the wheels on the bus

A few weeks ago, Jason took Sophi on a special date - a bus ride to the library!

june

Having been through the infant stage once already, I've been trying to enjoy it as much as I can with Lucy. How very quickly these little beans grow into toddlers who shout, "Go away, Mommy! Go away!". (I still love you, Soph.)
In an effort to save on gas, Jason has been riding his bike a lot more around town. My brother Mike, who is extremely into biking, just built him this one out of parts he'd been collecting over the past year or so. Jason loves it!

What do you do when your city is flooded and your toddler hasn't been out to play in a few days? If you're Jason, you head down to the basement and open up a new case of paper towels and introduce them as building blocks. Sophi had a blast.

Can't get enough of this . . .

Father's Day

flood of '08

I am very happy to say that we weathered last week's flood without so much as any water in our basement. The rest of the city was not as fortunate.

Over on the west side of town (where this video is from) the city officials had been proposing a new water capture/wetland area where there is currently a golf course. Up until last week most of the community was against the idea... I'm guessing most Oshkoshinites (is that the term?) have uhm, been swept over to the other side of the issue.

This biker is my new hero...

more photos . . .

sisters
lucy - 1 month old

watering flowers
learning to ride

recent photos . . .

jason with the girls (on mother's day, interestingly enough)
soph . . .

our generous neighbor gave us this swing set that his son had outgrown - a great addition to the backyard.

lucy can't go down the slide yet, but she likes to come outside just the same. :)

jason has also been introducing sophi to the incredible underground world of worms. surprisingly, she's thrilled to "pet"them and pick them up.