Category: The Pip

Vacation Review Blogging

Disney's Castaway Cay, from the balcony of our stateroom on the ship.

As mentioned in passing a little while ago, we spent last week on a Disney cruise in the Caribbean, with the kids and my parents. We had sort of wondered for a while what those trips are like, and since the first reaction of most parents I’ve mentioned it to has been “Oh, we’ve thought… Continue reading Vacation Review Blogging

213-228/366: Kid-Light Photo Dump

One of the waterfalls at John Boyd Thacher State Park.

As promised in the last catch-up post, a set of pictures less devoted to cute-kid shots. 213/366: Zone Defense The Pip has been making one of his preschool teachers draw superheroes for him. At some point, he cut these out with scissors (or possibly made Kate cut them out), and hung them up in different… Continue reading 213-228/366: Kid-Light Photo Dump

198-212/366: Kid-Centric Photo Dump

The photo shelf in my parent's living room, with school pictures of the kids.

A bunch of stuff happened that knocked me out of the habit of editing and posting photos– computer issues, travel, catching up on work missed because of travel, and a couple of bouts with a stomach bug the kids brought home. I have been taking pictures, though, and will make an attempt to catch up.… Continue reading 198-212/366: Kid-Centric Photo Dump

182-183/366: Dunking and Monkeying

Two pictures of our very active sillyheads.

Thursday was a travel day, the less said about which the better. So, while I do have a couple of cell-phone snaps from the day, I’m just going to ignore it, and give you two better photos from Friday and Saturday. These go nicely together, as you can see in the composite that’s the “featured… Continue reading 182-183/366: Dunking and Monkeying

177/366: Landmark Interior

SteelyKid and The Pip looking down from the third floor railing inside the Nott Memorial,

I’ve included at least two photos of the Nott Memorial in this series, so I’m a little hesitant to do another. But here’s an angle on it that doesn’t show up as much: We went over to campus yesterday looking for a bigger open space in which to fly SteelyKid’s RC helicopter, which turned into… Continue reading 177/366: Landmark Interior

173/366: Art Bonanza

Sorting the Pip's pre-school artwork.

The Pip is in pre-school these days, and we have a running joke when I drop him off where I tell him to work hard, and he responds “No, grown-ups do work. You go to work. I’m going to the JCC to play with my friends!” Of course, his playing does involve a bit of… Continue reading 173/366: Art Bonanza

167-172/366: Another Batch

The Nott Memorial, with its own reflection.

Another long photo-a-day gap, because the last week was crazy in a bunch of ways. The weather has slewed wildly between winter and spring; Kate had to go to The City to argue a case leaving me solo-parenting the sillyheads; and I’ve been fighting the onset of a rotten cold. That last has involved a… Continue reading 167-172/366: Another Batch

163-164/366: Recurring Themes

SteelyKid watching tv from inside the tunnel fort she built on the couch.

This weekend’s photos were mostly of the kids, and mostly had other people’s kids in them, as they did a double play-date on Saturday afternoon. I’m going to lump two days together, because they’re really just repeating previous themes. Here are the kids eating dinner at the Union women’s basketball game Friday night: (They went… Continue reading 163-164/366: Recurring Themes

155/366: Boom!

The Pip's rocket control panel. (One of his teachers wrote the words for him...)

A few days ago, The Pip came home with a “present” for me and Kate, wrapped up in construction paper. This turned out to be another sheet of paper, which is actually a launch control panel: The layout of the “buttons” is all him, but he got one of his teachers to do the labels.… Continue reading 155/366: Boom!