The Day Before
May 11
I showed up w/o (explicit) invitation to 29 Spruce to celebrate Lara's
2nd birthday, not to mention: Rainer's birthday, Kathi's soon-to-be
second girl, Mom's Mother Day and Kathi's Mother Day. Worth that
cross-country flight.
- Lara puts on her own ears.
- In the YMCA daycare, a tutu.
- Back home, Kathi puts together the
goodie bags for the two upcoming birthday parties.
- Noch ein mal.
- Charlie is surprised to see
Marianne plopped on a sofa.
- Grandma relaxes.
- Papa
- Reading with concentration
- Reading together
- At the slide
- Soccer champ
- Sandbox
- Climbing the big slide
- Red ball in right hand, purple ball in left
- Getting ready
- to make a wish
- A little missy misting
- Oops
- Where is my lawnmower.
- Trimming the cement
- Falling backwards on purpose!
- With Emma, Ethan and Simon from down
the street
- Sifting silicon
- "All day, all night Marianne ...
Watching Lara sifting sand ..."
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- I think I will hide!
- You can't see me!!!
- Fireworks pine baby
- Koeniger Chateau, Clifton Park, New York
- Tulips and tree in bloom
- A closer look (first of many ...)
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- Carter and Hannah come over to
play on the slides
- Wise counsel
- You got this under control, Hanngh?
- You can get some of the kids to
smile some of the time
- but not all of the kids all of the
time.
- Budding blueberry plantation
- Everyone gets in the act
- Carter is as delighted as Lara
- We pushed various bikes, car, scooters
up and down the driveway for hours ...
- Content Carter
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- Another art shot (tm) of the house in
bloom
- Carter on the nifty bike from Germany
- Grandma with a couple of tykes
on bikes
- Grandpa takes over
- Hannah
- Double duty
- Evening delight
- Grandpa shows Lara how to
make train whistle sounds with your hands
Marianne Mueller
Last modified: May 12, 2006