Your Mama's Tutu

My parents are fond of periodically cleaning out their basement and sending whatever 'treasures' they find from my childhood over to my house. When some recent nuggets made there way into the dress up box, Clara took no notice of the 30 year old tulle - a tutu's a tutu, no matter how old. Isn't she cute?! (Doesn't the yellow band-aid make the perfect accessory?) I guess there really are some treasures that come from Grandma & Grandpa's basement!

Your Father's Corn Hole

What a wonderful group of dads we have in our family! All the men seemed to have a ball with their little ones. Congrats to Paul on his first Father's Day! Whada ya say we celebrate with some corn hole? So the kids didn't quite get the idea of the game... or maybe they improved it?!

Father's Day

So I suppose you could say it was a new Father's Day for Papa this year, as he is a father to three for the first time this Father's Day. Here is one proud Papa with his beautiful children!

Indiana Holiday

We wanted to share some of the images of the fun we had a recent trip to Indiana. Wonderlab, in Bloomington, was a particular favorite... second only to the s'mores. But I suppose that's as it should be!

Master of Her World

Sabrina has pretty much mastered grasping objects - and even manages to help them find their way to her mouth most of the time! What will she master next?

More Claraisms

"Dis BROH-en" (This broken - usually whenever holding one of Mama's necklaces in her hand.)
"You pit me up pwease, Daddy" followed up by, "Dat too hi."
"One, two, fwee."
"Yewoh is mine favrit tolor."
Where are you shoes? "I don know; dey're hidin."
"Let get on road toad."

Clara-isms

I (Adam) have been meaning to post this for a while. Clara-isms are those little sayings that are unique to Clara. I know of a few, but I'm curious what you've heard. This past week, according to Clara, we stayed at Ratoon Rids (Raccoon Ridge). Here are some other Clara-isms:

"Me otay" (I'm okay)
"Me do it mineself" (I'll do it myself)


I know there are more, but I've misplaced my list. So, add a few of your own!

Park visit with Grandparents

Almost a month ago, Grandma and Grandpa Hoeben joined us for a little park time. Clara spent much of her time on the swing while Christopher made friends and explored the entire place. As you might have expected, when it was time to leave it was the parents and grandparents who were exhausted.

Flower child

These were taken in the backyard yesterday while practicing with a new lens.

Airplane

This was taken sometime last week ... when the sun was still shining around here rather than all this stormy weather we've been having. Papa and Christopher are playing airplane in the backyard hammock.