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 ..."
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 ...)
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
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