What I did on my summer vacation

Andrew and Liz were particularly crafty this summer.  Here he is with the crafts he made out of recyclables.

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Wake up, little buddy.

I kind of a rite of passge

Apparently, in our house, a first Puppy Dog Salad is something to celebrate.  Here's Matthew's first.

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Hooray!

Matthew put his own shoes on!

Now for Andrew playing at the museum

With his friend Elliot (who's no longer in his school; bummer).

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Matthew playing at the museum

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Andrew's interview after school

Last year we interviewed Andrew after his first day of kindergarten.  It was such a great idea, that we are going to continue it as long as we can.  (I can't really see interviewing him after his first day of his junior year in college, but if he's interested ...)  Here's first grade:

We started the interview in a Jamba Juice, just like last year.  Unfortunately, the batteries ran out on the video camera after about 2 minutes.  That's OK, because it was too loud in the store where we started.  Here's the first take.  After this is the second take we recorded at home.

Andrew's first day of 1st grade (take 1) from Scott Everett on Vimeo.

Here's the second taken from home.  A word of caution: the following video may induce nausea, dizziness, vertigo, or epileptic seizures.  View at your own risk.

Andrew's first day of 1st grade (take 2) from Scott Everett on Vimeo.

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First grade

Today was Andrew's first day of First Grade.  He doesn't look like it here, but he has been anticipating this day for the last month or so.  I just hope we can keep the excitement about school as long as possible.

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The Cherry grandkids

Sorry this took so incredibly long, but when we were visiting family in VA last month, I took some photos of the grandkids.  I hope they were worth the wait.

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Ladybug ice cream

The boys made and ice cream dessert the other day.  Chocolate ice cream + strawberry sherbet + decorating chocolate + M&Ms = Ladybug.  

Matthew's still talking about the ladybug in his tummy.  I'm sure that throws some people when they hear it!

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Andrew's recent photos

He's really been zeroing in on specific items.  That means we get a lot of shots of his feet, but, not matter, I'm still proud of him.

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Also at dinner ,,,

Matthew had to show off his green hands.  He found the food dyes and colored his hands and belly.  Oi!

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Andrew's birthday dinner

We decided to hold off until September, when he's back in school, to have his official party.  On Saturday night we went out to eat with friends.

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Andrew's Birthday Cake

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I have no idea when he got up.

But this is how we found him at about 11pm.

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Keep 'em caged up, that's the way to deal with them.

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I can do anything my brother can do.

I'm 2, going on 6.

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