ILP rolling photo quarantine

Owen looks so much older! Can't tell with Ben in that photo but I imagine the same goes for him.

PS: don't mind me lurking creepily here

michael, im not sure if beeps hair does that because she gets a bath before bed and i have to blowdry it so she wont be sleeping on a wet head of hair. i expect ill find out in summer after kiddy pool afternoons though.

Sharing grapes on a bench in Battersea Park a few weeks ago (shot on APS film):
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3439/3310388202_10daef6976.jpg

Entranced by Schoolhouse Rock (shot with the new camera this weekend; that's her buddy Campbell in the background):
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3646/3321018574_b3cfd7132f.jpg

If in doubt, go to Westow Park swings:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3635/3321001026_4946fd0beb.jpg

your kids are always dress so beautifully, Michael.

Beeps hits the big 02 today. here are a couple of shots from her mini b'day party

Cake:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3580/3320838587_2050723a07_o.jpg

A weird light spinning wand thingy:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3574/3321670210_a91ab68da0_o.jpg

Tinkerbell boxes are exciting, apparently:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3552/3320839581_04e8d6a5b0_o.jpg

your kids are always dress so beautifully, Michael.

Except when I get them ready. Ava is wearing my hat in the first one, mind!

Happy b'day Beeps!

Happy birthday Beeps! Looks like she had a good mini-party!

Happy Birthday BEEPS!

Waiting for food - a series.
No.1 the pub
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3650/3301523324_44ff863339.jpg
No.2 the Indian restaurant
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3580/3325590890_6afa1ed3b5.jpg

I just wanted to say Best Thread Ever (and Happy Birthday Season to beeps!).

v. important princess placement decisions being made:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3351/3331158500_859ecf77bd_o.jpg

she told us this is a mouse:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3547/3331158528_ff2a9b4082_o.jpg

the closest we get to making snow angels in arkansas

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3579/3331158460_41999d3575_o.jpg

she told us this is a mouse:

You don't see it?

haha

Aw, I love Beeps and her mouse drawing too.

all beeps pictures make me so <3!

I love her belly sticking out in the one with the wand thing upthread. So cute!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3550/3331905040_7ab834b178.jpg

looks like s/he's been ~~~READING~~~

awwwww

it's a he, although he doesn't know it yet

it's always a surprise

Baking:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2174546&l=ee943&id=616388932

Snowing:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2174555&l=56ce4&id=616388932

Ok do those links work for anyone?

If I copy the urls I can view them in another tab.

See if this works...
Baking:
http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs011.snc1/2629_66413693932_616388932_2174546_5938444_n.jpg

Snowing:
http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs011.snc1/2629_66413883932_616388932_2174555_2806702_n.jpg

She doesn't appear to have been stealing any of that chocolatey mixture - my daughter's face would have been covered in chocolate long before any picture could have been taken.

Haha. Seconds later...
http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs011.snc1/2629_66413863932_616388932_2174551_2983357_n.jpg

That's more like it :)

OMG Alice in the snow <3 <3

ok this one's too good

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3286/3292884067_073752a524.jpg?v=0

Man, Tracer. Being a new parent can really age you, can't it?

What happens when you give a 1-year-old a Mr Potato Head set:

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e66/LimitedLiabilityGirl/l_a35db6998bc446a6b40903a809c3d4b1.jpg

awwwwwwww

Sorry it's the Giant Baby that Ate Montague, Michigan.

Oh, wonderful pics! Alice in the snow, indeed.

Got the gals to walk the two miles from Marble Arch to Covent Garden last weekend; it took over 2.5 hours cos there are a lot of railings en route:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3308/3338955823_27c90a5fbe.jpg

Ava objects to the jazz in Ray's Jazz Cafe:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3334/3342113045_4d448faa8d.jpg

They get to stuff their faces with pure sugar thanks to freebies from the waiting staff in Patisserie Valerie:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3342/3339773954_fba51c3464.jpg

(they have swapped hats and it confuses me)

We took the boys for haircuts, and then their first ice cream cones.

Ben:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3559/3344871552_a78b82c345.jpg
I told him "you can eat the cone, it's like a cookie." He took a bite and said "like a waffle."

Owen:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3548/3344036963_719d9587b6.jpg
He ate a little, and then shouted "It's a beautiful day!"

OK you're killing me with the cute. Laurel that's your nephew, right? Those eyes!

wow i dropped off the parenting threads a while back and now there's a whole board. and an adorably boggling ilx brood to go with it. reproductive R us.

anyway, these days i'm sort of half a home-dad -- i have them every day from about 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., when the nanny comes and i go to work.

here's the 3 of us, recently
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/Photo2503.jpg

(rex, 10 mos., on left; the indomitable z, 4 1/2, on right)

and here's a few of z's recent photo booth shots (i have literally thousands of these on my hard drive -- he's the one who first discovered all the effects and everything on it that i didn't even know were there)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/Photo2520.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v335/gypsyfrocksbedlam/Photo2554.jpg

and for good measure, rex attacking a george w. bush jack-in-the-box

http://funhouserock.com/funhouse/blab/picture.php?albumid=26&pictureid=461

i just saw g00blar this morning at the u.s. embassy w/his whole family! dude i hope they didn't give you too hard of a time.

I think it's gonna be ok! Not too long after you guys left, we got called up, and the actually nice lady assured me that if I could get my high school transcripts faxed over, I could bring 'em in (without having to bring the baby in again) and get the passport without having to make another appointment.

So I've called my high school, who can't, apparently, send a fax overseas. But my mom's neighbor is going to pick up the transcripts and scan+email them to me. Maybe by the time I get them my stomach will have returned to normal functioning.

(Awesome to run into you guys, and meet Louis, though!)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3007/3335339964_2c41094da5_m.jpg

This is Jules with Ophelia. He's a doll that is used in school. He "teaches" the kids things from washing properly to... going to the doctor. Every weekend or so he gets to join one child and have a sleepover. Sheer hell for the parents cause the whole box with toys, books and CDs have to return the next monday. And "Ophelia"gets to write in the diary and add some pics. :-)

le cute bomb

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3544/3349953892_7d5fb55be0.jpg?v=0

On his 2nd birthday: "Waht, is this one for me too?"

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Q2cuqOo8v8M/SaW8aCNABFI/AAAAAAAAKg8/KGMe4dmveRw/s400/CIMG0979.JPG

In the playground at Center Parcs:

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Q2cuqOo8v8M/Sb1oC6_lmYI/AAAAAAAAK0I/isa8tPA6J68/s400/CIMG1055.JPG

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3451/3362543112_d27dd61ff6.jpg

whutchoo lookin at

man i think he could crush louis just by looking at him

Howie's slightly worried little face and....oh I dunno, the way he smiles and his lips close funny...always make me so happy.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y298/hukl/knucklesandwich2.jpg

^^^^^^^^ "WAHT IS IT"