Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

March (so far)

Last week we had another wildlife encounter - this time inside the house! It was really nice out one day, so I opened a bunch of windows. I opened our master bathroom window even though it didn't have a screen on it, thinking it would be no big deal since there aren't many bugs around yet. Later, I walked into the bedroom and a bird came flying out of nowhere right by me! It landed on the window sill and just sat there. I think we scared each other - I gave a loud yelp when I first saw it. So I put on some gloves and let him out. Sean got a nice up-close look first though. By the way I am not making a fashion statement with those pants. I was working on stripping the wallpaper in our bedroom and then painting it. That project is finally done!

Here's the result of playing peekaboo during a pasta lunch. Don't you just love Sean's camera smile? :)

Grandma and Grandpa Spoon are here for a visit. Grandpa read Sean some books in the tent.

February update

I'm not sure where February went, but apparently it's over and we're halfway through March! Here's the February recap from the Spoonhower household....

It's hard to believe we had so much snow just about a month ago! Once we got a good amount shoveled, Sean could push his mower around again.

Snack time in Daddy's office.

Sean had fun playing with the bubble wrap that had covered the window opening while the window was being repaired. Someone (he-hem) in our house is a total spaz and broke through both panes of glass while trying to open the (sticky, previously-painted-shut, 50-year-old) window.

Cleaning day.

I think Sean wanted to be held, but he had to wait until I was finished washing dishes.

Playing in the tent with Dad.

I have some March pictures that I will put in a separate post.

In other news, Jeff landed a contract job just north of San Francisco, so we are moving (temporarily - about 5 months) in the upcoming weeks. So pardon the lack of blog posts, our lives have been just slightly busy!!!

dancing in the kitchen

I failed to get a good video of Sean dancing. He usually does it in quick spurts, so by the time I get the camera ready, he's on to something else. In this case, it's waving a socket screwdriver in front of his face. He loves tools and that one seems pretty safe, at least compared to a lot of other tools. Anyway at least Jeff shows off some stellar moves in this one.

Sean likes to smile for the camera. He didn't realize I was taking a movie!

Here he shows off his 16 teeth! Four more to go and then the deciduous teeth are in. I think the last batch of molars that we're waiting on are going to be torture for us all, if they are anything like the first set of molars.

snow, deer party HQ, smiles, and parental confusion

We got a pretty good snow storm last week. It snowed a bit, then we had some rain/freezing rain, then more snow. We had a tough time shoveling the driveway with the layer of ice in the middle of the snow. We just did the bare minimum to be able to get the car out. Anyway, Sean enjoying helping with his pint-sized shovel from Grandma and Grandpa Spoonhower.

Sean was not too happy in this one because he had just gotten a face full of snow. He still looked at the camera when I asked him to, though!

This is what Sean's hair looked like after coming in from outside. I love the camera smile.

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I think it was the next morning when I opened the blinds next to our front door and saw some deer walking in Jerry (our across-the-street neighbor)'s front yard coming across to our yard. Usually we see about four at a time. This time, they invited a few friends. A few minutes later we counted fourteen deer in our yard at one time. And I want to put a garden in this spring? Yeah good luck with that, right? I'm going to have to erect a 6-foot fence, I think. Some of you might think this is crazy and extreme, but deer eat everything. And I think it's worth the effort in order to have fresh produce. Have you ever grown your own peas? I'm telling you, it's heaven!

Anyway, here are the deer making their way across the street.

They continued on to the backyard, where they proceeded to nibble on the white pine (Ack! I just ordered some white pine seedlings to plant this spring!) and eat straight out of the bird feeder. I think the birds get about 25% of the food, and the squirrels and the deer get the rest.

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More camera smiles.

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On Monday mornings Sean and I go to the library for Baby Time (and I can't believe in a few months we will be graduating to Toddler Time! Woo-hoo!). They had free sheets of stickers from the PBS show The Electric Company on the counter, so I picked one up. We've never watched the show, but hey, free stickers! Sean immediately pointed to this guy and said, "Dada!"