Turkey Day, Turkey Leg

 

Leaves before they fell on the lawn

 

 

 

Pretty dogwood trees, but damn there were/are a lot of leaves out here. 30 leaf bags so far, more tomorrow.

Leaves in the lawn

 

 

 

Hairdo

 

Daddy Chain

Josh & Zach

From the summer.

Topsfield Fair 2010

Somehow, Maya got put in charge of the kettle corn.

"Fishing"

 

Making French Toast

Zach, Jeni, in pjs, in Grandma's kitchen.

Alyssa, amused

 

Raspberries

 

Tatoo

 

Sunflower again

 

Packing. Fail.

 

 

 

Well, they actually did help me empty out a linen drawer into the box, but only after crawling around in the box for quite a while.

Nap

 

Dirty Window

 

First S'mores

For both Zach and Ryan. They even got to hold their own marshmallow sticks and didn't catch fire (them or their marshmallows, that is).

The Basin

Very strange rocks. This place is about a 5 minute walk from i-93 in Franconia Notch. Yet Josh and I managed to become separated from each other for about an hour due to poor senses of direction and no working cell phones. Good thing we didn't have anywhere to be in a hurry.

I also have pictures I took here with a film camera several years ago. Now that I'm looking at them, they seem to be identical to my new ones. Hm.

Lilia's Hair

Sunglasses

 

 

Yes, the kids are using flashlights as microphones. Heavens knows why they even know what microphones are.

Harborscapes

 

 

 

Featuring Sharona's giant lens once again, a few big clouds, and some strangers in a dinghy.

Fort, flashlight, camera

Took the Boston harbor speed ferry out to George's Island this past weekend, where a fort was erected from which to blow up ships during the civil war. The interior is surprisingly dark. Gory history aside, it's a spiffy place to take kids, flashlights (thanks, Alyssa) and cameras.

Check out Sharona's lens (way bigger than mine):

 

 

Sarah not posing

 

My nieces (and their mom) paid us a visit last week. Sarah, who's 4, is usually set on goofy poses when she spies a camera, a la the 2nd ridiculous picture. So this was a surprise, and maybe just a bit extra serious.

Cat tail

 

Candy Bracelet

 

Like crack for a first-time 2-year-old.

Zach & Grandma Estee

 

Smirk

 

Facial expression credit goes to Terry. I have no idea what he was doing, but Zach found it amusing.

Foot

 

Painting

 

 

First Mojito

 

Ok, yes, it's a virgin mojito.

Being on vacation (off work for a week, anyhow), I thought it my prerogative to mix myself a mojito with lunch, seeing as we had all the ingredients on hand. Zach insisted that I let him have some.

"No, it's for grownups."

"Why?"

"It has alcohol in it, it'll make you fall over."

"Why?"

I had no better answer so to get him to quiet I offered him a lick from my finger. Instead of disgust, he proclaimed, "I like alcohol!" Then, after some consideration while I went off to squeeze another lime, "but I don't want to fall over."

More 4th - Parade

 

Sarah, from behind (above) and Zach with his cousins, Sydney and Sarah (below) after the Annapolis Independence Day parade.

 

Of course, this is how Zach watched most of the parade, except during a couple of the marching bands, when he dropped his hands to listen:

 

This was followed by staying up late to watch fireworks with massive sound-blocking headphones, insisting that Uncle Tim held him through the entire show while he looked the other way. But now, it's all he talks about, e.g. "Hi Ryan. I saw fireworks!"