Details...

Just a quick post since I seem to be getting so lazy with this thing lately. We have been doing lots of fun stuff -- too much to document.

The kids went to the Como Zoo a while ago -- I think it's a Minnesota rite of passage to have your picture taken with the monkey statue.

The big news is that Henry starts part-time summer pre-school TODAY! I swear he was just a wee lad not too long ago and now he's all growed ups.

Here are some pictures from houseboating with my brother and his family...

Violet is fluent in english. She can bang out a complete sentence from time to time if you ask the right question. We should be transitioning to a toddler bed soon.

I think Henry is a southpaw but maybe ambidexterous like his grandpa. He is writing/drawing left and throwing with both hands still. His drawing skills have reached a new plateau -- advancing beyond simple "stick people". He was drawing with cousin Eli on the houseboat a few weekends back and told us he had to add some "details" he called them. It turns out "details" is his code word for weiners. I asked him what he would do if he could do anything for his birthday and he said he wanted to cruise in the houseboat and draw pictures with "details" witcousin Eli. I couldn't help but think of a scene from the film SuperBad.