Morning visit to the Children’s Museum to wear out Des before he would up late for the fireworks. Mom seen here displaying her best disco moves.

Intrinsic tetris skills, having never been shown what to do with the blocks

One of the coolest installations was the Sketch Town piece, where Des scanned his coloring of a crane truck (of course).

His drawing then came to life on screen as a 3D truck driving around!

Pretending his an “ausnaut,” looks like he’s wearing a LEGO helmet

Up close with the dinosaurs

 He’s driven a fair number of jeeps in his day

Probably dad’s last ride until Ella needs a train buddy

Dad demonstrating how a creeper works, it may not have been designed for adults.

Having never actually used on in the wild, the museum’s has certainly provided him sufficient training

Got milk? (editorial note: sorry.)

First opt-in on the smock, which consequently did almost no good

Our girl laughing

Another “generation” on the whimsical hammer

A first, “I like oysters!”

Home Run Derby at the TD Ameritrade Ballpark

Eleanor’s “I’m excited to be at a baseball game in this heat” face

Desmond excited to show everyone his newly-discovered affinity for stadium peanuts

Des’ first Dippin’ Dots

The cousins getting ready for fireworks

If you think she looks excited just by seeing dad’s camera screen, you should have seen her fascination when the fireworks began

All ready.

A boy up wayyyyy past his bedtime