(That red hat Art is wearing is the Family hat.  One day I picked up Lewis from my mom’s and she said, “He came in that red hat that I’ve seen everyone in your family wear at one time or another.”  It’s true.  We have all worn that hat at various times.  In fact, that hat is probably two or three years old and has outlasted almost every other hat in the house.  Definitely has stayed with us longer than any other good  hat.  We’ve lost wool hats, hats with ear flaps, with nice pom-poms, fleece hats…  Art alone has gone through at least four hats this winter.  But that red hat perseveres!  Ironically, the hat Lewis is wearing is a hat Ben wore when he was a little kid!)

Jess says, “Please note Lewis’s mouth in the swinging picture.  It was open like that for a good two or three minutes straight.  Or so it seemed.  That mouth!  It is just open all the time!

Jess says, “That thermometer is AccuWRONG.  We put it up on the sunny side of the house so it always reads a good ten degrees or so more than the actual temp.  But, hey!  It is a vast improvement over last week that was full of snow and got down to -2.  

Tonightt we made popcorn (clearly Ben and I were unable to stop our automatic popcorn-grabbing hands even long enough for the timer on the camera to go off) and we all sat on the big beanbag to watch Babe.   I love that movie!  I don’t know why we thought it was a good time in Art’s life to try watching a real movie but a week or so ago we thought Babe would be a fun one for him.  We both love it and, come on!  A pig that can herd sheep!?!?!  I’m not sure how much he’s following but I know it’s not a lot.  20 minutes into the movie he didn’t know the pig’s name (Babe), but hey, he is fascinated!  And it was just a fun experience to do together.  We’ll finish it in the morning.