We went to Arkansas this weekend to visit Cheryl, Jason, and Violet. More photos to come, but here's a good one of Violet helping her dad at work.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Violet teaches Jason a little something about distribution curves
Juniper's Art Project
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Hey Diddle Diddle
Juniper has been enjoying reading Nursery rhymes before bed recently. This morning, she treated us to a recital:
Monday, September 6, 2010
At the Zoo
We're enjoying our new zoo membership (thanks, Janet)! Juniper has been to the zoo twice in the past week--once with Dad, and once with the whole family and some of her new friends from school.
Who needs animals when there's this really cool hand washing station? Another big hit was the recycling trash can with a button she could turn.
When Juniper and Aaron went to the zoo, they got to see a bird show with close up views of several birds.
This owl flew so close to Aaron that it brushed his hat. "The owl softed my dad!"
Who needs animals when there's this really cool hand washing station? Another big hit was the recycling trash can with a button she could turn.
When Juniper and Aaron went to the zoo, they got to see a bird show with close up views of several birds.
This owl flew so close to Aaron that it brushed his hat. "The owl softed my dad!"
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Beatrix Potter/DC Comics Mashup
Story told by Juniper this morning
So there was a little mouse named Mrs. Thomasina Tittlemouse. And then she found Superman hiding in the lily pond. And then Superman got out and went to his house. And then Superman found Mrs. Thomasina Tittlemouse in the lily pond! And Superman had a bathing suit on so he could go under the water. And Mrs. Thomasina Tittlemouse said, "No! No!" That's so silly!
So there was a little mouse named Mrs. Thomasina Tittlemouse. And then she found Superman hiding in the lily pond. And then Superman got out and went to his house. And then Superman found Mrs. Thomasina Tittlemouse in the lily pond! And Superman had a bathing suit on so he could go under the water. And Mrs. Thomasina Tittlemouse said, "No! No!" That's so silly!
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Fantastic Juniper
The timing of this year's annual Dragon*Con parade was perfect for Juniper. She recently discovered comic books and has fallen madly in love with the superhero genre. One of her favorites is The Fantastic Four, so Aaron made her a Sue Storm (a.k.a. Invisible Woman) costume to wear to the parade.
She was insistent that she was Juniper, not the Invisible Woman. Once we all agreed that she was still Juniper, dressed like the Invisible Woman, she was delighted with her costume. "I look like Sue Storm!" "I'm wearing a costume!" "I look like the Invisible Woman!"
This was the right crowd to appreciate the costume. She earned lots of smiles, chuckles, and a few "Look - it's a little Sue Storm!" comments.
Juniper enjoyed people watching before the parade began.
But the highlight of the day for her was definitely the comics section of the parade. She delightfully called out the various super heroes she could see, at one point gleefully screaming, "I see all of them!"
"I see Wolverine!"
Proud dad. We try not to be the sorts of parents who want our kids to turn out just like we did, but Aaron is thrilled by Juniper's love of superheroes.
Aaron was also thrilled by this appearance of the BatMobile. I failed to be duly impressed, which Aaron attributes to my general "car blindness."
Pirates gave her the necklace, and a Starfleet Academy officer gave her the jolly rancher (her very first hard candy).
After the parade, we had a picnic lunch at Centennial Park. Mark's small stadium seat was practically a recliner for Juniper.
Our sleepy super hero. She fell asleep in the car on the way home, before her nap time would normally start. Sure sign of a good morning!
She was insistent that she was Juniper, not the Invisible Woman. Once we all agreed that she was still Juniper, dressed like the Invisible Woman, she was delighted with her costume. "I look like Sue Storm!" "I'm wearing a costume!" "I look like the Invisible Woman!"
This was the right crowd to appreciate the costume. She earned lots of smiles, chuckles, and a few "Look - it's a little Sue Storm!" comments.
Juniper enjoyed people watching before the parade began.
But the highlight of the day for her was definitely the comics section of the parade. She delightfully called out the various super heroes she could see, at one point gleefully screaming, "I see all of them!"
"I see Wolverine!"
Proud dad. We try not to be the sorts of parents who want our kids to turn out just like we did, but Aaron is thrilled by Juniper's love of superheroes.
Aaron was also thrilled by this appearance of the BatMobile. I failed to be duly impressed, which Aaron attributes to my general "car blindness."
Pirates gave her the necklace, and a Starfleet Academy officer gave her the jolly rancher (her very first hard candy).
After the parade, we had a picnic lunch at Centennial Park. Mark's small stadium seat was practically a recliner for Juniper.
Our sleepy super hero. She fell asleep in the car on the way home, before her nap time would normally start. Sure sign of a good morning!
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Forget babtsitting...
...Juniper is practicing for a teenage dog walking job!
Juniper enjoyed helping to walk DeeDee's two dogs while we were out in California. More California pictures to come soon. Aaron is swamped with photo work right now (yay!), and clients come before personal photo projects.
Juniper enjoyed helping to walk DeeDee's two dogs while we were out in California. More California pictures to come soon. Aaron is swamped with photo work right now (yay!), and clients come before personal photo projects.
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