Babyup!

Cousin Robin was in town for a few days so we took Chloe to the zoo!

The Easter Bunny came this morning!

With candy and eggs and presents!

…and special guests, Adeline & Ruby…

Easter dinner with Ryan, Katie, Adeline, Jonathan, Mr. Peters and Joyce.

At last, Søren and I live the promise made to us by the Beach Boys so long ago: two girls for every boy:

Also a dolphin and a dinosaur.

… and there was also tree climbing.

…and we return to Reptile Island…

Chloe makes a heart… See?

How often do you get to ride around on horses for a birthday party?

Giant Shrinky-Dink Dinosaur set!

We refer to this place as “The Really Fun Park”

Tree!  Lovely mid-winter sunny day!

Time for Dinosaur Island!

Meanwhile…. Chloe’s been learning a lot about the fabric arts.

Chloe and Bailey in their most recent fort.

Welcome to 2017, welcome to winter.  Crazy storm in Portland disrupted our life for two weeks.  Here’s some photos of the fun parts:

Hawaiian snow?   Not this time!

Yes, something 10+ inches around our place

Pretty fun for the kids though

I’m not even going to bother telling you how many snow days Chloe got out of this

Bailey with one of our many icicles

Choe decided that “dancing” on the ice was the best part

Woo!

then it was time to play with legos!

Mom, Chloe and I in the car heading up Mt Hood, or as Chloe calls it “Mountain Hood”.

Holy cow, 80-something of inches of snow at Timberline Lodge!

By the way, Chloe’s decided she doesn’t like being in photos…

Snacks in Timberline Lodge!

…and they just let you know what you’re in for up on the mountain…

Mom at White River snow park.

Lots of tubing and sledding opportunities. Still warming Chloe up to more of the hill. We started out on the mildest of grades as she gets used to it.