Elmo: But wait, Elmo surrenders!

Kai: Too late. You and your third-person self-narration will die!

Elmo: Whoopsie, Elmo fell down.

Kai vs Elmo

Giant mega slinkies were a popular toy. I imagine this captioned, "Elmo! Prepare to suffer the awesome power of my slinky fists of doom!"

Snow Taster

We dug out an old pair of the boys' snowpants and brought Mei out for some snow fun. The oversized hat had her head covered more completely than Sun Bonnet Sue. I laid down in the snow to snap a picture of her face.

She was very comfortable just sitting in the snow and tasting different areas of the yard. I think she was bummed that she wasn't old enough for junior grade extreme sledding.

Kai Slide Slips

During all this, I thought, maybe they're ready to try downhill skiing. I mentioned it to the boys and Kai said, "Sleding is skiing on your butt!" True.

Abandon Ship

Kai demonstrating his abandon ship method.

Wheeeeeeee!

Rowan is fearless.

Rowan After the Fall

Not a bad landing, as these things go.

Rowan Over the Edge

This is the next day. Sunny and warm and the the children have visions of self-disfigurement dancing in their heads. This time it took the form of sledding from the second tier down to the first.

Kai in the Snow

Kai jumped from the second level of our backyard and thought it was hilarious that he could bury himself chest deep.

Reflections

 
Jasmine liked the mirror room in Explora in Albuquerque. 

Dire Wolf

 
Mural and skeleton at the New Mexico Natural History Museum. 

Howdy

 
Rod Ford has an exhibit of eight foot plus tall robot sculptures on display at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, I assume in conjunction with the current, but not here for long, Engineer It!. I had the pleasure to meet Rod about ten years ago when I was doing sculpture and debating the pros and cons of becoming a welder versus a mathematician. 

Got Soup?

 
Yeti's shameless when it comes to leftovers. 

Kai the Pillow

 
Kai and Li Mei both hate going to sleep. Kai's not so bad anymore, but when he was younger he'd fight tooth and nail to stay up. Jasmine doesn't so much fight as giggle herself awake. I suppose they both think there's too many things to do to waste on sleep. Where could they have gotten that from?

Since the holiday's had my schedule all screwy, we'll have a lump 'o posts coming. 

Fashion!

 
Jasmine likes to create her own fashion statement. I'm still trying to have it translated.