Eliot's new hat

Sunday morning chess

I'm going to keep working on this pose

I couldn't get them to tilt their heads just right in the window, even with the promise of candy at the end.  So I had to do more post-processing than usual, and it's just not quite right.  I wanted to capture how very different their eyes are.

Halloween!

In other news, why I should not trim hair:

It is not the end of September.

I refuse to believe another month has gone by without me noticing.


I love these boys so much.  Here they are, reading library books about their interests (pirates and dinosaurs) remaining wholly uninterested in outer space.  Not that I am trying to influence them or anything (note the pajamas and sheets).


I am fairly sure their ballet teacher is a saint.  Here they are, in their ballet clothes, that they added a little flair to.  For extra fabulousness.




I am still laughing as I look at these pictures.

Summer's last Hurrah!

We went on an overnight camping trip, canoeing down the Green River.  Here are a few pictures Joe took:


Floating down the current:

Odds and ends

We uploaded pictures from Joe's phone today, so here are a few that haven't been shared yet.

Back during birthday extravaganza, we went to Big Mike's Mystery House.  Here is a picture from that adventure:


The zoo here had an exhibit with animatronic dinosaurs.  You cannot tell from the picture, but the boys really enjoyed it.  They did not enjoy the picture.