Come, Mommy

Well, since I did promise a photo run-down of our summer, I guess I’d better get to it. Being as it is October now, and my laptop is finally back in my loving arms, and all that stuff. During this summer I was keeping the blogging and the photography light in order to give myself a bit of a break. Now that Autumn has returned, I’m hoping to pick things back up again. The break was nice, but I  miss my bloggy friends, and I miss having a more detailed memory book. So, with that, here are a few scenes from the summer.

 

 

Seriously, folks, Tupperware is the best toddler toy ever, hands down. Here is Kieran stirring ice in a pitcher and pouring it back and forth into a plastic bowl. He amused himself this way for many hours this summer.

 

Here’s the early summer milestone - learning to climb the stairs. It took him most of the summer, but he can now safely go up and down the stairs at great speed, even on all fours.

 

 

All that working and playing makes a guy hungry, thirsty…

 

..and tired. Nighty-night, Baby!

 

For a while last spring and into the summer, Liam was quite fond of this guy. I made him a hat just like that of his cartoon buddy, only in Liam’s favorite color, red. It got a lot of wear until the weather became hot; I’m predicting a return to this hat now that it’s cooling down.

 

 

A guy’s gotta have wheels. Here’s Kiri at a park attempting to “drive” a climbable truck sized for the pre-school set. He was not quite tall enough to really get into the game.

 

Kevin had a birthday (40!….ssssshhhhh) this summer. Liam and I made him a cake while Kiri cheered us on from behind a pile of oranges in his highchair. Here’s the chef with his masterpiece. About the only part of the cake that wasn’t 90% Liam-made was the baking part. He did the mixing, the pouring, the frosting, and the decorating.

 

 

We spent a fun evening with friends at the fair. Liam is all about pony rides these days, and a fair is a great place to find them.

 

Child-labor laws? I’m not allowed to force my toddler to mop the floor? But he’s the one who threw lunch there in the first place!

 

Here’s Liam putting out a pretend fire in a scale-model house. This was a safety demo evening put on by our local volunteer fire fighters.

 

If you know the Princeton campus, you know this fountain. It used to be strictly verboten to go into the water there, but on this July night we found people and dogs of all sizes wading and splashing. There was even a couple of grad students floating in inner tubes.

 

Here’s Liam watching a puppy play fetch in the water. Shortly after this picture was taken, we adjourned down the street for ice cream. Evenings like that are what summer is all about.

 

I’m interrupting this summer-logue for a Random Ferret Picture. This is Pippi, who has developed a ferocious passion for climbing legs.

 

And here is Houdini, who thinks it is just the funniest thing when Pippi jumps on her from hip-height. Here she is doing the Weasel War Dance that ferrets perform when having lots of fun.

 

A shot from earlier this week of the boys taking a break from play. If you look closely at the sun angle and the quality of the light, you can tell Summer is pretty much over…

 

…or just look out the window. It won’t be long until you are seeing photos of the boys in mittens and coats.

Thanks for stopping by, and hopefully you’ve enjoyed these photos from the Menagerie House. Hopefully I’ll be updating more frequently now. Next week we’re off to Walt DisneyWorld, so I’ll have lots of content!