Our Week

Nelly reading to herself. Note that her eyes are crossing in order to focus.

Lewis in the new Maxamec "Police Car."

Three sippers for three corncobs.

The bed-time hat picture.

Nelly is ready to run errands with her Momma.

Reading up on usage and punctuation.

Three Inges swinging.

Fun with Forts

Photoblog

The posts to the photoblog have been a little sparse. Sorry about that. I accidentally posted some pictures there today. And I posted a couple of others on purpose earlier this week. So, if you haven't been over there for a while, it might be worth checking out. Click Here or on the link under "Links" to the left.

Snow and Hooligans

One of the great winter activities -- snow mowing.

Pretty colors, eh? Straight out of my new pocket camera: a Canon a710IS

She walks up the hill. Hooray!

Seeing triple.

A Few Things

Ok, I went crazy with pictures but it's been a real corn cob week, so I'm sure you won't mind.

Here's Nelly, still at the table. We have to talk each bite in of all foods except Macaroni and Cheese. Shipeth.

Lewis likes his food. He usually won't take seconds, but I think he made an exception for the chicken alfredo which is, after all, glorified mac and cheese.

Inge is lovely, and getting old enough that she doesn't usually have a big mess around her mouth after a meal. Wow! We've come a long way.

The kids enjoying the maxamec car again. Nelly and Inge were taking turns pushing Lewis at this point in time. We do not live in a quiet house right now.

I'm not sure that Lewis was really intending to look like a farmer-gang-banger here, but he looks well in the role.

I made rubber-band guns for the kids this past week, remembering the time when my dad made some for my brother and I. Inge got it right away. Lewis struggles to get it loaded, and Nelly's gun has ended up actually being mine. ;)

Moscow is a real winter wonder land right now.

Out for a walk on one of our warmer days.

Corn cob alert!

And the fire is going.

And the snow is falling.

And poop is going in the toilet.

Nelly At Table

Just a short clip showing some amazing expressions Michelle makes while she eats.

I Beat Her... Up

Lewis racing his sister up the hill.

2007

As soon as we returned from visiting family it began to snow, and snow, and snow. We're enjoying it.

The kids got a large Christmas gift this year from an anonymous friend. These are the vehicles we built for them out of their Maxamec sets. Very fun!

The catalogue kids. :)

Namma and Tappa's river is quite full. Lots of rain.

Tosti Asti, and various hors d'oeuvres. Note the foil wrapped pickles.

Rose and a couple of her friends (Kristine, and Melinda).

Rose wanted to watch the ball drop, so Tappa obliged with Rocky (the dog's) rubber ball. The flash fired right before he dropped it. So this is the best I could do with the severely underexposed picture.