High Energy

Owen brought home a "report card" from pre-school, which was basically a paragraph on his personality.  I had to chuckle when comments about his "energy" were repeated several times.  The teachers appreciate that he "uses his high energy in a positive way,"  like he's a force for good. :)  They've also told me that he's a bit of ham, and he likes to make the other little boys laugh.  He has been very interested in why things are funny (commercials, comics, jokes) and what types of things make people laugh (actions, faces, noises).  We may have an entertainer on our hands!

We wanted to get out for a family snowshoe adventure on March 1, but a freak snow/wind storm had closed several roads out to the scenic sites.  We continued on a ways, but when you can't tell the difference between the road and field next to it, and the paper has had several stories about people being stranded in similar conditions, we decided to turn around.

3 hours later, we ended up at a local park 15 minutes from our house.  It has a pretty good sledding hill, and all had fun.

Owen's latest fun endeavor is a skating class at the local ice rink.  It's a bit iffy on the actual amount of instruction they get, but he loves it!  His buddy Jacob is in his class, too.  We'll see how he looks at the end of March, but right now there's a lot of this (he's in the red hat):

We've had a lot of sunshine already, and we've been soaking it up on walks, in the park, and in the backyard!  Even when it's still below 50 degrees, it feels amazing to have the sun on your face.