Mother's Day

our own mother's day celebration called for a trip to the beach. a rousing success.

what happens when clem is asked to "smile"

she insisted on driving to coney. i found myself to be a terrible backseat driver,  but tried to allow her to make mistakes.

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eyelashes keep out the sand.

"gumping" and "gumping" 

one shoe

a few weeks old. clem took one shoe off at the playground and took off. i followed her. she's busy.

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eliza captures mothers day

eliza caught several nice shots today (and posted them on facebook), but she sent this along to us, too. that's our eldest.

take a walk

i'm a particular fan of her face after being told she can't go into the flowers to chase the butterflies. there's the obvious attempt to quash her frustration, followed by tearing the head off one flower and leaving.

the whole fam hits the garden for the first time

Clementine meets Violet

Violet weighs in

the girls