Sunday, April 1, 2012

Spring: Here to Stay (?)

Although it's been unseasonably warm for the last three weeks, you never know when Minnesota's mercurial climate will pull the rug out from under your flip-flop-clad feet. But we've been getting out and enjoying the sunshine while it lasts. First up, we hit the local zoo with the Burnetts and Lindsay and Owen. Tor got up close and personal with monkeys and apes, zebras, antelope, giraffes, penguins, seals, hyenas, a polar bear, a lion, a tiger, wolves, and various fishes. Mind. Blown.

Directing his robot body

Our group modeled a range of child-carrying devices
Hand-holding lasts about two seconds with Tor
"Bet I can squeeze under the hyena's fence before you collar me, Boots!"

Recently, I posted some photos of Tor in our snowy back yard. I give you the same location, ten days later.

Workin' on the chain gang

Took a while to convince them we had enough leaves to go around
 The same weekend, in Dave and Lindsay's back yard, Tor hung out with Sonia in style.
No one wears a chin strap as well as these kids. No one.
This photo bizarrely reminded me of Edith Ann from Laugh-In (the Lily Tomlin character? Remember?).
"And that is the truth."

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