Our Trip to Colorado

We took the kids to the YMCA of the Rockies again this year - this is always one of the highlights of the year for me.

  

Beatrice playing piano at the dining hall

Arthur jumping off the porch railing

Zac and Arthur head out dog sledding

 

 

Arthur lost his first tooth at the skating rink

We made slushies out of snow.

Zac pulling William

 

We got worryingly close to some a bull and cow moose.

Arthur was a very energetic, brave, and adept skier. This hall was too tall for me, but Arthur went all the way up and down by himself, saying, "If other people can do this, I can."

 

 

Arthur helping William take off his skates

 

 

Beatrice spent most of this trip reading.

Tiny William hiking off into winter

Best of Fall 2016

A round-up of some of the best photos from this fall, in more or less random order.

Arthur on this way to school

William makes a dinosaur parade

Arthur fell asleep watching a movie.

Zac and I went to Seattle for Zoe and Jascha's wedding:

Seattle's lovely - and heavily walrus-themed - Arctic Club

We ate seafood for every meal.

Beatrice's doll, ready for Halloween

Beatrice's card for Arthur: "Love may be exasperating"...

... "But I still love you"

Beatrice and Arthur sitting and gossiping at the top of the monkey bars

We went to Boston, as well, to visit Aubrey and Melissa and see their new house:

Aubrey at Kowloon, a rather theatrical Chinese restaurant

Melissa and Aubrey in front of their new house 

The view from their back yard

The Whaling Museum in New Bedford

A Rhode Island specialty: coffee milk and a NY System hot dog

This picture from Arthur's daycare encapsulates him perfectly.

At the Big Bear Discovery Center:

William compromised my art direction here because he was too scared to stand up.