Painting with Grand Kathy

This was a highlight of our time in Maine. Look at these hippy grandkids-- I sure never spent an afternoon with my grandmothers like this:


Each of the cousins fully and seriously participated.




This may be where Emmett acquired a pinkish stripe in his hair. He still has it and looks kinda punk.




After everyone was hosed down . . .


. . . we had a nice dinner of naked pizza.

Father's Day and a trip to Maine

Father's Day 2010

What a hands-on dad!

And here's a peek at us in Maine with Grand Kathy. This was at Wolf's Neck Farm where Emmett saw his first actual cows, goats and sheep. He was somewhat surprised at how loud an actual baaaah is when coming from a real sheep.

Then we retired to pose against the picturesque waterfront.

It's pretty great here!

Ocean City 2010

courtesy of aunt Lola.

This picture is my favorite:


But there are some close runner-ups

Here Thomas shows Dave how to fly a kite.



Meanwhile Lola modeled some excellent sand castle engineering for Emmett.


Emmett modeled his own cute self






And this second one is a video of Thomas digging, but Google is being all proprietary about it, so you have to click on it and watch it through picasa.










Thank you Kirkpatricks for another wonderful visit!!

Extravaganza!

These all deserve their own posts, but we're playing catch up here.

First, in honor of the world cup: Caterpillar Soccer!!


We are very excited that Team USA's first match is against Clare! Well, ok, her neighboring countrymen, but still . . . exciting!

Brothers waking up together:




Emmett giving T a push:



Grandpa Peter explains nuclear fusion to Thomas:


Surprise lovely visit from Grandma Nancy:

Thomas at his last day of school performance. Next to him is Julian. Thomas told us Julian was moving to Egypt too! We had his family over for a playdate and found out that in fact they are moving back to Chile with the World Bank. But Julian's mother had been wondering about his sudden interest in ancient Egypt.



Dev came too!






Thomas gets a haircut:



Now off to Ocean City with the Kirkpatricks!