Clifton Park II
May 14-16, 2008
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Cupcake (yesterday's birthday party) for breakfast. Hey, no icing.
Early morning sleepiness
Pajama party - Julie from next door comes over to say hi
Julie objects to having her face photographed at this hour
The photographer is undeterred
Ella on the plasmacar (this supposedly EZ floating/gliding kind of scooter that I got Lara for her 4th birthday on May 12, 2008)
Favorite position of Ella
Little Red Riding Hood in the forest
Imp
Lara. She is now 4, as she will tell you many times a day. She does not like being called "young lady" since after all she is NOW FOUR.
Ella, 2 years old, is excellent at running in (princess) heels that are at least 2 sizes too big, to boot.
We have no idea how she got the mustache
I would say they race up and down the driveway for an hour every time they get going, which is fairly often. Ella always pushes her little wagon, usually with her doll in it. She is indefatigable.
Lara and plasmacar
Ella puts doll in the back seat
Stump in back yard. Rainer has been clearing land.
I really dig it. pun unintentional
Sculpture. Polish it and sell it in a boutique!
The blue chair in the basement is a gaming chair (as in video games)
Lunch
I am not sure Lara is meant to be dipping hot dog pieces in apple juice
Leftover birthday cake
Living Buddhas
The kids will out-read you, beware
Hello Kitty Karaoke - the pretty dress is Linda's present to Lara
(Self)Portrait of an artist as a young (wo)man
Karaoke Queen
Price Chopper is a great store, they give balloons to all the kids all the time
Upstate New York in May (ArtShot (tm))
Asleep in the car seat
I swear, after a while, there will be photos of us doing something other than racing up and down the driveway with little-people vehicles
Dad drew Dora
We decide to paint the stump (using chalk, not paint)
Horse ... or dragon?
Now, indulge me. I cannot resist putting in the Ikebana Series of Ella doing some flower arranging (at age 2).
Back on the dragon
We decided it's Puff the Magic Dragon
This turned out to be a terribly popular and not-tiring-for-me game!
Hide and seek
Kathi at work on Friday - Saturday people (many) are coming over for a party so it was time to give the lawn a haircut
Ella and I have a killer hiding spot, next to Julie's garage. No one ever found us and we eventually just gave ourselves up.
Allium outside Doctor's office - Lara got 4 immunization shots and was very brave
Groovy flowers
I have little-kid-shoe envy
At the nearby park
It turns out Kathi is the only acceptable swing-pusher
Grin and blur it
Multitasking: a quick snack while swinging
Sorry for all the duplicates but I think they're adorable
Monkey on the bar
On the four-animals-on-a-balancing-act kind of structure
Self-Portrait II
Ella
Lara
"Seven more minutes."
Bucking bronco
Mother and girls
Self-portrait III (my favorite)
Even Lara's tiny butt is not comfortable on this animal. And this is the one my larger butt was perched on the whole while.
In the spooky forest, walking back home
Mushroom shelves
Kids on easy street
Neighbor shrub, rather nicely pruned
here is its flower
New York Woodlands - Bleeding Heart
Groundcover at neighbors - creeping phlox
Marianne Mueller, mrm@sonic.net
Last modified: Sun May 18 08:42:22 PDT 2008