| Title | Description |
| First Day of Preschool |
Hannah’s first day was yesterday. She had a blast and can’t wait to go back! Last year for comparison: I think I need to make marks on the pavement and garage door so I always take the same perspective. Colin wasn’t able to help drop her off, but they still managed a silly picture: |
| First Day of Kindergarten |
Today was Colin’s first day of preschool. It was a soggy morning which had the added benefit of being able to bring the kids directly into their classrooms instead of watching them walk into the building independently. They can do the independent thing tomorrow when the sun is out. Colin started his first day off [...] |
| Happy Easter! |
More photos on Flickr! |
| New shark toy |
Coney Island |
| Boots and Tutu part 2 |
More fun with Hipstamatic. |
| Tutu and Snow Boots |
Fun with Hipstamatic |
| Lazy Day |
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| ells dot me |
Just wanted to give everyone a heads up that while ellsworthlink.net will continue to exist — and Deb will be posting to it still — I am going through a bit of an online “re-brand” around ells.me / ELLSdotME / ellsDOTme / ells-dot-me / whatever… So you can follow that madness by clicking over to [...] |
| Five-Years-Old… |
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| Colin’s 5th Birthday |
Colin’s 5th Birthday, a set on Flickr. Colin’s birthday was a while ago now, but we thought we’d post the rest of the photos… |
| Happy 5th Birthday Colin! |
We celebrated Colin’s 5th birthday a bit early with a balloon and bike Star Wars Halloween party. Everyone had a blast! More pictures in the flickr feed. |
| First Day of School |
3 months into school and we are uploading the pictures. Better late than never I say. Same time last year, notice how much he has grown: The experienced older brother showing the little sister the ropes: The rest of the photos are on Flickr. |
| Halloween 2010 |
It was a Star Wars themed Halloween this year. Check out our flickr stream for more pictures! |
| Singing Star Wars |
If you are at 143 Oakview these days then this is probably what can be heard through out the day: |
| Water monitor |
Hannah spent a long time hanging out with the water monitor at the liberty science center. |
| Nap Time |
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| 4×400 Meter Relay (in 1992) aka “I used to be a runner…” |
A hundred years ago (or 18-ish) I used to be a competitive runner. And I used to run with a good group of guys — Ryan Thorn, Jason Brunette, Jay Lillie — in the 4×400 and some other folks in the 4×800 in high school. Loved my experience at Northwestern University, but kind of wish [...] |
| “Fun Day” @ Swim Class |
Colin had a great time at Swim Class today at the Maplewood Community Pool. A big benefit of joining is the free swim lessons (just for Colin; Hannah can do them next year) that are building on his classes from the Summit YMCA. Anyway, check out the video of his first jump off a diving [...] |
| Strawberry Bikini |
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| Hooray for Summer |
Hanging out at the neighbor’s pool. |
| Resourceful |
Four cones, two bungee cords and a two creative four year olds=fire fighter hoses (or lunch, depending on which kid you ask). |
| Big Girl Hannah |
Hannah eating some dinner after a pretty successful day of potty training! And yes, this is exactly what I looked like when I was little. |
| KP Duty |
He is old enough to peel potatoes! |
| Hair After the Leia Look |
Hannah’s hair after it has been up like Leia’s is pretty impressive. |
| Princess Leia |
Since Hannah was singing the Star Wars theme song Colin’s preschool teacher Mrs Illingworth suggested we should do Hannah’s hair like Princess Leia’s. I think it works on her. |
