Photos: First Day of 1st Grade

The first day of 1st grade has come and gone, and we’re continuing our “Favorites” tradition. Full set of 7 photos here.

(You can see last year’s favorites here: /2014/09/09/photos-first-day-of-kindergarten/)

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Photos: Disney World 2015

121 photos from our Disneyworld trip are up. From half marathons to 200m kids races, character breakfasts to gators, everyone had a whole lot of extended family fun! A few highlights below:

This sums up daily life around here (2/2) Photobomb #1 Riverdance champion 2015

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Photos: Six Years Old!

It’s official: despite our best efforts, they’re six years old already. Will and Andrew had a birthday pool party, and we have proof. 68 handpicked pieces of photographic evidence, to be specific. Also included are gifts from the family and the aftermath thereof. Thank you to everyone who brought crayons and coloring books for the children’s hospital, we’ll be delivering them once the Halloween insanity passes.

Super Snorkel Bros. Pool Pumpkin 3

Turtle cupcakes in two flavors Fruity Pufferfish

Andrew vs. the candle Will vs. the candle

Will opens Benny's Spaceship, Spaceship, SPACESHIP! (and bonks Andrew in the nose in the process) Will shows off Benny's Spaceship, Spaceship, SPACESHIP!

Andrew likes his new 2DS Marble Run v1 Andrew shows off Emmet's Construct-o-Mech

Photos: First Day of Kindergarten!

Yes, yet another milestone has passed — Will and Andrew started Kindergarten last week! Full set of 18 photos here.

Andrew's First Day of Kindergarten

Will's First Day of Kindergarten

Will and Andrew sporting their new backpacks and lunchboxes Will and Andrew show off their backpacks Will

Andrew's Classroom Will's Giant First Day of Kindergarten Cookie

Andrew Silly Cookie Will

We Have Returned

I’m not going to pretend that you noticed we were gone. 😉 After taking the blog offline due to a WordPress exploit a month or two ago, I’ve migrated to a different server (obligatory props to RimuHosting), upgraded to the latest and greatest versions of everything and got the place back in working order. We will now resume with the few and far between photo dumps that you’re all silently demanding.

Photos: Oahu 2013

We recently returned from the first family Hawaii trip with 90 photos on display. Will and Andrew ended up loving playing in the ocean, along with a pirate ship cruise, a visit to the Dole plantation, a wild sea turtle named Brutus and all kinds of family fun!

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Photos: October 2013

October brought us birthday parties, treasure hunts, a Craven Farms visit, Halloween and 34 new photos for your perusal. Highlights include R2-Andrew and Will’s Sonic the Hedgehog costume, copious amounts of Legos, and Sonic and Tails birthday cakes.

Andrew is R2-D2 Will is Sonic the Hedgehog Birthday Treasure Hunt 1

Matheiu, Will, Madeleine and Andrew ready for candy Group Shot 3 at Craven Farm

Will and Andrew with the built Lego City Police Station Birthday Treasure Hunt 3

Will's Sonic triple chocolate cake Andrew's Tails cherry cheesecake

Photos: Autumn Trip to California

Hot on the heels of our latest trip to California, we have 36 new photos for your viewing pleasure. Included: playing in the dirt and mud next to the hotel (with copious lens flares), the Castilleja 15 year reunion picnic, the Radian Water Polo reunion picnic and a trip to Happy Hollow.

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Castilleja 15 year reunion group photo Radian Water Polo reunion kids 1

Will, Andrew and Kate at the Castilleja 15 year reunion 1 Grandpa Allen chases Andrew with the snake

Andrew and Will riding the roller coaster at Happy Hollow 2 Andrew and Will with Nunan

Will and Andrew Take Ski Lessons – Video!

Will and Andrew have now taken a pair of two hour ski lessons up at Steven’s Pass. The first time, on Easter, they didn’t even get up the “magic carpet” onto the bunny slope. Last weekend they did much better.

Three more short clips:

Lil’ Bruisers

Lil' Bruisers

Will and Andrew are each sporting facial lacerations today. Will fell while running around at the park a few days ago and scratched up his nose and got a fat lip, and Andrew slipped while climbing up a slide and fell onto the stick he was carrying. Four year olds.

Here is a small batch of 9 photos, including their Octonauts goggles and disassembling and old computer.

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Will and Andrew 4 Will and Andrew disassembling an old computer 2