Walking in a Winter Wonderland

Simon and Frederick went to ForMar to walk off their Big Feast bloat.

Thanksgiving

The first snow of the year, on Thanksgiving day. Thomas relates that, as he lay in bed that morning, he mused that this year would be the first Thanksgiving day without snow. And lo and behold--it had snowed in the night! Here we are traipsing to grandma's house for the Big Feast. Thomas led the parade on the three wheeler with the vegetable torte, mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce in the bike basket. I followed with beverages and Frederick followed, choosing to carry nothing. I had hoped to take several pictures of everyone but after this picture of Frederick, the batteries died. You'll just have to take my word for it that the food and company was excellent.

Biking To Grandma's

Last weekend Thomas's grandma relocated to a house about 300 yards from ours. Now that she is on our side of Court Street, a very busy and unsafe road, we gave Thomas permission to bike there as often as he wishes (and grandma can handle). Since then, Thomas has shuttled back and forth, delivering power tools, extension cords, blankets, inflatable mattresses and more while grandma unpacks and gets herself and (uncle) John settled in. And here's Thomas, heading down our driveway, to demonstrate just how quick and easy it is to bike to Grandma's house. [Note really cool three-wheeler that Thomas favors. Still not comfortable on a two-wheeler, Thomas unashamedly rides this every chance he gets.]

...and then...

After leaving our driveway, Thomas turns left and heads towards our neighbor, Family Video.

...and then...

Thomas cuts through the Family Video parking lot near the doors to avoid being run over by angry pickup truck drivers hell bent on renting XXX movies.

...and then...

Thomas nears the end of Family Video parking lot and heads towards Grandma's street.

...and then...

Thomas rides past four houses and is then in front of Grandma's house.

...and Here We Are

There it is, the white house with the small columns in front. Thomas pulls in the driveway and delivers the goods.