All monkey bars all the time

Kateri is taking off. 

Mara

Painted faces

Isaiah does magic

Soggy Pia

Boys' afternoon out

Foosball

Isaiah plays uncle Paul

Missouri

Hiking on the road by the cabin.

Dress ups with great aunt Lynette

More cabin pics

Never too chilly to wade

Soggy Steelville and St. James

Blockhead and Battleship

S'mores and a salamander

Tossing rocks

Main river flooded? No problem. Play at the flooded rivulet nearby. 

Cabin trip

Lots of water in Southern Missouri this year. 

Bin work

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Mara-isms

Mama: "Where's your coat?"

Mara: "I left it out in da winter."

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"Gum drops are my favorite. I can scoop dem up and give one to my mouf."

With the big kids

This week, for the first time, Pia sat on her very own carpet square during story time at the library. She spent a few minutes looking at the book being read and several more minutes looking around her at the other kids; then she needed to be retrieved by Mama and nursed for a while. After that, she was happy to return to her carpet square for the remainder of the half hour. Such a big girl!

Flower gardens

Reddish