Monumental

This kid has come a long way...

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Annual Camping

Our annual Memorial Day weekend camping trip was a little wet and cold at first but warmed up nicely by the last day or so. We were thrilled to add our friends who just moved back from Taiwan to our posse. Since both other families have babies less than a year old, L could hardly contain herself with excitement!

Here she is with Baby N and Baby F...




And of course W and his buddy...



We went on our usual hike and the kids did fabulously. Even the babies on their daddy's backs in their little backpacks were troopers...



This part made me slightly nervous...


Such a blessing to share memories in our expanding families together...

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Zoo

W's end of year pre-school field trip was to the Scovill Zoo on a ridiculously hot day in May. Thankfully the kids didn't seem to notice the heat and enjoyed the day tremendously.

The train and the carousel were the main attractions...




And oh, you should have heard the snickering from the parents on this exhibit. W showed his sweet naivete when he shouted out..."Mom, look, the turtles are WRESTLING!!"



After the zoo we headed to Monical's for lunch. I showed MY naivete when I tried to snap a quick pic of three riled up preschool boys waiting for their pizza. Here's attempt 1:



And again...


And I finally gave up...

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