Sep 07 2012
The Whitecaps didn’t make the playoffs, but we had a heckuva good time watching them beat the Dayton Dragons on the second-to-last day of the regular season, on a warm but breezy day.
Bruce, Avery, Papa, Sam
Very glam
Sam running the bases
Avery's turn on the bases. She's in the red with a ponytail
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Sep 07 2012
I took 300 pictures, and ordered prints of 77 of them. I couldn’t possibly pick just a few to put here, so when you see me next, make sure to ask to see the album…
In front of the Adler Planetarium on a perfect summer day
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Sep 07 2012
But it was fun!
Fourth of July parade
Post-parade nap. Awww.
Avery and Brennan before fireworks
Luke, Sam and Brianna
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Jun 03 2012
We always love going, even if the kids don’t appreciate the ballet dancing or big band music we subjected them to, they did enjoy the food and getting to ‘do” art themselves. And balloons….
We went to Festival on Sunday because the weather finally got beautiful!
Festival means eating on the curb
They had a "Paint-In" for the kids and Avery was into it
Concentrating
Sam liked the "glue-in"
Sam working hard assembling wood scraps into a sculpture
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May 25 2012
They had a "graduation." Avery decided her "flag dress" was the perfect outfit for the occasion
Posing with her preschool BFF
How do you celebrate graduating? With cake, of course.
Posing with Mrs. Baker
For comparison, here she is on the first day of preschool
I can't believe how grown up they are
My big girl
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May 25 2012
The girls had the best field trips
Avery and the bearded dragon. Sounds like a great book title.
They're so sweet to humor me with all my pictures
What's a bird in the hand worth? That's my hand, by the way.
Gator
I think Avery liked the goat best
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May 25 2012
My Mother's Day loot
Original poem by Sam
Necklace close-up. From Bruce
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May 25 2012
Love the action shot here
Another great egg hunt action shot
Sam finds one on the kitchen
With their baskets
Dinner
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May 25 2012
We had perfect weather to take the kids to Meijer Gardens with Papa Riggle and Auntie Kim. Sunny, and just warm enough to be pleasant…
The line to the butterfly house started in the arid greenhouse
Monarch caterpillars. They were out in the other greenhouses because they are native and it doesn't matter if they escape
Great smile
Mom and the kids in the conservatory, or what the kids call "the rainforest"
Zoom shot of kids and Papa in the hedge maze
I made Sam pose for this. "Someday you'll be glad to have pictures like this! When you're old! Now get over there and smile."
These wavy tubes went underground and you could talk to each other through them
Avery made a new friend, while digging in the sand
Sam did, too. They're digging for "fossils"
She was very proud of this pattern
The DaVinci horse. The kids are down by the front right hoof. The horse's right, of course.
AUGGGGHHHHHH!
We saved the boats for last...obviously.
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May 24 2012
Happy Birthday to Avery!
Smiling with Kaeleigh at the Ringstrom party
American Girl clothes! (Frugal Target version!)
Peeking
On the way to Playworld
Wheeee!
Popcorn snack
Boys at the party
Cake, design by Avery, baked by Mom
Make a wish
Present time!
A Leapster game she wanted
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