Nana and Poppa's Lake House.

Nana and Poppa's new house in West Virginia was completed a couple of weeks ago, and we spent a few days there last week.

Plastic Cups and Principles of Hydrodynamics.

It was hot Friday, so my friend Tara and I took the children to the South Side to play in the fountains. I know I promised never to make movies again, but I just had to include both clips -- the first because of the unbridled joy, and the second because of the neat trick Tara showed the boys with the plastic cups she brought. The fellow in yellow is Tara's Ben.



I feel bad that Anne was not in these videos, but that's because this is pretty much what she did the entire time. She is all about the looking cute and the sitting and the not getting too wet and the did someone bring snacks I sure hope so.

Berry-Picking With the Moritzes.