How to Eat Applesauce

Here's a little photo collage by our daughter, in which she stars -- as a much younger applesauce-eater than she is now.

All Right

Thanks to attention to detail and the anal retentiveness he inherited from his father, our oldest is going to go far in the world of English.

Dear Mom

Letters from the kids are so much fun.

It's A Horsie

What self-respecting girl wouldn't draw a baby horse getting milk from her mommy? The horse mommy, not the girl's mommy, that is.

Idaho: A Great State

I don't know if Idaho is in the market for a new promotional poster, but if it is, here you go. Yeah, Old Faithful is a little out of place. But the heart is there. And what state wouldn't want to be represented by a weenie dog fishing from horseback, while harvesting potatoes?

Noxious Laundry

Guess what we did this weekend . . .

Now from the Star Wars Phase

Emperor Palpatine here, showin' the rest of you Jedi weenies what to do with your light saber. And how to age gracefully and end up with lizard eyes as well. Proceed.

And in case you'd rather not get deep into George Lucas' character development, here's some technical specs for you to peruse instead.

Palpatine by the youngest. Specs by the oldest. Which kind of gets you into their heads. With the youngest, it's all about power and who has it. With the oldest, it's the little, niggling details that matter.

Big Boat

Don't quite know what the story is of this boat. But I do like the firing cannon on the flag.