Neuropestology

Richard had an EEG today at Children's. He was only allowed to get 4 hours of sleep last night. It was a chore to keep him awake but thanks to Captain America, he was able to keep his eyes open. We will keep you posted on results!

UPDATE: EEG was normal. All systems go.

Pesty artwork

Musical art

School art (we think the creature depicted is "Willie the Wildcat," the new Willow Creek mascot)

Richard's Award Ceremony

Richard received his writing award last night during an event at a fancy art gallery. He enjoyed all the attention as well as the hors d'oeuvres. (He has very expensive taste, after all.) Congratulations, Richard!!!

 

 

Homework time

Sunset Pudget

Steamboat Revisited

Steamboat Redux, Day 3

On Monday, we decided to head up to Steamboat Lake for some boating. It was super windy, which made our canoeing/kayaking interesting.

Richard showing off his mad kayaking skills

Henry in his own little world, as usual

Ultimately, the wind proved too much for us landlubbers, so we packed it in early and started the long drive back home. Thanks, Steamboat, for another fun end-of-summer adventure! Next year, we are going to try something different, so stay tuned!

Steamboat Redux, Day 2

Sunday was sunnier, so we headed off to the Wild West Air Show. We checked out the cool airplanes, slurped some strawberry lemonade smoothies, and watched some aerial acrobatics.

Air show acrobatics

We then headed to the gondola for a ride up to the top.

Grinning in the gondola

We did a little nature hike at the top and practiced our bouldering skills.

Ain't no mountain high enough...

We ended the day's adventures on the alpine slide. Unfortunately, Daddy and Georgie wiped out and got a few scrapes as souvenirs. (Daddy is no stranger to wiping out on alpine slides, such as this one about 21 years ago.)

Steamboat Redux, Day 1

We decided to return to Steamboat Springs for our second Labor Day in a row. We stayed here, as vividly memorialized by George:

At age 5, George's handwriting already surpasses his father's.

It rained on Saturday, which shut down the gondola and alpine slide, so we hung out in Gondola Square with our new friend, whom George named Ice Bear.

Not as cuddly as the ginormous Costco bear we are always nagging Mommy to buy...

It was all fun and games until George jumped into some water and required us to buy him some new underwear, shorts, socks, and shoes. It was deja-vu all over again.

Then we went on a short hike to Fish Creek Falls, where we refused to pose properly for Mommy.

Henry showing off his infinite capacity for hassling poor George.

Best buds, as usual.

Lonely at the top

Don't look down!

We ate at a cute diner and then headed back to our "place that's not a hotel because it doesn't have breakfast" (according to George, all hotels have breakfast).

Chilling at Ikea

Mommy loves living so close to Ikea. We get in dinner and then a mini-workout going through the entire store. Last week, Mommy took Georgie there while his brothers were wearing themselves out at SkyZone. He made her sit on all the couches in the fake living rooms, then shouted, "New house!" when it was time to move on to the next one.

And the winner is...

You have to scroll down to the very bottom of the page to see it.

George - a not-quite-haiku

Mommy was cleaning out Richard's backpack from last year and found the following poem, which is almost a haiku (although Richard says he wasn't going for a haiku):

GEORGE

My brother is a brat

He never listens to me

But I still love him

Mommy thinks he has a real talent for poetry and will try to commission a "Henry" poem....