Shining Down (#59)

"From within or from behind, a light shines through us upon things, and makes us aware that we are nothing, but the light is all."

  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Looking Down (#58)

"Come on kid, where ya goin'?  Why is your head looking down?  Tell me what's on the ground..." 

~Josiah Leming, Come On Kid

Going Up (#57)

The Better Slide (#56)

There's no better slide than a good old fashioned metal slide... next time we'll take waxed paper ;)

Take a Look (#55)

"We may sit in our library and yet be in all quarters of the earth."  ~John Lubbock

Two Little Monkeys (#54)

Jumping for joy is good exercise.

Top of the... Table (#53)

Disbelief (#52)

Chase having an overabundance of cards... ceased to have the right color or number.  Henri couldn't believe it. ;)

Hole in [Not] One (#51)

"Golf is so popular simply because it is the best game in the world at which to be bad." 

 ~A.A. Milne

Ban the Bag (#50)

On the way to Wrightsville Beach... looking out my window at the side of the road....I counted 10 plastic bags in about a minute.  Ban the Bag!!!

Henri: by Claire

At Wrightsville Beach... Claire took control of my camera... she loves her little brother :)

Look Ma.. No Shoes!

Musical

"Music is the universal language of mankind." 

 ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Chasing Birds

"Slow down and everything you are chasing will come around and catch you."  ~John De Paola

Pick a Color

"Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment."  

~Claude Monet

Love of Tyler

"I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love.  For me they are the role model for being alive." 

 ~Gilda Radner

Boombalatti's

"Ice cream is happiness condensed."  ~Jessi Lane Adams

Fantastic Read

"Never judge a book by its movie."  ~J.W. Eagan 

Pucker Up

Good Read

"The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,

And all the sweet serenity of books."

~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Mancala

"If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun." ~Katharine Hepburn 

It'll Fit

"You can't look at a cupcake without smiling."

Flying By

"If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive." 

~Eleanora Duse 

Puzzled

"...And he puzzled and puzzled 'till his puzzler was sore."

Fever and a Movie

Chase, Claire and Henri joining their-- now sick-- Dad on the couch to watch Gulliver's Travels.

Remembering

"The events in our lives happen in a sequence in time, but in their significance to ourselves they find their own order... the continuous thread of revelation." 

~Edora Welty

Trains

Days of being sick have left us with watching movies, reading, playing Wii and Thomas trains :)

Susie

Photo by: Claire (age 6)