Practicing balancing at Hermann Park in the evening . . .

after taking a Tadpoole Troopers class at the Houston Arboretum that morning.  We dipped our nets in search of tadpoles (of course?) and other discoveries.  We also found water beetles, dragonfly nymphs, mosquitofish, and more. 

 
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Below see David’s plans for how to build an excavator using the Bygga Construction Set from Ikea. 
Matt built the excavator according to specifications, but then immediately post project completion the client returned with changes to the original design, including a rear scoop and swiveling/rotating cab.  Matt, out of time and construction set pieces, decided [...]

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Bike #1

Bike #2 (has a basket and tassels!)

Test Ride

Narrative to come later.

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After our bedtime snack, and after Carmen plotted what she would do tomorrow (paint, on 5.5"x4.25" paper, with an easel), she clapped her hands and said, "Okay, everybody, it’s time to go to bed!"
And off they went.
Magnificent, Matt said. 

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Christmas in September:  eating from a pint of Talenti Old World* Eggnog Gelato.  Think frozen eggnog, but flufflier and with less fat.  Yowzers.  It’s been sitting in the freezer for a few weeks, waiting for company and friends to share.  I threw that idea out the window this evening, though, after I found David had [...]

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Where’s the masking tape?

Oh, here it is, holding together a train of trucks.

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New boots and a grocery cart.  Then, pretending the convertible is a riding mower.  Cut it shorter, David, that fig ivy comes right back.

We live a charmed life, and some days are especially so. 
Friday morning the twins and I snuck out for almond croissants and gingerbread men from the French Gourmet Bakery.  The FGB [...]

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