At the Gym

Most Saturdays, I take the kids to the gym. They have fun playing in the nursery, and I get a good workout in. Here they are on our way out yesterday:




Recently, I've been letting them ride the elevator alone together. It only goes one floor and they're always on it alone, but they feel really independent.

Uncle Henry!

Henry and Tina can over for dinner tonight. Their fan club was very excited, as you can see:

Aquarium

Two posts in one day!  You're not going to know what hit you...

Elliot was working today, so the kids and I had lots of adventures.  The park was great in the afternoon, and we spent the morning at the aquarium:

The main tank is being rehabbed right now, so the aquarium wasn't at its best, but we still had fun touching sting-rays, watching fur seals be trained, and unexpectedly running into Nick, Heidi and Jack.

At the Park

The kids and I took advantage of the less frigid temperatures to spend an hour at the playground this afternoon. Lucy's working on the bars:




Griffin is loving the slide:




And the journey home is adorable too:

As you can see, Griffin still enjoys dogs!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Do you believe in Leprechauns? We hadn't really addressed the question as a family until last night when we had a family sleepover with the Ruters on St. Patrick's Day Eve.

Their son, Eddie, set up an elaborate trap for the leprechaun, and look what happened to it overnight:



"You tried to catch me! But I loved your trap- it was tasty. Hee-hee! I have to pee..."

After a little thinking, the kids found this:




Which was promptly flushed away by Joe, who quite rightly declared it "disgusting!"

The green pee actually convinced Lucy that leprechauns are real, though she later told us that the leprechaun must have dyed his pee green. Apparently green pee defies all belief.

Lucy's working theory is that, since he's so wee, the leprechaun had to get a ladder to reach the food coloring. It's a little unclear why he went to such lengths but we didn't probe too deeply.

And in case you're wondering, Griffin enthusiastically followed all the bigger kids around, but had absolutely no idea what was happening.

Haircuts

Remember us? We've been busy doing all sorts of things since July! Apologies for the lack of blogging. We'll try to get a few more pictures up every now and then.

For instance, today is haircut day:








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