Despite the impending late-winter storm, dad and the kids venture out to “the plant store” for seed trays and soil. “Come for the gardening supplies, stay for the pictures with old pickup trucks!”

Eleanor was eager for a good stretch of the legs

She does not trust giant tortoises, alive or bronze. Don’t worry, grandma will protect you.

These two are cute, not cute enough to convince grandma and dad to take them into the fragile housewares section.

What’s better than a weekend lunch at the food hall?

Apparently there are paparazzi amongst Team Llama…

Making some banana bread, just because

The “D” wasn’t detectable after baking, but worth a shot

Peter Pan for family movie night

Des’ glow-in-the-dark dinosaurs finally brought upstairs from Christmas. Not quite installed yet, it does appear they’re doing the dinosaurumpus (thanks again, great-grandpa Irv!)