Ice Fishing

My Mom and I spent the day ice fishing on Long Pond--something that neither of us has done for a very long time. Despite leaving our thermos of coffee in the truck, we had a great time and actually caught a lot of fish. We both managed to hook a couple of big pickerel and caught more yellow perch than we could count. It was a great day to spend outside and we are both looking forward to going again soon.


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Nesting

This past weekend was the first weekend of nesting for me. I remember having this feeling in January while pregnant with Avery as well. While I did not get everything crossed off my long to do list... progress was made. Avery's orange tractor room now features his name letters (moved from his little room), his new redwood tree to record his height, his George tractor paintings from Gram with the Fiddles, and his new John Deere tractor curtains fresh off the sewing machine. (Before photo shows nice wood paneling.) J trimmed out the baby's room new skylight, I unpacked the newborn gender neutral items, and washed the carseat cover. Avery has enjoyed playing with his old baby items with his own "babies". The living room windows have their final coat of paint and curtains hung. (The before photo is from Avery's first bday... note the nice blue carpet and you can't quite see the lovely paneling behind the woodstove). The computer loft is almost tidied up as well. Sigh. I need a nap.

Shoveling the Roof

We decided to shovel off the shed roof because the snow-load was making us nervous. Avery climbed on up and had fun jumping into the snow pile below.