on a couple of occasions, we visited the new and improved austin park and visited with my old pal from high school, julie redband varland. 🙂she’s got two little varlands herself, so it’s fun to have playdates in batavia. isaac mostly liked the swing and jake did a great job obliging him: here’s a lovely […]
friends
liam’s 1st birthday cake…
made this smash cake for sweet little liam today. he’s one already. it feels like i made his baby shower cake a couple of minutes ago. that post is here.
dan nicholas park
he headed to salisbury, nc yesterday for a little birthday celebration for our friend, april. of course, it was more for the kids to run around and play (and get worn out)… but that’s a good gift, nonetheless. here are a few shots (more at picasa): From Dan Nicholas Park From Dan Nicholas Park From […]
bug cupcakes
churned these out this morning for a friend’s birthday party at the dan nicholas park (photos of that adventure coming soon…)
cora’s cake
hello. i made this cake awhile back, but i forgot to take pictures, so cora’s parents gladly took a few and posted them to facebook. i subsequently hi-jacked them and posted them here. the cake was for cora’s 2nd birthday. i had a little help from my mom’s neighbor who used to dabble in cake […]
lambs
some friends from church live nearby and own a little mini farm. their sheeps just gave birth to a bunch of babies (called lambs) and we stopped by to see them. isaac loved meeting some real live animals (vs. tv and book animals).
ruby’s birthday party
on thursday, we went to our church office for a little birthday celebration for ruby. she’s two! isaac got her a robot (last post).
swimming and the kernel
yesterday, we had our first swim of the new swim season, along with some friends. isaac was a bit unsure at first, but after a few minutes, he was all in. then we went to the kernel for a fun lunch before heading home to crash. the pictures didn’t come out as well as i […]
new friend.
a couple of nights ago, we went to kernel kustard to meet up with our life group on the night off. there was another family from our church there, with their son, and he and isaac hit it off. their love of climbing and jumping and living dangerously is their bond.
see that rock?
yesterday (that last of the beautiful days), carlye, isaac and i piled into the rodeo and headed off to pilot mountain for a little bit of outdoor fun. i brought the backpack for isaac to ride in style. little did i know that he would walk/run/climb the entire way (and scream for the 100 feet […]