December

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November

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Carrie took this one.

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Why are the kids all in hats and coats in the house? We're trying to be good and keep the thermostat at 67F. It hard for us and our kids -- they're our kids. We all like it warm.

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So she needs a hair cut.

October

From Beggar's Night 10/28/04

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Carrie was actually a horse for the trick-or-treating, but we all had more fun with this costume.

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Team Zelda + Andy

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Greyson is one of Carrie's good buddies. These are from his birthday party, 10/23/04

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This is just what we need less than a week from trick-or-treat night! There were a lot of prizes at this party too. The kids loved it.

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Andy likes chips

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Wow.
That's Carrie in the pink shirt and neon green pants ready to go down.

Pumpkin carving day

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Vampire kitty with pop-out eye

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Vampire kitty's eye pops out.

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Vampire kitty tail

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The advent of Buzz Light Year: Andy's now seen Toy Story and found that we do in fact own a thrift store Buzz. He won't let go.

A few pictures from Austin's (he's one of Carrie's best friends) birthday party.

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Pinata zen

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A trip to the 2004 All-American Quarter Horse Congress

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They, uh, still don't get to touch any real horses. Andy is here complaining that he wants to touch the plastic horse's nose too. Notice the neon white legs on that boy -- takes after my sister in that respect -- when she goes to the beach, she goes from colorless to white (family joke, originated with David, I think). Why is Andy under-dressed? He hates clothes. Tries to take long pants and jackets off all the time.

September

At Carrie's 5th birthday party

Rocking the Galaxy Since 1999

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Here is the awesome t-shirt made by Zelda for Carrie. It reads: "Rocking the Galaxy since 1999."

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Zelda and Carolyn

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Candice and Zelda

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Austin and Andrew

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Can you see the green tail and mane added by Zelda to the horse on the cake? Can you see that I'm wearing one of my pairs of designer pants? Carrie requested it. She likes the snappy patterns.

Names are from lower left, clockwise beginning with Zelda in the green t-shirt behind Andy: Zelda, Andy, Matthew, Pat (father of Matthew), Mary (mother of Austin), Parker, Carolyn, Greyson, Louise, and Austin in the little blue chair.

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Matthew and Parker

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Carolyn and Greyson

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Austin and Greyson

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Greyson

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Matthew

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Rivals vie in the background for second.

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Do you know they don't sell pin the tail on the unicorn games? So Carrie and I made this.

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I can see why people just buy decorations and stick them on the cake. (Ok, ok, secretly, I enjoy doing this kind of thing.)

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"I like cake," he says. Ah, you're not the first, little guy, and not the last.

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Andy makes cake.

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At the Labor Day parade

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At the Labor Day parade

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We arrived just as the Labor Day parade was about to start. The trick is to wait till all the parking spots are taken on our street before getting ready to leave.

August

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The Tongue Chair

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Sparkly Pink Toenails -- Carrie and I both have them.

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A baby doll box. Boxes -- any boxes -- are better than candy.

July

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He loves his birthday shirt from Grandma Joan!

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James' shirt, a gift from his philosophy students, says: "May the forms be with you"

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Colorization technique number one.

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Here, Andy, you can have this leaf.

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They are dogs in the dog house here.

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NB: Andy's holding on to the branch as he walks away. This scene is about to erupt into a minor fracus.

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June

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We pick our flowers. We wear our flowers. We love our flowers. But we don't eat our flowers.

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What's tha? Must be a kind of lily. It has not appeared in our garden before.

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Here are (from left to right) Louie, Lily, Carolyn, and Andy. Louie and Lily are soon to move away. Louie is a couple days younger than Carolyn. Lily is about three years older than they are.

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Ok, you can't expect a yucca to get much better than this. They're only better in bunches. On the beach. During your vacation. With your family. When everyone is healthy.

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No flash? Arghh!

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What flower is this? Anyone?

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Columbus Zoo, June 6, 2004

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The baby elephant here was born April 16, 2004; this image was taken June 6, 2004. As yet, they have not named the elephant. There's a contest for the honor.

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May

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At neighbor Matthew R.'s birthday party

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I don't have any eyebrows yet, but when I do...

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Yucca still looking yucky, but the stalk has begun. It will blossum into a four or five foot plant with large white bell-shaped flowers. Yuccas only bloom if they are a certain age, thus we have been enjoined by many not to get rid of the ones we have. Another saving grace is the look they get briefly with those aforementioned bell-flowers.

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For Andy, this is just another summer of water play days that do not involve water.

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He doesn't care yet that the trike has a pink frilly thing on it. Maybe he'll care, maybe he won't. His has a boy cousin who had a notorious and extreme preference for pink. (Say, "Pink is for girls," with a very disappointed face and that is what Zack was like.) Zack's favorite color is now red.

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He's just not tall enough to use it.

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Goggle mania

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Carrie draws the story and then tells it. Drawing and stories occupy most of her time.

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She draws the story.

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Andy's rules of sand play. No direct touching. No sitting. Try to remove from box. "Dirty." Finally get into it and scream if removed from sandbox.

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New sand. New sandbox season.

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Peekaboo.

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Ok, ok, so he likes cheese. He expecially likes it shredded.

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Here Andy is with his new "bowl" cut. After this grows out, I think I'll keep him kind of long haired until he can make up his mind.

April

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Let's get this walk started already.

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Thanks, Amy. These bushes are lilacs.

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For Carolyn, the dandilion ranks up there with the tulip. She happily picked dandilions with me and was completely distraught to think they might not come back -- not to worry I said. And lo, the next day they came back. I got only a few up with their roots.

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This tree is actually dying. It's half dead and this may be the last we see of its flowers.

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All the girls seem to love Andy. Mothers and daughters alike. Alea is a neighbor due to move away with her family at the beginning of June. Here Alea wants Andy to come sit on her lap and get lots of hugs.

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Yep, Andy doesn't like the water any more this year. Hmmm, maybe I am related to the wicked witch of the west. My son can't stand water. And so his water play days are spent fully clothed and avoiding the sprinkler.

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March

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She couldn't get any cuter ... no wait, she could get cuter! She just did get cuter.

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Not really a traffic jam as Andy's feet don't touch the pedals. We do, however, lack a good riding surface outside. Carolyn is already good at turns and I expect Andy to get that way as well. Imagine learning to ride a bike on a small triangle.

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Winter's flotsam: the leaves pile up on this side of the house and end up going wide. Andy will walk through them to get to the stairs. Carrie will consider her options and walk around them. She's not prissy and doesn't have any sort of aversion to touching other kinds of dirty things, but she doesn't like touching stuff outside (except dead worms apparently). Andy just wants to climb.

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Andy likes to say hi to every car that passes.

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Please may I go up the stairs backwards?

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The long and the short of it.

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So what color are Andy's eyes?

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February

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A daddy's girl through and through, Carrie said she was a chair.

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Here are the remains of Carrie's Valentine haul. It seems as if Valentine's day in the preschool set is nearing the importance of Halloween.

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It was Andy who kept putting the popcorn bowl on his head, but he wouldn't do so for the camera. Story of the picture: Carrie takes the initiative. Leftover popcorn remains on the couch. Andy starts to yell. See how stiff he is.

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January

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Chairland, chairland

CoSi

Carrie and Louise went without Andy and James.

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Although it's not the most spectacular thing to do at CoSi, this is something we always make sure to do.

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You wait in line to get in this little sub -- it doesn't go under. We went twice.

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Listening to the Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner

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He's so little. Carrie used to try to get in the refrigerator. Andy wants to play with the stuff outside the refrigerator.

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Baby gate: the only way you can really keep him away from the camera.

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Hello World!