and it made lightning. I rode a wild horse THEN I FOUND THE DINOSAURS! Mama and I each did rubbings of a dinosaur. I made a diplodicus. She did an ankylosaurus (a pink one) I listened to a computer simulation of what this dinosaur would have sounded like, and then tried out the "homemade" simulator. I really got to roar like a dinosaur! I sat in a great dinosaur chair Then we caught three buses to go home. I was tired!

All boy (Oh, Boy)

Today was a watery kind of day. It rained and was cool all day, so I didn't get to go outside. I helped Mama do dishes twice, and then tried to play in the water afterwards.

She declared that I could have some water time in the bathtub, and kept explaining to me that we do not have a pool. I wanted the pool but in the end accepted the tub. I had a top (to some shaving cream) that I was using for a cup. Mama wanted another water holder, but was hesitant to use my toys (because I don't like to put them away.) She found an old drinking water bottle on the sink, and decided that would work. After using it to soak me completely, I got to play with it.

It made bubbles when I filled it, and it made funny noises when I let it empty into the water again. I used the top to fill it with water and learned to squeeze the air out under water to fill it up as well. Then, I decided to play around with it. So I put it over my penis. I took it out and put it back in several times. Mama guesses it must have felt good.

(Mama in--he's going to be disappointed if he goes through life imagining his manhood needs to approach that relative size.)

Biking Russell

Just a quickie for today--a little video of me riding my bike. I've gotten a lot better since the first day videos!