Zane's first class assignment. Interpretation needed.

Little boy heaven... Legos everywhere!

The Stacker

Now that Zane is off to afternoon preschool, it is just Karsten and I until I leave to teach my own Spanish class around 2. I've been trying to teach him how to match socks with very little success. He is, however, a master of folding all of them into a Tower of Socks. And he is a very frustrated little boy with the tower comes tumbling down.

First day of school!

Signe in 4th grade, Gunnar in 2nd, and Zane starts preschool on MWF afternoons.
B-Zay confidently announced that he didn't need us to go with him because he already knew where to find his classroom. We followed anyway to take a picture. He was still beaming at the end of the day and said he loves preschool, then promptly took a 10-minute nap on the ride home.

Signe turns 9!!

And spent the afternoon with 5 friends picking out cupcakes at Swee t Mutin y in Pullman, then bowling at Z eppo s. It was Signe's first time bowling, and after a rough start she got a strike and spare (with bumper bouncing help) to get the highest score of 99. Nana is still in town helping with our new nephew Louie, so she came along too.

Dune running video

At the Oregon coast Holloway's house

Super Cooper!

At the Oregon coast Holloway's house

Sand dune stunting.

At the Oregon coast Holloway's house

Sand dune stunting.

At the Oregon coast Holloway's house

Sand dune stunting.

At the Oregon coast Holloway's house

Sand dune stunting.

At the Oregon coast Holloway's house

Uncle Chad carries Karsten up the dune (plus one other hitchhiker).

At the Oregon coast Holloway's house

Pacific City, Oregon sand and scenery.

At the Oregon coast Holloway's house

Karsten chats up Aunt Bobbie, holds forth with Uncle Chad.

At the Oregon coast Holloway's house

Tillamook creamery too!

At the Oregon coast Holloway's house

At the Oregon coast Holloway's house

Thanks Uncle Chad, Aunt Bobbie, and cousin Cooper!

Sleeping siblings

This is how I found these two this morning. When Karsten gets scared at night, he joins his big sister to feel better.
They are also the only two kids to sometimes sleep with the creepy half-open eyes. He's not doing it here although Signe is a little. I always find it a bit unnerving to be stared at by blank unseeing eyes.

4th of July, camping on the St. Joe river, north Idaho.