February 2013

February brought bountiful snow with the passage of Winter Storm Nemo. We managed to keep track of Cadel and Senja despite the 2.5-foot snowfall, drifting much deeper in places.

 Senja has lots to contemplate as she looks around her snow-covered world. (Also, she can't really go anywhere until we scoop her up out of the snowpack).

Stacey goes for a ski jaunt around the fields to give Baby Arlo a little taste of winter.

Cadel got to ride the Papa Lift at Mount Cowlane (a small hill in the neighborhood woods behind the houses) with his alpine skis. The Papa Lift consisted of piggyback rides up the slope, after which Cadel and Justin zoomed down together. After six laps, Cadel then trekked back across the fields under his own power. Here, he takes a moment to enjoy a view of our snowbound neighborhood and the post-storm clearing skies.

After the distraction of the snowstorm, each day made us more and more excited about the pending arrival of Baby Arlo.

Senja imparts some sisterly widsom to her sibling-to-arrive.