100 Years Young!

On May 25th, Great Grandma Guenther celebrated her 100th birthday. While she did not get a puppy, she thought this dog was her old puppy, Cubby, and she was so happy to see him - that's probably the next best thing.

4 Years Old!

What do you want for your birthday, Mateo?

A big green bike!

Out and About with Papa Chris

Following Instructions

A few weeks ago, I asked Mateo to dump our popcorn leftovers from the previous night into the “round tray underneath the bird feeders”. The confused look on his face led me to show him from his bedroom window what I was talking about. “Oh, oh, the round thing”, he said. I went back to washing dishes while he headed out the door with the pan. After a while I checked on him through the window. He had dumped the popcorn on the driveway, but was in the vicinity of the feeders and moving it there with his hands. After another while, I checked on him again – this time under the guise of bringing something out to the studio. Upon closer inspection, I saw that he was putting the popcorn, piece by piece, into one of the birdhouse holes. Too cute! In all fairness: the birdhouse entrance IS a round thing. After retreating to the house and giggling, I grabbed the camera.

U is for...

Umbrella Days! Mateo is smitten with the umbrella and quite proud that he knows how to operate it on his own. With April (and May) showers, we’ve been reading some books about umbrellas – one favorite is a wordless picture book called Yellow Umbrella by Jae Soo Liu. It comes with a CD full of beautiful music to mirror the illustrations.