| Only 2 years old and Abbie already hates birthdays... |
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| ...but if birthdays come with cupcakes, well, maybe they're
okay. |
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| Looks like Abbie has her work cut out for her opening
all these presents. (Lucas was very eager to help, though.) |
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| It takes patience and concentration to open bucketloads
of presents, but Abbie seems determined to finish the job properly. |
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| Abbie takes her babies for a stroll in her new stroller. |
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| We can't remember which kid got bonked on the head, but
after we got out the icepack, they decided that their arms hurt instead... |
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| Lucas and Abbie inspect the Sesame Street decorations
on the cake for Abbie's birthday party. |
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| It doesn't look like Abbie is any happier about celebrating
her birthday, yet. Fortunately, Mom and Lucas are ready to help blow
out the candles. |
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| Abbie reminds Daddy that he forgot to put away his painting
tools. Looks like she picked up the right form watching Daddy paint. |
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| Lucas watches the neighbors set off some fireworks on
July 4th. |
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| Vrooom vrooom. |
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| This looks like it was a close call. |
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| Does this look familiar? Compare
with this picture from Dec 2001. |
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| Abbie hides in a blanket fort. |
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| Abbie prepares Rageddy Ann for a walk in the stroller. |
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| Abbie experiments with the foci of an ellipse at the
Children's Museum on a Mommy/Abbie day. Well, OK, if you ask her about
it she'll tell you she's "playing balls, Mommy!" |
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| Abbie practices her shopping skills in the pint-sized
grocery store. |
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| Noticing that the milk jug seems a bit light, Abbie confirms
her suspicions with the produce scale. |
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| Abbie tidies up the flower beds in the house/home exhibit. |
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| What would a trip to the Children's Museum be without
a little water fun? |
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| Abbie helps move the goods on the production line. |
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| Clifford's doghouse turns into a giant shape-sorter,
just the right size for crawling in to retrieve the blocks. |
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| Abbie collects "eggs" from a bird's nest in the HabiTot
room, a room designed especially for babies and toddlers. |
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| Abbie and Lucas harvest raspberries in Uncle Benton's
backyard. |
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| Lucas pets his favorite cat. Tabitha enjoys attention
from her favorite boy. |
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| The kids try out Lucas' new tent and sleeping bag in
the basement (birthday present from Tom & Penny). |
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| Both kids are all ready for a short sightseeing flight.
Shortly after take-off Abbie dissolved into tears so we had to turn back. |
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| Abbie hides out in another blanket fort. |
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| Picnic! Weaver Lake Park is a short bike ride from home,
so we loaded up the Burley and enjoyed our lunch outdoors for a change. |
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| Lucas explains: "We rode in the bike trailer." |
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| The hardest part of drinking out of this water fountain
was doing it with the sun reflecting in your face. |
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| Wheeeeeeeeeeee! |
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| Daycare occasionally asks the kids what they know about
a topic before they teach them some more about the topic. Here is
what Lucas' class thinks about the Sun. (Which one of these children is
not like the others?) |
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| Abbie's not quite ready to fill Mommy's shoes. |
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| Lucas opens a few early birthday presents. |
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| Lucas was really excited to get a new bike for his birthday... |
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| ... but even more excited to ride the new "one wheel"
trailer that we bought at the same time. |
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| Gimme the keys, Daddy! Compare
with this picture from June 2002 |
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| Lucas picked a "Hot Wheel" theme for his birthday party,
and we found this super jump for rent. He loved it! (We confess,
we did too!) |
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| Friends from the party: Ashley, Hana and Natasha... |
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| ... Natasha ... |
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| ... Hana and Lucas ... |
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| Lucas and Max |
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| We then played "Pin the wheel on the Ferrarri." |
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| Emilia Ann, Mathew, and Phillip watch Lucas open his
presents. |
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| Lucas blew out the candles faster than the camera operator
could get a shot... |
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| Max pulls the trapdoor open on the race car pinata. |
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| Lucas had collected enough candy and was ready to start
eating some. |
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| Both kids enjoy the spoils of day. |
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| The first party is over, and the second one is just beginning,
but the kids still have enough sugar in them to keep them going strong. |
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| Abbie opens a belated birthday present. (If you
can't tell who the gift is from, you don't know Abbie's Uncle Benton very
well... Legos and flying are two of his favorite pasttimes.) |
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| Anyone for a set? (Thanks, Grandpa!) |
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