A BUSY DAY OUTSIDE
The back yard




The Deck
Making sure the soil will nourish a pot o' flowers
A visit from you-know-who 

Rivi's new room 

in the kitchen 

Final night in the apartment 

"Hey Dad, Look what I figured out how to do. I can't wait to see you at 2:00." 

8 months old yesterday 

This morsel is a bit rubbery 

Spending a cold, wintry Sunday at the Waterloo Public Library
 

Happy St. Patrick's Day
Kiss me, I'm Irish (about 5% anyway) 

uh oh 

On your marks, get set... 

Training for family push-up contests

Heave-ho and up we go 

Rivi's new ride

She won't drink from a baby bottle, but give her a ketchup bottle...

or mustard. 

"hmmmm, wonder what's in the bag"

Tape measure and toes

We did the calculations, and this weekend Rivi will graduate from her infant carseat to a much more spacious carriage. A short ceremony will be held in the parking lot of her Erb Street residence.

I foresee. . . a diaper change. 

Lets play 

The cereal was good, but the bib...now it was outstanding!

Mine daughter grows older.

Rivi, tiger and bear, oh my


"...and gold flashed and wine flowed, and answering to the music inside, but stranger, sweeter, and more piercing, came the music of the sea people." 

An I-can't-help-taking-pictures day. 

"I am the operator of my pocket calculator"