jiggety-jig

we're home from Missouri, a round-trip total of 40 hours in the car (with three kids!) to see this little thing get baptized:






























It was wonderful.

bedtime stories

they miss Grampy a lot.

catch up

While we were in St. Louis this year, I fell totally in love with City Museum. It is extraordinary.































It is made of reclaimed, repurposed objects and materials from around the city. And if I hadn't been there with three little children under the threat of imminent injury I would have done nothing but take pictures: beautiful, beautiful pictures.





































































































It is extraordinary.



wait, did I already say that?
































yes. Yes, I did. I meant to say magical. It is magical.































most of my pictures from that day are not, however.






























































sorry about that.
































some places are just too magical, I guess. As in, juggling three kids and a camera becomes impossible.



in conclusion: we really like St. Louis.

children's museum continued

children's museum

more dinosaurs

the dinosaur museum with Claire and Grandy

flashbacks

It's snowing this morning, and the sight does not fill me with the usual joy.
Instead, I am wishing for summer, pining for it, dreaming of it with the sort of obsessive longing usually reserved for preteen love.
It's a first for me.
but Anyway, to point: I thought that, since I am tired, tired of winter, I could spend the week posting pictures from summer I never got around to posting before.
maybe it'll cheer us all up:

Claire and Leslie in the secret garden

Claire