Our backyard

Is this thing on?

Rohan played with this toy stage for nearly an hour. He issued tickets, told me the show would start in five minutes, took my ticket, came out and did a scene from Monsters Inc where Mike eats and burps out a microphone, and then went over to the couch on the left and interviewed those baby dolls like a talk show host. What an imagination!

A great new playground!

The playgrounds here are really fun! From slides that make your hair stick up to X-wing cockpits to hidden dinosaur bones!

Our new neighbors

We have exciting new neighbors! I caught a picture of this hawk just before the crows chased him away, and we hung some birdfeeders on the back porch and always have a bustling crowd of chickadees, finches, siskins, juncos, squirrels, chipmunks, titmice, cardinals, wrens, jays, sparrows....

Before and After...

And still crazy no matter what!

Fun at Home

We found a neat little play area in the mall! It's a great place to go on a cold winter day, and Rohan loves the little animals there.

Happy New Year!

We visited Tennessee for new years day! Rohan loved the firecrackers we set off in Grandma Liz and Granddaddy Gene's field, and liked exploring the ridge and the creek with Grandaddy Gene and Daddy. (In the first picture he's modeling Grandpa's hat, and has the perfect attitude to go with it!)

Christmas in Virginia

We spent Christmas with Aji and Ajoba. Rohan loved Aji's decorations! The weather was unusually warm, so we got to go to the park and play outside. And Santa Claus managed to find Rohan all the way in Virginia and gave him his very own camera!

Daddy's New Office

Rohan spends some time exploring the nooks and crannies in Daddy's new office. This includes a trip to the coffee shop for a cookie before we leave.

Community Helpers

RoRo's preschool class spent a couple of weeks talking about community helpers-- doctors, police officers, and fire fighters. They topped it all of with a visit to the fire station, where they got to see where the firefighters ate, slept, and hung out, and best of all they got to see the fire trucks!

What you say?

RoRo tries out some neat new technology-- his Dad's phone headset. Ro is just too cool.

Little Bobcat

RoRo and his Dad at the Ohio University homecoming game.

Calloo, Callay! It's Ro's First Day!

We've been really busy wrapping up our summer and getting ready for...
PRESCHOOL!
Check it out! Big second-year preschoolers have to have Backpacks, and RoRo absolutely loved this blue and yellow sling.
Here we are getting ready to go...

Same school, different people...

This year, Ro has new teachers, Mrs. B and Mrs. P, new classmates, and as a new classroom that he says is the greatest in the planet. After I picked him up, he told me all about the transformer toy that was in the car bin and the lego guy he found under all the blocks. He says he LOOOOVES his new teacher. He also said he colored a picture of Baby RoRo (that will hang all year in the classroom) with black hair and dressed up in only underwear... Oh my... all year... in just his skivvies?... oh dear...

One more peek...

And I couldn't resist one last peek inside.
























(If he looks worried, it's just because he's realized that I'm taking his picture, not because Mom is leaving! He's an old hand, now!)