Something special

So Papa got a surprise visit.  Schuyler and Mama showed up unannounced at his office bearing a gift of a cute little plant to go on his windowsill.  His old plant died from neglect.  But this once stands a pretty darn good chance because every time Papa sees it, he thinks of his little girl.

Ducks

The rubber duck population in our bathtub has quadrupled over the past year. 

Sky on May 24

Bermuda Day

Instead of studying on the Bermuda Day holiday, we took the kids to the beach/pool to mark the locals entry into water for the first time since winter.  Personally, I think we need to move this entry point back in the calendar to, say, August.... brrrrr!

Little baker

Working it out

Charlie prepares Magic's torture device.

Tell us a joke daddy

Schuyler began the morning with "tell us a joke!" so I launched into the only age appropriate one I could think of:

DADDY: what do you call a deer with one eye?
SCHUYLER: Mexico!
Answer is supposed to be "No eye deer" i.e. no idea

Which may be the best response I've heard to that joke although I am not sure but something about the response seems vaguely racist.

A better shot of her portrait of her mom

It's raining, it's pouring...

Mummy

I was pretty darn impressed with Schuyler's portrait of her mother.  You'd have to look closely to see arms, nose and legs which are marked in yellow but overall, it's a far cry from the no-neck stick figures you often see from kids and the eyes actually have pupils!  She was just drawing at the table with her mom nearby and came up with this on her own (Liz was wearing a striped skirt but not exactly orange as depicted).  Colour me proud.