Trip to Louisville

The kids and I (Annette) took a quick little spring break get-away to Louisville with Granny. We found lots to do! Some of the highlights were tours of the Louisville Slugger Factory, the Science Museum and Louisville Glassworks as well as the local parks and the hotel pool. It was great to see Uncle Todd & Svarit too... thanks for taking time out to see us!

2 Nuks

Can you ever have 2 much of a good thing? (By the way, this was all Clara's idea.)

Dessert Cookies

The kids had a good time with these delicious desserts of graham crackers and icing. The funny thing is, both of them only want to eat the icing and not the graham. Go figure. Clara is very happy to show you all 4 of her teeth while Christopher peers over his glasses, something we try to discourage.

Game trail

Christopher and Uncle Paul went for a walk (along with Papa) last Saturday morning looking for turkeys. We didn't find any, but we did see plenty of game trails and deer tracks. There were even some lightsabers someone carelessly left out in the woods for Christopher to play with (aka: sticks).

Papa with Clara

Another Easter photo to show. This one is Clara with Papa. The reason Christopher isn't in the photo is because he was throwing a tantrum at the time.

Easter Morning

Here's a photo we took early on Easter Sunday morning. Cousin Alex came over to go to church with us that morning.

Easter photos

Here are a few photos from Easter Celebrations. We had a great time hanging out with Babo at Atria. Then, later in the day, getting the Easter Eggs ready were the activity for these hands on Holy Saturday.

Friday

Today is Good Friday. For all of you who are keeping score out there in the world, know that our little guy made it through everything very well so far. Thanks for all the well wishes and prayers.

Playing in the snow

After the blizzard, we went out to play in the snow. Clara was bundled up warm with her Grandma while Christopher enjoyed sleds that went both down and up hill.

Blizzard of 08

For those of you in Wisconsin, and other parts of the country, we have your snow and we'd like to return it to you. Clearly this was a mistake. We're not going to point any fingers, but you know who you are.

One Year Photos

Not only have we had fun with our latest photography musings, they also happen to be images of our prettiest little subject. Check out our little girl at one year old!

Updates

Sorry for the lack of posts recently. Here are a few photos from our February visit to the Contemporary Arts Center downtown where they were making animal masks during the Fine Arts Fund Sampler Weekend.

Clara's Birthday

We've been meaning to post a few photos from Clara's birthday party. She was very excited to get her new table and chairs. We played a game called "Cake Drop." We put a sheet of 24 squares with names in each one beneath her high-chair. Whichever person's square was the first to have a piece of cake land on it was declared the winner. We were all very excited when she picked up the large piece of cake and acted like she was going to hurl it overboard.

CAC Visit

We went to the Contemporary Arts Center as part of the Fine Arts Fund Sampler Weekend yesterday. Christopher made an animal mask while Annette and Clara soaked up the views from the Unmuseum's 6th floor.

Field Trip

Last week, we took a Sunday afternoon drive. It was a good to get out of the area for a little while as a family. Here is a photo of the family that a fellow photographer snapped of us. (Thanks for the coat, Tim...)

Claramarinara

Star Wars Trivia

In George Lucas' original screenplay, what was Luke Skywalker's original name?

Was it:
A. Luke Moonwalker
B. Luke Starkiller
C. Luke Carbine

You can do it, we can help

Earlier this month, Christopher, with the help of Uncle Kevin, built his very first wooden project while his sister looked on. After using the hammer a few times and applying some glue, he was finished. That's not to say that the castle was finished but you get the idea. By the way, this castle is the same one Darth Vader defends in 'Casa De Vader'.

Babo Birthday

Last Friday we celebrated Babo's birthday. She turned 89 and we were all happy to celebrate with her. Christopher was especially happy because he got to eat some chocolate cake. (Note: Chocolate cake is actually yellow cake with chocolate icing, right Tim?)

Then the Earth Cooled

Casa De Vader

Ridiculous Friday Night Productions

Ride the horse

A Papa's work is never done.

Festival of Lights

Posing for a photo with Frosty and Aunt Sarah.

Caught redhanded

Clara attempting to snag a Christmas ornament.

Decorating the tree

This is a photo from the next night of us decorating the Christmas tree. All of the ornaments are at least 3 feet off the ground. They go from least breakable to most breakable as you make your way up the tree.

Christmas Tree Hunt

A quick (belated) photo of our Christmas tree hunt. We found a great locally owned place that we'll probably go back to next year.

There he is!

Here's the rest of the story...

Where is?

Every so often, we play a fun game at our house called, "Where is Christopher?" This particular evening was no different... to be continued

Pajamas with shoes?

Christopher went to bed with his shoes off. When we went in to check on him later, we discovered that he had put his shoes back on. Being the parents we are, we took a picture before taking his shoes off again.

Thanksgiving Photos

After a great dinner with the family from out-of-town, we played a game of charades. Lets just say some were better than others. We were divided up - boys vs. girls. The losers had to do the Chicken Dance for the winners. Later we pulled out a box of photos and started sorting through them.

(Adam's card: "Titanic")

(Kea's card: "The DaVinci Code")

(Butch's card: "Wicked")

Looking at photos

Stinkpots

Forgot to post this after we visited the Newport Aquarium. The sign says hatchling stinkpots are less than one inch long. We have several stinkpots at our house in case you're interested in seeing one a natural habitat.

Pops' Birthday

We thought these were some good photos from Pops' Birthday. Tim called during the Texas Hold 'Em Game played on the Nintendo DS, but we got back around to playing it again later in the evening after the babes had gone to bed.

Scoot away from the camera

In this video, Clara is clearly suspicious of the camera. She's a quick one for being so young.

Another movie

At Camp Gray, Christopher was chasing around a black balloon all weekend long. In this short video, you will see him chasing it, and then reaching back to pick up his drooping drawers.

Photo from the past

I'm working on the video for this year and came across this gem. Clara and Christopher are in Wisconsin currently with their Uncle Jeff and Aunt Rebeca. Here's a photo I discovered last night.

Halloween

This a photo of the kids in their costumes from Wednesday night. Christopher went as a pirate and Clara as a bumble bee.

Visit to Hospital

We got a new camera today. We cut this raw video today while visiting Granny in the hospital. Christopher and Grandpops were investigating the "Green Cave."