Grand Canyon

Four Corners

As you may recall, Hooty "done everything," Hooty Jr. "done half," and Wawa "done a quarter." We put these principles to the test at the Four Corners. Notice how Hooty is in all four states, Hooty Jr. is in two states, and Wawa is in only one?

Pokemon Truck

Thanks to generous grandmothers, George had a shopping spree at Target and bought out the truck section. He loves this new fire truck that sprays water, and Popplio and Pikachu even used the bucket to help George hang ornaments in our little tabletop Christmas tree.

Smiles of 2017

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Richard's jazz band concert

Richard performed with his jazz band (electric guitar). George, Henry, Popplio, and other sundry Pokemon were in the audience. George is obsessed with the Titanic and brought his books to read to them for a late night session of Animal School.

More artwork by Geo

George likes to say that Hooty the Owl "done everything," Hooty Jr. "done half of everything," and Wawa the kimono owl "done a quarter of everything" (this is all relative to their sizes, you see). Here is a comic depicting this concept.

Popplio art

More Popplio art

Birthday wishes from Geo

This Day

George - 2011

Henry - 2008

Richard - 2005

Happy Thanksgiving from Richard (ca. 2016)

Here is the card Richard made for Thanksgiving 2016.

"I am thankful for our house, our state and country, too. I am thankful for my toys and games, but most of all, YOU!"

Happy Thanksgiving from George!

This is a card he made to commemorate the occasion.

"I am thankful for . . . my house, family, fish, and my bettel [beetle]."

More fancy dress...

Fancy dress

They Grow Up So Fast, H edition

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This Day, 2006

They Grow Up So Fast: Geo Edition

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This Day, 2006

Symphony and another baby owl

Yesterday we ventured to the symphony for "Drums of the World," a percussion performance geared toward kids.

George brought a new friend, "Hooty Jr.," whom Mommy bought when the original Hooty went missing. George has previously lost Hooty at Beaver Creek and a music store, so we thought the same fate befell him. However, Mommy found the original Hooty during a massive search operation, so now we have double the microwavable owls we used to. (The same thing happened when George lost "original Baby Otis," which is how we ended up with "Colorful Baby Otis.")

Eclipse

Three months later, George still remembers our eclipse trip vividly and often speaks fondly of Gillette, the town we stayed in. Here is a picture he drew of our family watching the eclipse:

This Day

2011

2005

First gymnastics meet of the year

Richard was a little shaky on some of his events but showed great progress from last year. He placed 4th in his level/division!

Shopping with the boys

Tiger Scout

Henry's Popplio sign

"Stop-lio Hurting Popplio."
(The paper at the bottom is fake money used by the Popplio Protection Squad.)

Popplio Protection Squad

Henry and George continue to champion poor Popplio and have rallied their stuffed animals to join the "Popplio Protection Squad." Their meetings are quite realistic, with budget reports (inexplicably, the baby owls are the co-treasurers) and fundraising efforts, plus a strategic alliance with a "Dinosaur Protection Squad."

George made this helpful poster to promote their cause ("Popplio has feelings too").

Brotherly love - from 3 years ago

Office Trick or Treating

Spooky recital

Henry played a few songs at a piano recital at Whole Foods on Saturday. Henry borrowed Richard's old ghoul costume but was sad he didn't have a scythe to go with it. Here are the highlights and a video.

Six years ago

This Day

2016 - Bandon, Oregon

2008 - Portland, OR

2005 - Charlottesville, VA