Birthday star and star du ballet

Leo turns 7 years old!

And loses a tooth by soccer ball!

 Louisa has her final rehearsal.

 Then the dress rehearsal.

 Then, the day of the show, a nasty fall!

But she is brave,

 and strong,

 and the show must go on.

Cinderella and her step sisters at the Kimmel Center

Black eye, tattoos, water ice. Yep, a Philly girl.

Spring recitals

There goes winter and spring!

The annual family chess adventure.

The science fair!

Catching air!

And playmates.

And bugs.

The costume arrives.

And Ashton arrives.

Then we're off to Chicago.

And back.

Les fêtes de Decembre

Louisa's holiday recital.


Leo's holiday recital.





One serious Santa.



We grow our rest stop pretzels big in the PA


One night in Angola, IN



then Chicago!


and Sweden! (or Swedish Children's Museum of Chicago)




and some tough-guy place




and Deerfield.



'Twas the night before


and the morning of


and the day of


and the night of.


The haul


and what mommy's going to do to it.


Gotta get back to practice.





The world through Leo's lens.






And here we go...




into the new year!