Singing and dancing

Julian has been entertaining us lately!

Catching up

We've had a busy spring! Julian had a BIRTHDAY. He is now Three, as he will inform anyone who asks. He and Julia and Kelly all shared their party at the playground. They had crowns,


and cupcakes,


and eventually there was also tennis.



In other adventures, we wandered around campus and met Mr. and Mrs. Mallard:

We attended other people's parties too, including his great-aunt's wedding in San Jose:


and Maisie's birthday party:


at which he discovered Maisie's Mardi Gras necklaces and borrowed a few.


Right now, it's cold and wet, but Julian is all ready for when the weather warms up again.

Springtime

It's springtime. We like to pretend this blog is for friends and family, but really it's for the scouts.



Julian also likes basketball and walking around on all fours with boots on his hands, but his sport of choice is definitely baseball. Or sometimes, "roofball".



The pink hat and dinosaur boots are pretty much standard uniform. Sometimes he likes to get his gloves on too.



But he's not just all about sports. Julian also drove down to the zoo.



Okay, maybe he didn't drive. But he did go to the zoo. There were lots of cool animals, including an elephant, a hippo, and a cheetah:





He made his own zoo, as well, with his babysitter Jean:


Notice the dinosaurs are on the outside, since there are no dinosaurs inside a zoo.

Julian is a big fan of animals. His most favorites are giraffes these days.




He got a new one when his grandma Paula was here.



We had our spring renewal celebration too, with an Easter egg hunt:


Julian wears an eyepatch a couple hours a day (usually) to help strengthen his other eye, which he's now very good about.



A little gardening has gotten done as well.



And Julian can also demonstrate how you turn on the engine of your broomstick.



Finally, today we judged Julian has shown he's careful enough to be allowed to play with Daddy's robot dinosaurs. We're both so proud.

March fashion

Julian models the latest in fashionable headgear.

Julian, early twenty ten

It is difficult to overstate the degree to which dinosaurs have taken over all our lives.


And with all those dinosaurs, sometimes a boy needs to make a parade.





And he loves mail - especially mail containing guess what.


But Julian does have other interests. Late February and early March can get snowy in Boulder, and he likes to do a little shoveling.


Ice skating is pretty ace, too, though we didn't get to do it much.


Stealing Mom's Harry Potter legos can also pass the time.


And winter is a good time to go to the aquarium with his very best friend.



But spring is starting to come, and you know what that means - spring training.



To say nothing of the resumption of trips to the tennis court.


But winter or spring, Julian is always happy to talk to his fans - especially his cousins.

Birthday greetings

This Tuesday is Grandma Paula's birthday! Julian comments on the occasion in his own inimitable style:

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