Some important messages we made from the waiting room at our neighborhood bike shop.

Stoic duo.

Joanna!

Mama draws Art.

Art and Archer

They've known each other since kindergarten. Here they are last fall, and then some photos from years past for fun. Such fun to watch them grow up together.

Fun on a frozen Lake Nokomis last years.

The ice is just now starting to freeze solid again, and we are all super hopeful there is a moment this summer when the lake is smooth as glass. Last year, for a precious and extraordinary two weeks, the lake was perfectly smooth and SO FUN. Uncle Josh helped us make the skate-sail things from PVC pipe and it was just absolutely beautiful and incredibly fast and fun. 

Skating under the Cedar Avenue bridge.

Hit a hockey puck and it goes foreeeeeever.

Listening to the ice 'crack'. it's a wonderful, deep, scary sound. The ice feels alive.

Beauty everywhere out there.

Bailey, hiding.

This would be a great way to save money when flying.

Someone doing some pretty hard math.

Something pretty amazing Papa did to Netta's hair (when it was longer last year)

Unapproved sign changing is going on in our house.

I tried to make a simple declarative sentence and WHAM BAM, the next day it was defaced. So frustrating.

My version.

Child-defaced version.

Amazing self-portraits Netta and Bailey made at Wenonah Elementary last year.

Noodles.

Boodles.

Netta hanging out at the zoo.

AFRO-ART (this is real)