Scott and Grandma on snowshoes

This was on Steven's camera. We went out on snowshoes the afternoon of Jan. 30th. Scott had a blast, talking and laughing, and stretching up with his toes on the waist bar of the pack so he could look over my shoulder! When we'd walk close to tree branches he'd try to grab at them! Once a rabbit took off and the dog chased it, but she didn't catch the rabbit. Scott laughed and bounced up and down when the dog took off running!

Jan. 29 - Jan. 31, 2012

Scott wanted to drag his sled in off of the porch, so I brought it in for him! You can see in the background that he'd already been busy emptying the cupboards and distributing toys around the house! lol

"I'm ready, Grandma! Pull me around the house!"

"Mush!"

Scott and Grandpa standing on Buffalo hill. I rode the sled down alone first to make sure the snow wasn't too fast for Scott to go down with us.

Then Scott rode down with me. Steven jogged down to help me pull the sled and bring Scott back up the hill. He doesn't like to sit alone in the sled whil we pull it uphill. In fact... He insisted on walking back up the hill! I took this picture and the next one by holding the camera out and pointing it toward us.

He made it the whole way up! His snowboots are kind of clunky to him, since he's used to running barefoot in the house. He got the hang of picking his feet up a bit higher.

Now he's getting ready to go down the hill with Grandpa! We have to put the boots back on first! I'm not sure how they came off. They were on his feet when I lifted him into the sled, but when we got him turned around and sat him down, the boots were off!

I laid my mittens on a chair to dry and Scott found them! He put one on his hand and ran around with is! It came up to his elbow!

It's amusing to watch Scott be amused!

I was sitting at the table with Scott and he wanted to see a picture of himself, so I took one!

Scott took this picture of the overhead beam and ceiling!

Another picture to amuse Scott!

Scott enjoys an after-dinner bottle while leaning against Grandpa's legs. The cat was settled in to Grandpa's chair, so he had to sit in the other one!

Then Scott came over by where I was sitting on the lawn swing in the living room.

He was just as cute as can be, making faces at the camera and going "oooh, ooh, ooh!"

Scott, still hamming it up!

Jan. 23 - Jan. 27

Scott slouches on Grandma's lap during breakfast! Grandma had her feet up on a chair, so Scott copied that by putting his feet on the table!

But alas, after taking pictures I took his feet off the table! I'm not sure he understood the speech about civilized people and tables...

Every morning we step out on the porch to see what the weather is like! Steven is interested in things like temperature and precipitation. I'm only interested in one thing: yup, it's still winter. Sigh...

Scott plays the drums with a spoon and pan lid. I think they were singing "We all live in a yellow submarine"!

Scott doesn't walk to the beat of a different drummer. He IS the drummer!

When we come inside Scott runs over to the door to look for snow on the floor (from our boots) to play with. So I got him a bowl of snow!

Next morning, still in his jammies, he takes up his pan lid and marches around the house again!

During diaper changes Steven likes to keep Scott amused. Otherwise he twists over and crawls away before I can get him dressed. One of Scott's favorite is when Grandpa hangs toys from his ears!

We put Scott in the backpack on my back, with a warm coat pinned around the pack, and took him for a ride on the snowmobiles. He liked the motion but not the noise. And he wanted to drive!

Grandma and Scott.

When it's warm-ish we play on the porch for a little while. I missed a good picture minutes before this. He was sitting in the sled with the Ski pole, like was going to row it or pole it along the floor. But he climbed out while I got my camera.

Our bathroom is child-proof, and Scott has a bucket of toys in there, so he likes to wander in there and play. One of his favorite things to do is to close the door and talk to "Mirror boy" in the full-length mirror on the back of the door! I got down on the floor and took this picture of his little feet through the crack at the bottom of the door!

When I was done hanging laundry Scott played in the laundry basket!

He likes to roll the ball across the floor, then chase after it.

Emily's birthday party

These first pictures are from Steven's camera:

Scott in his car seat on the way to Kalispell

Scott helps Stephen put together a new coffee table.

Scott gets a ride on his Daddy's shoulders!

More ride!

Faster, Daddy!

Toy inspection.

Scott and Stephen talking golf.

Probably some pretty wild golf tales being told here!

Doing the hokey-pokey?

Scott helps his Mama make pudding!

"Okay, I've got the hang of it! Now I'm ready to go solo!"

Back to being an observer!

Stephen samples the macaroni & cheese while Watching Emily and Scott!

Scott pulls tissue paper out of a gift bag. Emily got him some presents!

Oh boy! New sleepers. Really good warm ones, too!

Now a pack of "onesies"!

Playing with the bag afterward is the most fun!

Stephen wears Emily's pageant crown, while they stand with their son. Scott is in awe that his Dad is a beauty queen! lol

Scott gets to play with the crown now!

Now the pictures from my camera:

Scott disassembles the instructions for assembling the coffee table!

Emily and a flaming cake full of candles! (Tim in background)

The birthday triplets! All have birthdays within a week and a half of each other! This year they're 18, 22, and 25, left to right.

Same group, with Tim!

Scott and his Uncle Tim!

Emily got a Dance mat for the Wii video game unit. Here, Tim is taking his turn to dance, and Emily is about to rescue the TV from Scott. Once he managed to get the volume to jump to maximum!

Just before we left, Emily leaned back on the couch and played with Scott.

Then Scott leaned down and kissed his Mommy!

This is a video. I just picked one at random to show how the dance mat works.

Tim and Tristan play 'Catch' with Scott! :D