on tuesday, jake, isaac, carlye and myself ventured out to the lovely north carolina zoo. i have been there a few times before. it was isaac’s first time. he still seemed a little underwhelmed with actually getting to see real live animals. we got a season pass, nonetheless, so he’d better start to like it […]
isaac
jake’s cake
after watching me make a massive number of cupcakes in the last two weeks, jake decided he wanted to try his hand at a little decorating. i was rather looking forward to my week without cakes, but i figured he’d have fun. and the kitchen was spotless, so why wouldn’t we slather frosting all over […]
half naked….and not the “ok” half.
upon arrival to pastor clay’s 50th birthday on saturday, i was very thankful to find a toddler playground neighboring the shelter we would be celebrating under. we were able to hang out with grownups and just occasionally glance over and make sure there was no blood or broken bones. later in the party (after several […]
write it down!
isaac is getting super fun these days. his vocabulary is exploding and he’s turning into a little comedian. sometimes intentional, sometimes not. anyhoooo, whenever i’m recounting his adventures to others, i’m often met with the same phrase, “make sure you’re writing this all down, you’ll forget it!”… so, since this blog has pretty much served […]
mohawk farmer
isaac has been very helpful in the garden this year.he is pretty good about waiting for us to show him which veggie to pick, except when it comes to tomatoes. apparently, they are too alluring for him. he just picks with reckless abandon. doesn’t really matter i suppose, since we always have zillions more than […]
batavia trip – volume 6 – miscellaneous
couldn’t leave out these shots: isaac having his first (very artificially colored) push pop. thanks “new gramma”: jake reading to isaac :)… jake and isaac feeding the fish: and, i’ll let you guess what is taking place in this shot:
batavia trip – volume 5 – utica trip
from batavia, i did something that i always intend to do, but haven’t done since 2004*… i made a trip out to my old college town of utica to visit some old friends. how i had missed all my old favorite stops: the varick, franco’s pizza, the utica marsh, the scenic view of industry long […]
batavia trip – volume 4 – austin park with the redbands varlands
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 […]
batavia trip – volume 3 – the mohawk
leslie cut isaac’s hair and derek found out about it on facebook. 🙂
batavia trip – volume 2 – stafford parade
for those not in the batavia new york “know”… after the st. joe’s carnival (see previous post), comes the stafford carnival. since we were all carnivalled out, we only went to the carnival kickoff event — the parade. it was pretty rough… lots and lots and lots of firetrucks. and lots and lots of space […]