a lesson in specificity: part 1

what i said to boookie:

"pick-up all the small things from your bedroom floor and put them in this plastic box."

next time, i will add:

"mineral only. no animals wearing vegetables."

pool party!

this is our above ground pool.

and these are our water fowl.  we are raising them for their blonde plumage... 

and their cheesy ham bones.

we are also observing the beginning of football season.  here is seimi  behind his offensive line with the sun tucked under his brawny arm. 

the sun gleaming off seimi's helmet head

there is nothing like a cool warm (the temperature just hit 98.6 around seimi) dip on a hot september day!

godliness with contentment is great gain indeed! 

ela

lank

the leg room is always greener on the other side of the prison bars.

in other news, our little baby longlegs has officially christened his favorite blue blanket. ladies and gentlemen, please meet "lank."

and yes, we are aware of the irony!

a sight to bring joy to a father's heart

grunge of legend

our faerie princess and her watermelon juice/dirt five o'clock shadow.

our totally ripped man-child and his sun-kissed biceps of awesomeness.

when asked to comment on its new status of "grossest thing ever," our bathtub only wept and refused to have its picture taken. no word yet on how our toilet feels about all this.

one for the fans