137-139/366: Vermont

View of the Green Mountains from near Waterbury.

This past weekend, Kate went to Arisia, and in order to get a change of scenery and a bit of adult backup, I took the kids up to visit friends in northern Vermont. They have two boys, the younger of whom is just a few months older than SteelyKid, and I was pretty sure the… Continue reading 137-139/366: Vermont

134/366: BalsaKid

The first complete test structure from SteelyKid's Odyssey of the Mind team.

Back in the fall, a note came home with SteelyKid about an organizational meeting for an Odyssey of the Mind team for her elementary school. My father coached this for several years back in the 80’s, and one of my sister’s teams went to the World championships (held in Cole Field House at the University… Continue reading 134/366: BalsaKid

133/366: No Writing On Paper Today!

The "Closed" sign that the Pip dictated to Kate.

This one’s a bit of a cheat, but the only pictures I got Tuesday that turned out well had other people’s kids in them, and I won’t post those. So here, instead, is a picture from over the weekend, mostly because I want to tell the cute-kid story that goes with it. On Sundays, I… Continue reading 133/366: No Writing On Paper Today!

130/366: Bubble Battle

SteelyKid blowing a bubble toward The Pip, at MiSci.

I try not to have this be Cute Kid Photo of the Day, but really, when these are the subjects, how can I avoid it? This is from yesterday’s morning excursion to MiSci, where they have added a soap bubble area. This, of course, led to the kids battling with each other by blowing huge… Continue reading 130/366: Bubble Battle

128/366: Shiny!

My new phone on the wireless charger.

It seems appropriate to use a power-of-two day for a new digital device, so here’s a photo of my new phone: Getting and setting this up took up much of yesterday. It’s a Droid Turbo, which is basically the Verizon-branded version of the 2015 equivalent of the Moto X I had previously. Yes, I know,… Continue reading 128/366: Shiny!

123-124/366: Slack!

SteelyKid's feet bouncing above the slackline.

One of our Christmas presents for the kids was a slackline kit, which they wanted set up pretty much the instant I got home. So I put it up over the weekend, and on consecutive days got these pictures: (I of course also have a bunch of photos where you can see the kids’ entire… Continue reading 123-124/366: Slack!

117-122/366: Catching Up, Renaissance Edition

Cool fountain in Charleston's Waterfront Park.

After the trip to my parents’ for Christmas, I flew down to Charleston, SC to attend the Renaissance Weekend (though none of it fell on an actual weekend day…). This provided some much-needed stress relief, but was not great in photo-a-day terms, as it’s a strictly off the record event, so I couldn’t exactly photograph… Continue reading 117-122/366: Catching Up, Renaissance Edition

109-116/366: Catching Up, Holiday Edition

The moon on Christmas Eve.

I’m back after the traditional family holiday and a less traditional trip to Charleston, SC for the Renaissance Weekend meeting. Which means things will start to return to what passes for normal around here, and that means it’s time to get caught up on photo-a-day pictures… What with one thing and another, there was one… Continue reading 109-116/366: Catching Up, Holiday Edition

Christmas 2015

The Chateau Steelypips photo card, 2015.

Normally, I save a .jpg of our holiday card and post it here. This year, I forgot, but fortunately my parents have one, so you get a photo of a photo card: Merry Christmas if you celebrate it, have a lovely Friday otherwise.

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