4/02 - Goldie says, "Let's eat!!"

We met my friend Rob for lunch and they did not want to wait for me to take my photo.  They were hungry!!

3/25 - Rainbow Dash can make friends anywhere

We met up with Wanda and Ashley from my old work.  It was great to see them!  They asked if I'd brought a friend, and I set Rainbow Dash on the bar. The people behind the counter got very excited and brought out some of *their* toy friends!  One was a small bamboo named Jason.

Ashley is always a good sport.

2/26 - Pidove likes a deep dish

Pidove and I met my old pal Xak for dinner.  I was very careful to get the mermaid picture in the background, but didn't realize until later that the mermaid's tail was giving him (Xak, not Pidove) bunny ears.

Whoopsie!  Sorry!!  At least the pizza was fantastic and the company even better still.  :)

2/05 - Thomas and the cast of one

Tonight we got to take David out for a belated birthday dinner and sign his cast.  Which was quite complicated with a ballpoint pen, but we do what we can with what we have on hand.  (Which, for David, was a cast.)

1/29 - Bullseye takes art class with Frog and Toad

They told him art takes a steady hand.  (Bulleye does not have hands!)
They told him art takes a clear head.  (Bulleye can do this!)
They told him art sometimes requires sweat and tears.  (This will make Bullseye rusty!)

Bullseye decided he would rather look at art instead.  Smart Bullseye.

     * Spelling words in bold.

[fun note for grownups -- the original photo had Frog (or Toad?) male-enhanced by some nice tagger in the BART station.  I have since made the photo suitable for younger viewers.]

Then we had dinner with Jeanine, who caught me up on all the news from my old job, and took Bullseye's name a bit literally...

12/11 - Shoveling Snowman wishes on a falling star

In this case, it was the welcome balloon at my desk, but I still hope his wish comes true.

(Do you think he wished for feet?  One of my friends thinks Lil' Gal should invent him some!)

12/10 - Shoveling Snowman knows something's afoot

We went to the foot doctor today.  He says my foot is doing well, but it is still heeling (ha!).

Shoveling Snowman was very interested in how feet work, especially because he does not have any!

We also got to have dinner with the lovely Ashley, who is always such a good sport about these photos.  :)

Summer Vacation 2013: Country Fair Time

We do love us a country fair.  So off we went!

They had me at pig races... (which also featured bonus weiner dogs dressed in hot dog costumes!)

We looked at animals...  These must be part of the Sheep Witness Protection ProgrAAAAm.

 Um. Nice?

 Psst...  Sweet piggies...  Be really glad you can't read.

 Baby possums!  Squee!!

The peeps are peeping out!

Please do not win a cow.

 You may, however, pet one.  This one's name was Pumpkin.

We saw all kinds of vehicles and "rode" tractors...

There was digger dancing...  Oh, yes.  You heard me.

You'd like to see a video?  OK.  I am so good to you.
Click here to see digger dancing on Vimeo.

We also broke boards and ate all kinds of fried food.  NOM.

Yep.  We had a grand old time.

Summer Vacation 2013: Best Maritime Museum ever!

You really must go to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.  It's amazing.

The kids were ready to become lighthousekeepers and never leave.

"Doing our homework."

 Shaving practice

 NOM!

Oh, captains, my captains.

There are exhibits from ship repair to the oyster industry to crabbing to all sorts of boating and sailing.

We had lunch at another seafood restaurant, where the twins were desperate to crack their own crab. (I'll spare you all the video.)

I had the veggie plate and tried to be supportive.

Then, we had a ferry nice ride home.  What a day!

Summer Vacation 2013: Life's a Beach

We spent a few days in Maryland with Grammie and Dado, who suggested we go to the beach.  We were not expecting there to be jellyfish.  Especially those of us that really, really don't like jellyfish.

 All these people wouldn't be frolicking and swimming if there were jellyfish, right?

Beckie overcame her fear of the squishy creatures, and Lil' Guy never had any fear. Here is his flying fish impression.

Lil' Gal was all set to go swimming until we saw some of the aforementioned squishy creatures and that was about it for her.  She did some wading, but spent the rest of the time working on her sandcastle skills.

Also important are ship captaining skills.

All this fun in the sun made us quite hungry, so we went to a fine waterfront establishment, where we learned that Lil' Guy is a big seafood fan!

 Thanks to Grammie and Dado for sharing their home and their seafood!

Twins on the rocks...  Least relaxing drink ever.

 Everybody loves a sunset.  Ahhhhh.

(Grammie's photo!  Thank you!)