Carousel time

Beaver at the LP zoo

More Zoo Fun

Outside LP Zoo

Pre-Birthday celebrations Starbucks style

Pre-birthday?

Dad is off the couch!

We hit St. Helen's street festival for a bit this afternoon. It turns out everybody (including carneys) think a little girl in a wedding dress at a carnival is cute.

Jules almost puked on the Pharaoh's Revenge with E.B., so . . .

 

Then Grandma B came over and Nata's imaginary friend Colina met us for dinner at Crust.

 

After dinner, we strolled over to the liquor store next to the lingerie store and bought ice cream. Stay classy, Division Street,

Ayla's Backyard birthday

The new Bleeding Heart

 

The only thing tastier is Natalie's boogers.

The ice cream man came down our street finally!

Late season at North Avenue Beach

Hi Dad

Doubling down on spring rolls

EBD's favorite and his best.

Mimicking the parents

Elliot edits a planning document and natalie gets ready to run some errands.

Shaved with an attempted wicker park hipster mustache

May it be gone by the end of the day.

Nata and Dawn dominate the badminton court

Soccer Match at the Family Reunion

On the boat for the air water show

Gomez doing the Geoff.

Theater Camp

Elliot is ready for his hobbit troll costume. Break a leg!

 Elliot played "Sam the Troll" and did a superb job according to my sources.
  

Retina recovery

This is what my eye looks like one week after the surgery. Jules says it looks "much better." Yikes.

A gun and a jewelry holder

The many uses of a stick.

Day 2 theater camp

Taking on Owie

Banana phones

Headed to the movies in the rain

Summer on Division Street - As good as it gets.

Pulaski pool rules

A profitable enterprise

First customers

And we're live

Business partners

Making grand plans for a lemonade stand

39th st beach

Art camp

Summertime ice cream after the pool

Life is good.

Block Party #3 - No relatives but some cute pics

Block Party #2

 

The kids took over the house and the grownups hid in the street. I think it worked out well for all parties involved.

Block Party #1

 

We helped Linda create the posters of pics from the 2010 block party. Then came the bounce house and police ponies. Friends didn't start coming until 4pm or so much to EBD's chagrin.