Winter Lawn Care

This was the scene in our front yard this morning.

And a little art after our nap.

Early Christmas

It's Friday, and you know what that means! Play day with our play group! Today one of our sister-friends hosted a pajama brunch at her home so that the kiddos could wear their Christmas PJs. It was a blast. Here's our little elf all hyped up on Christmas cupcakes.

Walker and Mosely share a duet.

Walker and James Charles share a duet.

Lucy and Gabriel digging into the cupcakes - well, Gabriel isn't really into white creamy yummy things that look like milk, so he opted for some time with the toy school bus.

Emmawyn and Evy make quick use of their Christmas treats.

Walker was super excited about the cupcakes - he wanted to know when we were going to sing "Happy Birthday".
And, of course, Walker already eye-ing the other guy's cupcake even before he has finished his own.

James Charles better finish that cupcake because now Lily is honing in on the goodies. Walker's got competition.

And crashed out in the car not five minutes from the party.

Because of travel plans, Jack, Walker and I celebrated Christmas tonight! Some lovely packages showed up from Seattle, Williamsburg, Scotland and New Zealand! We made Marie Calendar's frozen turkey dinners and watched Walker open gifts. It was really wonderful.

Merry Merry Christmas All!
xo - The Greenmans

"Friends are cool"

Walker's words after a day spent with two awesome baby pies. We spent Monday caring for two very special kiddos. Of course our Miss Mackey was with us, but we also had the pleasure of Gavin's company. I always thought that taking care of more children than you have arms is probably not a good idea. But, hey, it worked out! I had a very surreal moment during this day of baby care when I realized that I was in the room when each of these three little beings came into the world. I was the one who took their first photos and I was the first person who sat with them when their parents went out. Its kind of crazy, no? As you can see below, Walker loves Gavin's hair. While Walker was petting his head, he kept saying "very nice hair". His grandmother is a hair stylist, what do you expect?

Here are the little ones awaiting diaper changes. How do you diaper two children at once? Lay them both down together!

How do you wrangle three children at once? Throw one in a sling!

Happy boy!

All Abaord

One of Jack's colleagues gifted these train ornaments to Walker. Walker decided that they were "too cool" to put on the tree. Here's our little engineer working the rails.

Grad Night

We had Jack's grad students over for dinner last week. It was a blast to host so many young artists in our home. They were the most enchanting group of people, provided ample sparkling conversation and devoured every last morsel of food in the house. I love students! Walker was, of course, the star of the show and he seemed, at times, to be holding court. He was especially interested in these attentive cutie pies. What a ham.

Baby Its Cold Outside

Yay, its Friday! Dad's day off. Jack and Walker spent the morning riding the rails and scouting out vacant play parks. Why are there no other people in these photos? Because its cold. Really cold. Its been in the 20's this week, and when you add that stiff prairie breeze - ouch! Here's our boy snug as a bug waiting for the train to come.

A very focused passenger.

Back home in the driveway, killing time at the wheel.

Just a few shots from last night's play time. Walker is now building tunnels, train stations, loading docks and turn styles all by himself. Its pretty awesome.