Arbor Day and First Haircut

Last weekend we planted three new trees in the front yard: a Pinyon pine, a Bosnian pine, and an apple tree.

The Pinyon pine was HUGE and very, very heavy. It took about an hour to complete the enormous hole needed for it, on the North side of the driveway.

Alex likes the big hole

Next came the apple tree, a red Honeycrisp...
We decided to plant this front-and-center on the North side of the front yard, amongst a small collection of roses and other flowers that were already there.

We planted the tree above Alex's placenta (kept in the deep freeze for the last 18 months), after taking a moment to celebrate and reflect on what a wonderful little boy we have.


First Haircut

Last Friday Dana took Alex to get his very first haircut.

Many of you have been "dreading" this day, but I'm afraid it was just getting too long. His bangs were falling in his eyes, and needed a trim. We kept it pretty long, and he still has all those curls in the back.