Little Scientist

I haven't taken many pictures this week. This one is from last Sunday, Easter, at the beginning of Ezra's egg coloring experiment. He enjoyed it very much, and made some beautiful eggs to boot. We finally got around to hiding them the next day, but that part wasn't quite as fun as this part, as you might imagine.

He's pretty much adjusted to life here. It's really great to walk out the door and be able to run, play, get dirty, and see animals. In Portland I spent a lot of time fending him off from streets, traffic, and gross trash on the ground, so I don't miss that dialogue at all. Now I just watch out for chipmunks, beavers, and bald eagles to point out.

We did get out one night to see a duo called Brothers Burn Mountain. We saw them at this funny little hippy haven called Terripin Station in a nearby town. Ezra was dancing his socks off, and was in fact the last person at the show to still be clapping for an encore. He is a party baby. I think we're going back tonight for another show, The Urban Hillbilly Quartet. Should be fun! It's somewhat of a life saver to have a place like Terrepin Station around. Music, movement, and organic coffee can really help a person's psyche. I only wished we lived closer. I think I would go there everyday.

I'll try to take more pictures this week of our carousing in the woods.

Here's a couple of left over videos from our train rides. What do you do on a 30+ hour train ride anyways? These give you an idea. In one we're sitting in the "dressing room" down in the bellows of the train and Ezra's fiddling around with the sink. You pretty much just try to make everything take as long as possible when on these epic journeys...