The bubble man was at the park today - Lindsey got to chase bubbles.
Salmon tunnel slide
Rocks in the water
Jumping off some driftwood
Chris was carrying Elise while Lindsey and I went down to the beach. A couple of retired teachers asked if he had kids and why he was carrying a stuffed bear on his chest.
It turns out there was a kid in there, wearing her fantastic bear suit. 
Yesterday, it was unseasonably warm and sunny, so we went to the beach. Lindsey got to throw rocks in the 'sea' and Elise got to pretend to be a purple bear.
Afterwards, we went to La Carta de Oaxaca, and actually got to eat there, since we waited in line for the 5 o'clock opening. A bride and groom stopped by for a picture, since that was where they had their first date. It was a fun moment.
Chris's mom recently sent his childhood hat collection, this being the coolest specimen. Lindsey took it to school this week for 'show and share,' since the letter of the week was V.
We haven't had any snow to complain about lately, so here is a snowperson shirt instead.
Boxes are the best toys. This one is a pretend train engine.
A couple of smiling baby pictures 
Lindsey's cookbook continues to be a big hit. We made bagel faces!
We had a visit from Courtney and Grace. Here are the three Wilder girl cousins.
A sculpture that Lindsey called Clifford, the big red dog.
Looking toward the glass museum, where we definitely did not go with a 3-year-old.
And, a nearly identical picture of Elise from our last post - still as cute and smiley as ever.
Elise weighed 12 pounds, 12 ounces at her 2 month appointment today. That is about 2-1/2 pounds lighter than Lindsey at the same age, but still around the 95th percentile.
The last of the snow pictures. This was on the 22nd - now it is all gone.
Future snowman builder. Alternate caption would be 'ubiquitous bouncy seat photo'
Building our snowman
The snowman has rosemary arms and fern hair (plants that we never got around to trimming for the winter)
Christmas eve girls
Christmas morning
Crazy cousins 
From our yard, looking down the street. Usually when it snows we get a couple inches, which melts by noon.
There's a baby in there - wearing a big snowsuit handed down from her sister.
Eating some snow, after announcing, "You don't eat yellow snow."
From our family room, looking out the window to our neighbors' yards to the west
Looking south out of the family room
We are ready for Christmas, hoping that by Thursday, travel will be possible so that family can arrive.
These stockings are from Chris's childhood. Don't worry, our railing isn't curved. That is the lens.
New and old trout ornaments on our tree. Lindsey had fun with the paint and glitter.
