Ohio

A random picture of the future birthday parties, 40 seven year olds watching an old Disney western
That's just funny...
...and that is beautiful!
I shout out to all the ladies...
Feeding the llama, a little too big for comfort
Lady of NO fear - well, as far as feeding four legged animals

Smooching with the kiddies

It's not entirely clear to me what a petting zoo has to do with Thomas, but I suppose kids like both...

The Nilsens and Thomas

I'm off, on the Trans Siberian Railroad

The happy traveler
Cool stuff
With the official certificate, he's a bona fide Thomas engineer...
Mother - daughter bonding, on an antique train carriage
All it takes to make a two year old happy
Not exactly the Fat Controller, but as close as we could get, bar a guy in a fat suit (well, make that a Sir Topham Hat suit)

"...is it still raining? I hadn't noticed." I am SO blissed out in my balloon airplane hat, you see...

Returning from Ohio

These two pictures just crack me up...

On a walk

In the relatively new tradition of blogging backwards in time we now arrive at the weekend walk we did before Cecilie's first day at school, it was a Sunday afternoon thing down at the State Park near our house

Yes, she's growing out of this one, don't worry there is a bigger one at home

This one was taken before he decided that the tricycle was actually an all terrain vehicle...

At the creek that has turned into a trickle (we've had NO rain since July, well almost)

Checking out the sounds of the wilderness, aka jumpy kids...
On the trails
Getting her shoes wet
The thoughtful traveler
On grandpa's shoulders it's all good

First day at preschool

No doubt it has been a big week in Catonsville, it started with first day of school and here's the girl warming up for the big day...

Posing

Another one who knows how to pose

Dainty lady

All ready to go

One last joke...

Quite determined that this will all be a success

Someone's not entirely dissatisfied to have mummy all to himself in the mornings for a couple of months...

Statefair

Lars could care less which hog's gonna win it...

Chuck me, I dear you!

Turns out our horse lover girl is almost 11 hands tall

A fair with no corndogs is no fair at all...

At the Army & Navy Club to celebrate Grandpa's 62nd

All spiffy and well behaved

Ice tea in the parlor makes the ladies holler...

Cousins up to no good

The whole gang

Sailing away

OK, we're good to go...

A little bit nervous about what we've gotten ourselves into

Much better with mummy near



Cecilie driving

With Mr Nilsen at the helm we reached 7.7 knot

One hot pregnant woman

Some proper sailing grub...

This angel is reserved for Mr Lars

Latest from the pool

Well, Mr Lars still doesn't master the butterfly, or the crawl, or the breast stroke, or doggie paddle, heck he doesn't even know the rudimentary elements to floating, but these mere trivialities doesn't stop him, oh no only water in his nose stops him...

At the beginning of the summer we couldn't get her out of the baby pool, now we can't get her out of the pool at all, except for "splashing daddy big time" activities...

...and as soon as he learns how to swim this guy will be golden. Until then, a total liability!

August Mix

OK, object lesson time: if your child is being weaned off his naps, DO NOT leave him alone with mummy's purse at nap time... (yes, that is a becoming shade of Desert Rose lipstick)

Yma is visiting with her parents and brother, from England, the girls are having a blast, they are truly kindred spirits and spent SIX hours playing house in Cecilie's room!

The $1 fan that really makes life worth living...

This one would be the headshot then, for a bright Hollywood career, we might need to photoshop that background, maybe.