Walk in the Park

Caity, Janine, and I decided to take a walk in a nearby park. Janine had her camera and it seemed a nice place to take a few pictures...

Hmm, this is the only picture containing the photographer. I'm sure there was more than just the one...

Goofing around

Sometimes Victor and Anna can be pretty silly.

Ok, maybe I need to put it differently. It happens, on rare occasions, that they are serious.

Off to pre-care

I won't be letting Anna bring that stroller again. Which was actually the standard policy (no bringing toys) but she managed somehow to convince me. The deal was that she had to go fast and that I'd take it back home when we got there (she couldn't keep it at pre-care). But she was slower than she would otherwise be, and Victor decided that since Anna brought something he'd bring some Lego minifigures. He did not inform me of this decision and I did not notice that he was doing so. So we naturally spent many minutes after post-care looking for those minifigures which he was heartbroken that he had lost. Which he hadn't, actually... we discovered an hour later than they were in the one pocket he didn't check.

Catching up #1

I can't believe it's only been a month since my last post. It's been so busy I had assumed it had been much longer! So a random assortment since the last post...

Eating out.

At a cottage party, Colin decided that I must go in the water. Might have had something to do with my tossing him into the water a little earlier. Victor felt that the cause was just and he should help.

Anna loved just bobbing around in this little tube and did it for some time.

Not sure what errand we'd been running, but by the time we were done Anna needed a nap.

Later than day, Anna shows off on her bike.

Anna having a tea party.

We went camping... Janine and I said that Anna could climb into our sleeping bag. So she slept horizontally across the opening.

Camping was awesome.

Victor built a Republic Gunship. And Victor really did built it: I help him slightly with bag #1 on the first night, it took a couple of hours. There were 9 bags. He proceeded to complete the next 8 bags over the next couple of weeks without any assistance at all.

This is Rowan, somewhere. No idea. Not sure how this picture got onto my phone, in fact.

This is Rowan, “trapped” in the basement.

Victor and Anna after the first day of school. This was the best picture I could get, silliness seemed to be in the air.

On the way to pre-care, aka Breakfast Club.

Victor reading while Anna was at a playdate with L.

It seemed to be contagious because later the whole crew was reading.

Anna the Gatekeeper requires all to pay a toll before entering.

Anna is still too short to drink standing on the ground.

It was a great day for biking today.

I added #1 to the title of this post because I'm sure it won't be the last time I need to do a catch-up post!

Screen time

Fancy

As I was showering, Anna came into the bathroom and asked, "Is this fancy enough?" I looked, and she was holding up a summer dress. "Fancy enough for what?" Then I reconsidered my answer, and said "Yes," which in my experience is usually the right answer to such questions.

But apparently my answer was not satisfactory, and when I came out of the shower she was putting on a shirt, and I discovered the reason for the question: Victor had decided that he was going to be dressy today, and Anna felt the need to match his sartorial splendor!

These are the outfits they had came up with. I helped them put on the ties they had picked, but that was the only assistance I provided.

Anna needed to show off this paper doll cat she had created with boots, sunglasses, and other accessories.

These outfits are perfectly sensible for "active living week" at daycare, right?

Disparate loads

So Victor is carrying his backpack, Anna's backpack, and this other bag full of stuff Anna decided that she needed to bring home from daycare. And Anna is carrying... a desire to pick that flower?