Sketchy

 This is Amelia's latest sketch.  She was asked to do a closeup pencil drawing of regular objects.  She chose silverware, but I give her a gold star...

Long Days

While anyone in our home will tell you I am Lucy's favorite human (it's almost to a weird level), I would say she's mostly just a girl who likes to have all of her family around.  She seemed extra lonely today while her buddies were off to school...

Self Aware

 Amelia was asked to draw a portrait that is reflective of her.  It was not to be OF her, but ABOUT her.  This is what she came up with.... I think my favorite part of it (aside from how well it is shaded) is that her fake math homework is due at 11:59pm and yet it is black and white, unfinished, and in the background while her Animal Crossing video game (and its cartoonish style she captured perfectly) is vibrantly displayed showing she is playing it at 11:54pm.  Luckily, in real life she doesn't procrastinate so badly as to only give herself 5 minutes to do a pile of homework...she leaves at least 10. 

Familiar Pose

When I saw Lucy melt onto the ground after a vigorous round of "chase absolutely nothing in big circles until you pass out" a.k.a. "catch a case of the zooms", I knew I had seen it somewhere before.  After staring at her for a few minutes I realized where....

Lucy after running suicide sprints around the back yard....

Amelia after her first day of high school a few weeks ago...

As they say, ball 'til you fall. 

Happy and Sad

Middle School and High School.  No Elementary School.  No little kids.  No babies. Looking at these photos makes me equal parts happy about the wonderful people they're becoming and sad about the awesome little munchkins they'll never be again.

Oops

I must admit, I didn't realize how long it had been since I last posted.  I can only assume all the readers have gone away.  In case any of you are still left, here's the first pics of two happy campers from our beach vacation...

Men About Town

 As we've done several years in a row, Ev and I ran around town doing whatever he wanted to do on a father/son overnight trip.  There aren't any rules aside from having more fun than sleep (although I do make Everett do things like check us out of the hotel, tip the valet, etc. so he can learn how to carry himself confidently).  We did a great job of following that rule ... after all, we bowled, won over 2,500 tickets in an arcade, ate donuts two different times, swam in a rooftop pool, watched team USA in a soccer match, ate ice cream two different times, and ordered room service cheeseburgers after 10pm.  Solid, solid day. 

The first of our two ice creams on the day was to celebrate our terrible bowling skills....

Our hotel had a rooftop pool with drink service ... 

The DUDE and I watched Team USA score 6 goals in their victory...

After a long day and a nice shower, pajamas and cheeseburgers were the perfect combination...