11.27.2010

45 minutes later . . . Anyone know where Odin is?



Oh of course, he climbing grandma & Grandpa's laundry chute.

Another trip around the sun

Yesterday was my birthday and Thanksgiving. Full of food, family, snow and more food. Today was no shopping allowed - the order of the day was skiing. And lots of it. After a day of skiing, Odin played King of the Mountain in the parking lot. Then when we returned home, he ran around with the dog until we called him in.

1st Snow!!!

Much news yesterday about a big winter storm. We woke up this morning to see that it was not just talk. Lots of wet heavy beautiful snow. While we were playing outside it sounded like thunder with all the tree branches cracking and breaking.

All the kings horses . . .

And all the kings men can go and help Humpty Dumpty, because this guy doesn't need it. Sorry ill equipped parents with only a cellphone camera. He climbed all the way to the top and was bummed that he couldn't quite reach the rope to ring the bell.

Squeak

Of all the random things I thought might happen today little prepared me for a mouse to jump into the car.
As we were walking out the door this morning Odin wanted to chase some squirrels. Sure have at it. He comes back holding what I thought was a dead mouse. I was sitting in the car with the door open and as he was showing it to me, I realized it was alive as it jumped into the car. Fearing thousands of baby mice overtaking the car, I was pleased to keep my composure. It was hiding under my seat. So I simply moved my seat forward and asked Odin to remove it. He was very gentle (far more that I would have been) removing it from the car and taking it to a tree. I was surprised to see the mouse climb a tree so fast. We watched it for a moment and then I spent the rest of the morning talking about why we could not keep it as a pet.