Sunday with da boys

On Sunday, while Talie and Julia went shopping in the mall with her mom and friend, the boys and I went for a walk along Jack Pine Trail. It was absolutely beautiful because it had snowed all morning and was still snowing when we arrived. The air was crisp but not cold, the sun was shining and the sky was bright blue. We saw squirrels, chipmunks and plenty of birds. We tried to stay quiet enough to spot a deer, since we saw their footprints, but of course, that is quite impossible with two energetic boys and their energetic dad. We saw a beaver lodge in Stony Swamp (the source of the Winterscape in the picture in the post below).

The boys loved rolling around in the snow, pratfalls and real falls on the ice, and having birds come down to sit on their hands, actually I was pretty impressed with that last part too. Eth was amazingly patient and a few birds landed to see if he had any food, which we didn't. Noah was a little less able to stay still so he only got one to land on his hand while he was paying attention to something else....that gave him quite the fright.


Due to the freezing rain on Friday, there were trees down everywhere. We had to walk over or under or around a bunch which had landed on the paths.

It's great being able to take off for a drive to the woods. I think I'm gonna like havin' a license.