thursday with The Jaj

starting with a bubble juice run.

dzaidzi the Spinosaurus. roar.

eating a tomato...

from dzaidzi's garden...

that was intended for nana... oops.

playing the uke with 'mags' (and one sock)

WR

joshua and i have become big fans of the abbreviation "WR."

it means "Working Remotely,"

which means we get dada at the house with us all day.

we try very hard not to disturb.

dukes and ice cream

mark loved the dukes.

i love his shirt on his son 25 years later.

painting

in effort to find things to do while seated, we busted out some finger paints. 

sans shirt, thank you.

 

the hand on the hip kills me

very specific color placement

the facial expression of a Stroessler at Work.

what is going on in that head? do i even want to know??

shu turns 3

the stage is set

he had no idea, what with Blue's Clues and all

birthday donut and oj

checking the decorations

balloons! (be proud, aunt amy!)

i loved this wrapping job

sweet alphabet stamps

fresh crayons. score.

the intensity!

cheeeeeeeeeeeese

next, the zoo with dada.

heyo, t rex.

not sure what we'll do when the dinos go away for the winter...

then to nana & dzaidzi's house for a moving/birthday party. cousins celeste, steven & logan are moving to chicago and grace, sophie and evelyn are moving to montana! these are travelling bags we decorated and filled with fun for each of the cousins.

uncle keith and the shu

shua's bag of tricks

celeste marie: Godchild extraordinaire and brownie connoisseur.

dinosaur train set!

the crew

always good to put a couple of these up... gives a taste of the hilarity/insanity.

sophie, noah, steve.

joshua max: 3 years old

family camping 2010

we did it again. 

loaded up several families,

a near-ridiculous number of children,

enough tentage, luggage and foodage 

to house & feed the small army we were,

and headed to the lakeside campground.

this year's pull: a serious lack in picture taking

coupled with, as i've mentioned, my child's header

off a tricycle and resulting stitches.

 on day 2, 

to have some respite from the asphalt-lined campground,

mark and i took the shu on a ride along the lakefront.

he's into throwing some things into other things lately

(read: rocks into bush, shells into lake, 

pinecones into dzaidzi's birdfeeder),

so having up close access to the water was pretty ideal.

we went back for lollipops with haleybop.

or, for a certain L-apprehensive child,

"yawyeepops with hayeybop."

here's hoping 2011 is slightly less eventful.

wishful thinking, i'm sure.