A new friend: Playing with Eva in Oakland.

 Vacation begins!

 Playing at the airport.

Resting in Oakland.

 What's in here?

 Hmm, maybe I could play with this.

 Ooh, I like these colors.

Oops, caught by my parents, again!

Memorial Day

 Co-worker Amy Goldstein shared these pictures she took at Kat and Dan's barbecue.

 Watermelon is tasty.

 So is the frisbee.

 Nap time.

 

 

 Mom time.

 Two cuties.

Grandpa plays fun games.

Isaiah drinks his own glass of hot chocolate. And boy is it tasty.

Sing It With a Swing

Isaiah and Bernadette lounged side-by-side in our playground's two baby swings. Isaiah began to belt out "Big Green Tractor." Bernadette looked at him, smiled, and crooned, "Aaaaaahhhhh..."

Backseat Buddies

That's a phrase initiated by Matt and gleefully picked up by Isaiah to describe himself and Bernadette when we drive somewhere. And ever since we pushed the two car seats together last week, there's been a reduction in complaining by the smaller of the two buddies. On one trip, every time she started to cry, Isaiah would sing, and usually, she'd stop. (When she didn't, he'd try switching songs.) At one point I heard laughter. In the rearview mirror I saw them holding hands and cracking up (at what, I don't know).

A Story

"Mama, do you remember when me and you and Daddy were drivin' on the highway and we saw a cement mixer, and I was like, 'What's that cement mixer doing there?' "

Seeing double.

The influence of older boys from the Green House

After I turned on Game 4 of the NBA Finals:
Isaiah: Where's Josh? Where's Josh? Is he playing basketball?
Matt: Do you see Floyd?
Isaiah: Gotta get Floyd. He's a good shooter.

one boys' feet in a stream/fat tadpoles in a pond/red-winged blackbirds in a swamp

Mary holds Bernadette, who plays with Marian at the Green House graduation party.

Isaiah enjoys his 10 minutes (first of two turns for the evening) in the bounce house.

 Additional Memorial Day weekend cuteness at Kat and Dan's barbecue.

And with Aunt Magda.

Isaiah and Uncle Pete figure they could drive that steam engine (although maybe not in flip-flops, given the coal fed fire and hot steel).

And if you have any doubts, Isaiah models how he'd run a diesel locomotive sitting on the siding in Thomaston.

Bernadette enjoys Memorial Day with Grandma Tascio.

Marian and Bernadette practice for tandem skydiving.

 Over and under.

 Topsy-turvy.