I never thought he'd be the studious one

Do you know how many images I have of the boys playing with sticks?

(That would be a rhetorical question, mind you.)

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A quick composite

I took the pictures on Sunday, but assembled them just this afternoon.

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Words of encouragement.

Matthew and I went running today.  On the last hill, he turned around in his stroller and said, "Keep running, Dada.  We're almost to the car."  I almost stopped just to hug and squeeze him right there, before we even finished.

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Scenes from Ren-Fair

Andrew loves these things.  He always wants to have his picture taken whenever he sees them.

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Don't worry Andrew, you'll never figure them out.

At the Ren-Fair, Andrew found a labyrinth to follow.  He thought it was pretty cool until he got to the middle.  In the center was a little girl who showed him stones with lessons etched into their faces -- Honor your elders; Be kind to all; e.g.  Once he met her, he was totally confused and not really interested anymore.  That is, until she saw someone fall and left the labyrinth.  Then all returned to normal.

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Matthew was very reluctant at first.

After I got him going, though, he thought that posing with the wooden mushrooms was the coolest thing ever.  He even found a couple others to lean on.

I had a hard time picking which ones to post, but finally decided to narrow it down to a scant 7 of them.  Which one's your favorite?

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I tried to get him to growl when he ate the turkey leg, but he wouldn't do it.

Where else would you walk around carrying an entire turkey leg but a county fair or Renaissance Faire?

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Dirty, but still cute

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Acting like a goofball

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Marching, marching // Hey, look at that!

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More from the Rock

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Matthew atop the rock.

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Enchanted Rock State Park

On Monday, we headed down to Enchanted Rock State Park; a natural reserve about 150 miles SW of us.  I spent the day with the boys hiking and taking pictures.  They were beat, but had a great time.

(Liz enjoyed her day off, too!)

Andrew edited this next photo, so please excuse the Martian colors.

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Matthew has graduated to the big swings.

I don't remember exactly when Andrew finally gave up on the baby swings, but Matthew seems to have done it earlier.  It could be that, or I could just be denying that he's getting older.

Yes, that's an old Christmas tree behind him. Don't judge.

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School performance

A little while ago, Andrew had a performance after school.  He told us nothing about it.  We only found out when he brought the announcement sheet home one afternoon.  Apparently, they had been working on it for some time.

The whole class did a recitation and a song about the different continents and then finished with a dramatic reading of a story about South American wildlife.  Andrew didn't get to do the reading, but did get to be Antarctica; though he did have to check on that.

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He shoots, he scores!

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