Father's Day...

In June

In Dallas

On a Train

Without Air Conditioning...


Why?!?

Because a very intelligent marketing directer gave Daddies a free Father's Day ride on an otherwise "far too expensive for us" train.


But who can think of the heat,

when sharing a tortilla with your baby girl?

Or sharing a seat with your cousin?


Or pondering the view,

with your sweet big girl?

Luci, with the help of her father, found a way to make the most of the 102 degree day.


Mommy preferred to keep her children inside the moving train.

Another Marketing success was to allow a two hour stop at the Fort Worth Stockyards in the middle of our ride.


Where Isabelle swooned over the horses and the possibility of spending a small fortune for a lap around the block on one. Thankfully, she did not realize how close her tender strokes were to breaking through her parent's frugal budget.

We also watched the long horn "cattle drive", a term obviously used liberally, as they walked almost entirely in single file, and allowed us to take (literally) twenty five pictures of them in this half block. But eight foot horns are impressive even at a sauntering pace.


Daniel was also able to realize his dream of being a stage coach driver, hence the girls holding onto the seat in front of them.

And Isabelle, well her dream of a horse ride was satisfied, for the moment, with an easily spent quarter from Daddy's pocket.

Happy Father's Day to a wonderful Daddy and Husband.

Friday Photo Favorites

The four kids enjoying a day at the St. Louis Zoo

Volcano

The Making of a Volcano

First you need an old wine bottle
(Thanks Gia for getting rid of that silly wine!)



Next you add some left over chicken wire from the garden.


Then... why not some taping and bedding materials, we have a few of those left over.



Topped off with the left over texturing materials.



And what volcano would be complete without foam sealant for the top?



A little spray paint, applied by everyone (Jeremiah would like the disclaimer added, "I only held the can, the children chose where the colors went.")


Finally, we have a Volcano
whose bottleneck spout produced quite an explosion!



As you can see for yourself...

(Photos taken by my sisters camera, a source of great envy for me)

No one expected the explosions we got.

Paul Thomas finished his birthday cookie removed from the remaining explosions in the middle of the yard, at a safe distance from the flaming red vinegar lava.

Happy Birthday Peter Pie!

Two Minutes

It took Daniel approximately two minutes to cover his arms, legs, face, two square feet of the nursery floor, a high chair and a stool in Desetin. It took considerably longer to clean it all up.

Daddy took this picture before he realized the water resistant properties of this particular product. Mommy, being fully aware of them is only now, a week later, able to smile at this picture.