bubbles!

thanks for the fun and games, maggie and jorie!

our current state of affairs

yep... that's the Shu's doopa above miss M's head.
yep... working the dance moves like his mama taught him.

how my heart doth swell with pride.

we love our mags

due to unexpected/unsupervised time in nana's sink,

little man had to borrow a shirt from aunt maggie.

as i've stated previously,

she's one heck of a good time. (and wardrobe consultant.)

hey, soul sister!

as it happens,

aunt maggie is one heck of a good time.

el train

shu's aunt maggie took him on an adventure yesterday.

a few pictures and a video for you:

(in cleveland, the train is called "the rapid,"

but i pretty much refuse to take the Chicago

out of my kid's vernacular.

so, "el train" it is.)

public square, downtown cleveland

cleveland state university

recovery

i love how Itchy Twitchy he is in this clip. so much to see, so much to see!

ABCDs, the Uke remix

during halftime this past weekend, 

the shu shared his latest talent: the ukelele.

i cannot (and will not ever) 

get enough of the look on his face when he finishes.

"oh, so...you were all watching? why, i had no idea... 

i'm just in it for the music, man..."

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)

great lakes science center

osinkoskys, lusnias (x2), stroesslers.

the great lakes science center.

it was like being on a field trip!

we played in water vapor,

and introduced haleybop to 3D glasses.

we laid on maps,

to find our houses

(though some of us weren't entirely interested in aerial maps).

we took quizzes on water use,

and learned about conservation.

we even looked over the flight deck of a space shuttle,

and landed said ship.

but the real fun came in the form of a massive BALL PIT.

daniel pulled the lever down to release all the balls.

then, we found a couple of aunts,
monsters, inc and a big somewhat comfy couch.

healthier than hot fudge

went for a hike this morning.
it turned into this:

and this:

and this:

lastly, my view of things.



(i love these pants.)

Christmas Eve

our new decoration: a painting from mark's dad, hans.

helping dada

eating "bug" cookies
(one particular cookie-press shape that baked out
to be more Paramecium than Snowflake.)

cheese, literally and pictorially.

coloring with uncle spud

kyle judges the coloring contest

shu scores a dino!

santa makes a surprise dropoff!
the doorbell rang & when the kids opened the door,
there was a bag full of fun left by the big man.

aunt carol passes out the presents...

...shu tries to be nice and give it back...

...but eventually decides to open it.
(sidenote: anyone seen christmas on sesame street?
shua opens his presents like bert.
"now, let me see...if i take a scissor...")

a new dino book

alison helped shu unpack his new Tubby Tater.
thanks, great grandma!

MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE.