Summer Do and Doings

Documentation of cuteness this morning:

Gotta cool off:

Story time with Uncle Honus:

Four bandaids for one owie:

It's About the Plague

Tillie enjoys a good bout of Ring Around the Rosy. She loves to skip right to the part where you say "Ashes, ashes. We all fall down!" only she says it more like "Ashuh, ashuh. Wawe fah dah!" and then carefully sets her bum on the ground. Here are some pics from last spring when we were teaching her cousin about the technical aspects of RAtR--for example, 1) you must hold hands, 2) it's best if you walk in a circle with everyone going the same direction, and 3) falling down at the end is actually part of the process, not an accident.

No Boys Allowed

I have been doing some podcast science reporting with some new sound equipment, but my lovely office has horrible acoustics. The solution:

I insist that it is a make-shift recording studio, but Scott says I'm regressing back to my childhood, building forts out of cushions and banning stinky boys. I think I might need a sign...

Popsicle Massacre

And another bit of sweetness...Hazel!

Birds and Bubbles

Baby Friends

When I had a kid, one of my first thoughts was: When are all of my friends going to have kids, too, so that we can all hang out with each other's kids? Well, it took a bit of organizing and baby making, but it is finally happening! (Of course, taking flattering action shots of said scenario is very difficult.) My dear friend Ledia came to town with her son Wolf last month. There were many adventures:

Wolf dines with Tillie in the kitchen:

Camile invites us all out to an art fest (Hazel joined us, too):

Monkeying around in a restaurant courtyard:

Tillie and Wolf enjoy a good fence:

Discussion about owls (with the dearly departed John watching over):

Dining Alone?

No, there will be three dinosaurs joining me for breakfast, thank you.