a long overdue update

i have now joined the ranks of Moms Whose Kids No Longer Nap. for those of you with little ones who aren't here yet, i have to say it's not as scary as i thought it was going to be. but it does change the rhythm of the day, and i'm finding that blog posting doesn't seem to happen.

so here are a few pictures that fill in some gaps from the last couple of months:

jonah continues to document his life...
we had a great winter.

we had lots of good snowy fun...

and in march, we tapped our maple trees, which is pure magic. even though we knew what would happen, it was unbelievable. it was incredibly easy- i encourage anyone to try it if they have access to maple trees. we just tapped three, which meant we weren't overwhelmed with buckets of sap. we probably got just over a litre of syrup. we weren't really going for quantity, just the experience. it was such a lovely backdrop to our days.

jolene has gone to be with other cows and hopefully get pregnant again. we wanted to still be five, so there is a new member of our household:
jonah named her posalie- a name he uses often when pretending to be a dog (or cat or rabbit or koala). posalie tree, actually, is her full name. it is so wonderful to have her. and great for cedar to have a friend.