Christmas Fondue!

Annie thinks I don't blog enough. To teach her a lesson, I will provide some pictures that are seven months old. We had a fondue for Christmas. See:



Oddly enough, the kids liked the chocolate fondue the best.



Take that, Annie!

Super Helper Boys!

Isn't if funny how some chores are fun?

I helped a friend bring four loads of branches and yard waste to the city dumping site, and afterwards my van was a bit dirty. I asked if anybody wanted to help vacuum the van, and right away I got two volunteers.



Eli and Kelson worked really hard, for about 45 minutes, to get the van nice and shiny.



Such good boys.

Swimming!

OK, I know June wasn't a good month for me posting pictures. I'm planning on putting out some pictures which have been in the queue for a while. I'll start with something that seems relevant - swimming in the summer sun.

We have a secret location where we can swim. A friend's house in the outskirts of St. Peter.

With deck chairs!



It's a good place to test out vests and float.



Milena has learned how to walk on water. Good skill to have.



Kelson still likes to hoard water toys.

A turtle and her eggs

How do you know if a turtle is a she or a he? Well, if you are a trained epistemologist, you look at the underside of the flippers (if you know what I mean). However, for us laypeople, you look to see if it is laying eggs. If it is laying eggs, it's a girtle (girl/turtle - girtle. ha ha).

On Father's Day we stopped by my parents house for a quick "Hi there! Bye there!", and happened to see this turtle on the side of the road. In this picture, we can guess that it might be a girtle, but we can't be sure.



Now we can be sure! It's a girtle!



And, in case you thought that I had Kelson run out and put a ping-pong ball under a boy turtle, just to fool all of you, here is video evidence:

Eli lost his first tooth!

We have one excited seven year old! Eli finally lost his first tooth. It's one of those darn bottom teeth.



Here he is, excited to go to bed, with his tooth safely next to him in his tooth pillow. Will the Tooth Fairy come?



It did! And she left a dollar. What a nice fairy.

Birds are Terrible Parents

Really, they are. Seriously, would you let some strange person take pictures of your babies without permission? What an invasion of privacy. A good parent would have at least attempted to peck out the eyes of the intruder.



Silly birds.