my sister and nephew

My sister and nephew came for a visit last month and it was so fun see them! 

 He found a fun little creek that the town turned into a wadding spot under a bridge and had a blast. 

 Snack time!

 Play dough

 We made a train cake

 This kid climbs all over his mom!

 My sister taught Yoda to knit!

I asked my sister what food she didn't want to miss while she was here.  Besides candy Buckeyes, there really isn't much that's totally local to Ohio, but she remembered that Cincinnati Chili is pretty unique so we got some of that.

 And they dressed up like robots :)

 Duck Doughnuts

 He ran some errands with me.

 And we checked out some outdoor art

 I couldn't believe the fine-motor skills on this kid! 

Painting nails and carefully breaking eggs, so talented!  

We also launched some rockets, I'll post those soon.

One weird quote per kiddo

All quotes are said in a super, dry-humor voice...

Mimi, after I asked her if she wanted to do something, "Can the answer be 'shrug'?"


Yoda, "A shadow is a mirror without color"

Parker, "Oh No!"
Me, "Is it really that big a deal?" (it wasn't)
Parker, "I react the same no matter the size of the deal"

All the Ttrivial Pursuit

 Dragonball (Parker = Winner)

 Star Wars (Greg & Yoda = Winners)

 1990's (Valerie = Winner)

Harry Potter (Yoda & Mimi = Winners).  Later Greg texted me, "Parker and I got skunked!" 

Birthday inside

Last month I celebrated my birthday, and we made the most of what we could do...

 a brand new puzzle,

  hike on a beautiful day,

 yummy cake,

 more goodies, and another puzzle,

 diner food!