I am 1 and Riley is 3!
Hooray.
Beach Grandma made us special magic vegan cakes! (They were really good!)
We brought the cakes to the WOW Museum and invited some of our closest friends.
For instance, there’s … this guy! (I kid, I kid. This is Riley’s friend Levi.)
Tia Peggy was there, so that was great.
CHUGGA CHUGGA CHOO CHOO.
While I played with the kid stuff, big sis was off in the engineering department.
She also checked out the Newtonian Physics room.
Hooray for 9.81 meters per second per second!
Riley is not usually allowed on ladders.
After playtime, we all gathered in one of the rubber rooms party areas for cake and presents.
Riley’s incredibly good at this.
Oooh! RedFruit!
GAH IT IS SOUR!
I still like it, though. Ooooh–cake too!
Riley’s friend Isabella (aka Rosabella) helped me with my burfday crown.
The WOW Museum is serious about scheduling their rubber rooms party areas.
After we overloaded on vegan cake and RedFruit, big sis opened up her presents.
This equine music box was a big hit.
Someone showed Riley how to pretend to care about the cards.
“Oooh! A card! Just what I wanted!”
“Seriously, where are the presents?”
YES! Pipe cleaners!
After much clapping and merriment, Riley went to the costume-and-stage area.
The “princess dress with crazy-lady bag and construction hat” look is the new black.
Riley actually got Dad to try this hat on later. Go figure.
Dad says it’s eerie how much Riley looks like Aunt Danielle sometimes.
(This is what Dani wore to her MIT interviews.)
Well, folks, see you again next year when Riley is 4 and I go completely nuts.
Beach Grandma and Beach Grandpa brought me up to the National Center for Atmospheric Research (which I call MOUNTAIN CASTLE). There was a big expo there that day, so I met my new best friend.
I also got to try out “meteorology” in front of a green screen.
There were cue cards for me to read …
… which would have been helpful if I knew how to do that.
I am not one …
… to leave a polar bear hanging.
They also had arts …
… and crafts …
… but the best part was definitely the green screen! Click above! Now!
It was Easter, so we all gathered in a field to pick up fake eggs that we pretended were put there by a bunny who cannot even know how to lay eggs because that is what a chicken does and besides what does that have to do with anything?
Zoe was cool with it anyway.
See?
So, yeah …
… eggs.
There’s one. Can’t miss it.
Dad says he never cranks the saturation like this, but if CS4 has a “plastic eggs” settting, he’s going to use it.
Part of Easter is getting dressed up and eating foods with Elisha.
These balloons are all over the place because it was Dad’s birthday on Easter–and it was Zoe’s birthday just four days before that.
SURPRISE CHEEK PINCH!
Dad says this seems a bit posed for his tastes.
Zoe! Quit posing!
Better.
Ba ha ha ha ha!
Zoe can count on one hand the number of times she’s gathered bunny eggs in a field.
I don’t think this holiday makes any sense at all …
… but you know, I guess that makes it just like all the others.
Ahh … I feel better.
Back on the carouself! (Dad says to warn you that he’s “ripping through these so he can knock out the posts and keep people from getting antsy.”)
This is a fencepost.
These birds pretty much know me by now.
This one is named Sally.
Dad tries to keep it a secret, but he sure loves his cubs.
Hello, mandrill.
Excuse me, mandrill–did you see that duck over there?
It’s a pretty weird duck …
… who stands on only one leg.
See?
THIS IS MY FIRST-EVER ZOO PHOTO! I tried to capture Porky’s pointiness.
This is pretty much the opposite.
This is even more so.
See you next time!