Size comparison

Hopefully Rumpus won't roll over and accidentally squash Oliver someday.

Summer!

Wow, I'm bad at posting! Sorry! Summer has begun, and as usual it is busier than I expected. I am teaching quite a bit. Mark is busy with his 3.5 summer students. M3 participated in a swim camp with the college swimming coach. She had a great time and learned a lot, and next year she wants to spend the night in the dorms! Eeeek! M & M both did a naturalist camp at our local "lake" and really loved identifying the plants and animals and tromping around in the mud.

Of course, we are having lots of time to play with friends on the deck:
...and for visitors (we're looking forward to more visitors this summer!!):
We are the pigtail trio (Mon, cousin O, and M3)!! (Apparently some of us are succumbing to the humidity worse than others. Ew.)

You never know...

...what sort of fun could be had with an oddly-shaped box. (P.S. He has had his hair trimmed since this photo.)
(M4...not the cat.)

Straight from the horse's mouth...

M4 direct quote: "We scarcely have any food in this house!"

And a writing exercise he did at school: "If I had 100 dollars I would buy new cat becuse I love to snugll with them."

Shabby Tabby

Every year a group of college students called the Neverland Players puts on a performance of short plays written by students from M3's school. Her play "Shabby Tabby" (concerning a girl who finds a kitten and asks her mom if she can keep it...hmmmm) was chosen this year. We weren't even notified, though! We found out by accident and rushed to catch the last performance. That silliness aside, all the plays were very cute; the Neverland players did a great job; and M3 got to go up at the end to receive some very loud applause and cheers. I think she was a bit overwhelmed! Afterward, the thespians chatted with her...it was very cute. A very fun experience...thanks, Neverland Players!

Sometimes the cat is so patient...

Or maybe he's just too sleepy to protest.