Mom’s in Pittsburg for three days for a conference. The breakfast club: morning 1.
Lunch baggie art, Dad (guest artist)
Cal joining for dinner, cousins scope the tunnel
Goofing around with dad
The sea is deep. They rock and rock and rock to sleep.
What dad found as he was going upstairs to bed
Watching dad mow the lawn
A little shorter than her brother at this point, Eleanor still needs a bit of balancing assist on the tricycle
No children harmed in the making of this photo, though the situation quickly deteriorated after this
Checking out the newly renovated bridge over Dodge on the morning walk, in his pajamas… again.
Remembering
Toddler’s first honey stick
Wandering down to the kinetic exhibit at Kaneko after the farmers market and breakfast
(Tenth generation) Germans love their pretzels!
Oktoberfest at Gerda’s
Eleanor’s first reaction to spaetzle. She loved it once mom could get a taste in her mouth.
Friends, beer and jelly-filled cookie
Eleanor thumbing through a few books before daycare
Styling in a her sweatshirt and dress
Family evening picnic at Lake Manawa
Someone swindled dad out of the last of his steelhead trout melt
Des exploring the “two-story” tire ladder at the dream playground. There may come a day where throwing rocks into the lake wins the toddler poll
Taking the dog for a walk, in our pajamas
Wildfires in the pacific northwest and Canada cast an eerie, yellow glow late morning through the afternoon
Getting ready to throw candy at the Labor Day parade and pa’s electrical union
A momentous afternoon and first archery encounter
Shooting his cousin’s birthday bow, hit dad’s makeshift bark target jammed in the tree
Post-nap giggles with ma
Des conned great-grandma Jan into sitting on her lap and eating lunch
A girl, her pa, and her brother’s hat
Post-nap party, llama stare
Improvising on the chew toys, as usual
Eleanor with mom’s oldest friend, Melissa.
Morgan, Ella, Des, Jack
Using whatever aids are available to walk
Learning why we don’t eat trees, with Dan
Des chasing after dad’s old Michigan basketball
Jamming with the big kids
