News from the Beyond: 04/01/2009

Thursday, April 30, 2009

I'm Walkin'

Made it out for a walk in the park, by myself, today. Overcast and cool, thus delightful!
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Abby in pool

No water, but she did find a baby daddy longlegs!
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Monday, April 27, 2009

Thatching and Bubbles

We had a nice time playing outside all together tonight after dinner. Well, Mike thatched the lawn. The kids and I played around him. The simplest evenings can become the most special!

And to get the full effect, a short video...

Skorted girl

Abby's finally walking enough to wear little skirts again. She was so cute in this outfit yesterday!

My helper

Jake has become quite a competent mopper!
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Happy Jake

We had a lovely summer sunday. I spent most of the day with the kids.
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Saturday, April 25, 2009

Crazy Grass Girl

She just walked over and started doing this, out of the blue.

And here's the video...

There was grass and sod everywhere - in her scalp, in her diaper and inside the bottoms of her shoes. She loved it!

A sandbox built for 2

It's supposed to get to 96 degrees today! We're starting at a very civil 67 and the kids are happy to be outside already right after b'fast!
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Monday, April 20, 2009

Got fingerpaint?

This one would be better with sound effects -- "squish!"

Tara and Abby

I came downstairs from my office this afternoon to find Abby hard at work on an art project. She was enthralled!

Jake was off from school last week and so was his friend Aidan. Our family crashed their house for a playdate and lunch and all 3 kids had a great time. (The fourth, the baby girl in Vicki's belly, is set to arrive in just a few weeks!) Abby tested the baby toys and pronounced them satisfactory.

Saturday, April 18, 2009

Abby and Tara at the Playground

Friday, April 17, 2009

With Jake at the Richmond Zoo

We spent the prettiest day of Jake's week off at the zoo for Mommy and Jake time. Lions, tigers, bears, penguins, warthogs, oranguatangs, camels, galapagos turtles, oh my! There were about 6 thousand people there but we managed to see more animals than ever and the day was simply delightful.