We went to Dallas for Mother's Day to see my parents, and to go to my mother's TVA art show (where she won second place out of the whole show! Though she deserved "Best in Show"). Other than the pleasure of going to mom's art show, and a delicious Indian dinner by dad, it was a bit of an ill-fated weekend (such is sadly the case all too often with the little kids) -- Louis had an asthma attack on Friday, I got sick, and we got Mamo sick. Oh well, better luck next time!
My mom's award-winning painting, "Submerged." (I am the model!) See Louis's head peeping out in the lower right corner.
Rosemary's first art show.
My mother and her proud mother.
One of our last Happy Hikers trips of the year... the two year old set getting naked and frolicking at McKinney Falls. I love this picture -- these are the kids that used to have to be carried in Ergos a short nine months ago, and now they are prolific hikers and nature lovers! Plus, we have WATER this spring and everything is glorious and beautiful!
We braved our second camping trip, this time with the Barkers and the Chambers. This one was pretty darn fun, despite some setbacks... Amity slipping on the rocks a few times, a water snake (probably was harmless but could have been a moccasin!), a surprise storm at midnight, a giant tree branch falling on poor Amity's head, Louis, Rosemary and James throwing up, our tent falling down several times... and a four AM drive home :-) Still, I would actually dare to say the kids enjoyed every moment of it. Louis and Miles all of a sudden started acknowledging each other and became friends! It only took over a year, but its pretty amazingly cute. Louis took Miles's truck with us in the car, and I feared the struggle that would ensure when Miles say the truck. Instead, Louis walked up to Miles and said, "HI Mo Mo!!!" and cheerfully handed him the truck! Well I never...
Rosemary performing her version of Aaron's song, "Esme, Flora, and Rosemary." Too bad we didn't get Esme singing, which she does later, but you can see the boys relating to one another a little in the foreground. This is post-S'mores and pre-storm.
On our final Happy Hiker outing of the year, we went to Alicia's friends' ranch out near San Marcos. We saw longhorns, a dung beetle rolling a ball of dung, and lots of giant walking sticks. It was so beautiful -- the Blanco river was full, the wildflowers were still in full bloom, and we had a blast. Below you can see Professor Rosemary lecturing her brother and his new friend Miles, and Miles and Louis enjoying their newfound friendship.
More hilarious pictures of Louis, revealing his true nature. A sweet tooth...
... and a creative type (he is actually playing this original musical creation consisting of two kazoos and a length of PVC)... sounds kind of like you'd expect!
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