Miscellany and Mischief

With mobility comes mischief. Here is a collection of recent Ashley photos documenting her exploits. I keep telling Ashley to be careful. Diane says she is always underfoot, just like having a dog again. As you may recall, we no longer have a dog.


























We have arrived at that point where she will no longer hold still for a diaper change. Every time the diaper comes off she bolts and has to be wrestled into a new diaper and clothes.

If we could just get her to put it in instead of taking it out it would be so much better.

But she has arrived at the stage where she will give those cute little open-mouthed slobbery baby kisses. That may just save her from Gil's fate.

Learning to Ski

With all of the snow around I decided that I would teach the kids to ski this year. The first time I took just Jonathan. They had about 6 inches of new, wet snow. Jonathan liked the bunny hill, but was no fan of the regular hill as it was much steeper and he couldn't turn because the snow was so deep.

The next time we went I took both Jonathan and Aubrey. We actually went on both Friday and Saturday that time. The great thing about Shichinohe is that it is close and cheap. I can be there in 45 minutes and a two hour pass for the rope tow on the bunny hill is only 200 yen ($2.00) for the kids and 400 yen ($4.00) for me. This time the snow was better. Jonathan started to get the hang of making turns and Aubrey could get up the rope tow by herself and got her balance. She fell on her turns, but was able to go across the hill without falling.

Sock Monkey Love

It has been a while since I took this picture, but I am just now getting around to posting it, or anything else for that matter.

For Christmas, my mother gave Ashley a sock monkey because I had one when I was a baby. We put it in the crib for Ashley to sleep with. One night I we went in to check on her and this is what we saw.