October was lots of fun for us; we had
four different opportunities to trick-or-treat. We went to the Zoo-Boo at the Indianapolis Zoo, then the next weekend to the Zoo-Boo at the Columbian Park Zoo, then we got to do the downtown trick-or-treat, and finally the traditional Halloween trick-or-treat in our neighborhood. Don't worry, Mom and Dad helped us ration our candy so it lasted past Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, right before Zoo-Boo here, Dad dropped our camera. Thankfully, Grandma was visiting and she had her camera. We didn't get any pictures for November or at Thanksgiving, because our camera was still out of service. For Christmas, we visited with Granny and Grandpa, so they took pictures for us. There was plenty of snow, and we went sledding at the same park where Daddy used to sled at when he was our age. We even got to use some of his old sleds! Right before New Year's we flew out to see Grandma F and Grandpa B, and they took more pictures. Don't worry, Mom and Dad got a new camera in January, so we'll be set for the future.
Jack and Anna learned how to use the timer on the (old) camera
Just checking things out
ready to slide
Mom, Ladybug (Kate), Superman (Jack) and Snow White (Anna) at the Indianapolis Zoo
Trick or treating at the zoo
Snow White races a cheetah
(Snow White is fast, but the cheetah always wins)
Wolverine (Jack) and Laura Ingalls (Anna) - You didn't think we wore the same costume all four trick-or-treat times, did you?
Jack and Jack-o-Lantern
The Christmas Angel
young train engineers
Kate making a point
"No! Me open!"
2010 will be known as the year of the Naked Christmas
downhill with Daddy
Jack zooms downhill on the Flexible Flier
Kate rides the tiger sled with some help from Mom
(Kate's great-grandfather built the tiger sled for Dad around 1970)
Junior Entomologist (there may be a
theme here)
Kate checking out the train display at the Botanical Gardens
¡el sapo grande!
family picture at the Tucson Botanical Garden
this song is for Elise
(note: caption is Dad's attempt at a bad Beethoven pun)
We did mention that this year was the naked Christmas, didn't we?
The obligatory, traditional picture at the Reid Park Zoo peacock.
helping clear out the honeysuckle
someone is sneaking in to ballet class
picking up chicks
ladybug in spring
Jack in goal
dress rehearsal for the recital (no flash allowed)
Jack gets airborne
the pedal John Deere tractors at Purdue's Spring Fest
soccer spectator
viewing the football match from the edge of the pitch
Anna needed something to do at halftime, so she ran around (and around, and around...)
Jack on the attack
Kate!
at the bottom of the twisty slide
Anna smiling
Kate at Pioneer Park
Anna as the television news anchor
Kate and Jack on the fast slide
Tyrannosaurus Jack at the Children's Museum of South Dakota. Anna's just running to Dad; the baby T-rex robot is pretty cool, but (thankfully) not too scary.
