the.ridiculous.panda

because nobody has more fun when they water than silas.

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 14:46 -0600

and that is why he is always in charge of the hose.

put your face right there

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 14:44 -0600

the muzumillinses gave silas sunflower seeds before he set off for the north country. they worked!

waiting on dessert

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 14:39 -0600

zosia and me in the backyard.

pride of growing

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 14:38 -0600

silas told us he wanted to grow watermelon in his garden when we moved away from chicago. we told him it couldn't be done. he proved us very wrong. and so it begins.

sauerkraut teether

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 11:37 -0600

all the pierogis you can eat! and polka dancing with your mama! was not enough to get silas to put on a happy face at the polish party.

polish princess

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 11:36 -0600

in the kid's tent/table at the minneapolis polonia festival.

booties over flip flops

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 10:34 -0600

light fixtures and stained glass on our ten am purcell-cutts tour.

2328 lake place 55405

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 10:32 -0600

there wasn't much you could touch on the purcell-cutts house tour so when we got the go ahead we took advantage.

full extension

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 08:31 -0600

baby girl and her morning exercises.

sweet boy/sea creature

Sat, 07 Aug 2010 18:57 -0600

this relaxing, immersion pond is so close to our house and is so rarely crowded that we choose to think of it as our personal pool.

after dinner dip

Sat, 07 Aug 2010 18:55 -0600

sam is drowning in the love.

summertime backyard

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:54 -0600

think they'll come back when we can offer them fresh snowcones in the backyard?

lake harriet trio

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:53 -0600

frankie and rayna indulge silas's big ideas on beach day.

nap time!

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 14:50 -0600

reading stories with auntie kim.

old souls.

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 14:47 -0600

the robot dragon contemplates priya.

big cheeks

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 14:44 -0600

quinn gives mister potatohead a smile to aspire to.

mill city museum vantage point

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:50 -0600

silas took the great glass elevator to this view over the mississippi.

long limbs twister

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:43 -0600

priya and quinn try to collapse their auntie katie.

the open field

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:42 -0600

quinny and silas have rolling while laughing and squealing races

sculpture garden, so lifelike

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:40 -0600

my sister and i and most of our families.

spoonbridge with cousins

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:39 -0600

we came home to minneapolis and found our nyc family!

avocados y coronas

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:38 -0600

lunch with amma before we head for the plane.

seal beach baby

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:37 -0600

last day in california. baby girl checks out the beach scene.

last time we were on this bench

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:50 -0600

silas was just a babe. now he's got a sister.

notable echeveria

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:48 -0600

i think pasadena might be in a different hardiness zone than minneapolis.

huntington library & gardens

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:47 -0600

family in the bamboo.

family day at the lacma

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:43 -0600

señor serious paints a face mask/dot in the Baldessari tent

la brea tar pits

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 09:42 -0600

still bubbling after all these years.

focus on the positive

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:41 -0600

now can you see jupiter, papa?

too bright for meteors

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:40 -0600

silas lee in his gramma amma's backyard.

hammock time

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:39 -0600

waiting for the pool boy to finish up.

evening swim

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:37 -0600

amma got silas his own splash pool.

fish tale

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 11:36 -0600

silas finds some flair for his sand castle

zosia meets the pacific

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 11:35 -0600

and tries to shove it into her mouth.

ocean at last

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:34 -0600

big waves and buckets of saltwater with papa.

sweet boys

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:04 -0600

silas lee and preston, cousins on summer vacation

baby girl, big cousin

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:03 -0600

zosia & bailey in the morningtime

one good reason

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:13 -0600

when silas is at amma's and his big cousin preston is also in town, bedtimes are irrelevant.

bailey dawn at dusk

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:12 -0600

texas cousins in california=hilarity before bedtime

zosia at msp

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:11 -0600

awaiting her first flight.

going back to cali

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:10 -0600

summer vacation, day one.

garden in gear

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:40 -0600

in just a few moments those banana peppers will be pizza toppings.

bouncy house glory

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 11:38 -0600

did we mention there was a whole field of this stuff at the aquatennial? next year, we're definitely springing for the all-you-can-bounce wristband.

front row for the recycling truck show

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 11:35 -0600

after the milk carton boat races, they just walked the boats right up the beach and into the back of the truck. he didn't want to walk away, begging "just one more boat, pop."

saturday morning baby girl

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 08:38 -0600

the boys went to get haircuts, so zoshi & i had breakfast on the patio.

hold up the bounty

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 07:37 -0600

well, lookie, what we found in our garden.

kings of the bounce house

Sat, 17 Jul 2010 18:36 -0600

they just blew this thing up on somebody's front yard and let the kids play in it all night. crazy minnesotans.

sam and i

Sat, 17 Jul 2010 18:34 -0600

suddenly find ourselves without children to attend to.

blaisdell block party

Sat, 17 Jul 2010 18:33 -0600

launching water balloons into the street. oh yes.

baby's first french fry

Sat, 17 Jul 2010 12:32 -0600

at the hopkins diner.

only raspberry we found

Sat, 17 Jul 2010 12:18 -0600

at the hopkins raspberry fest was a blue raspberry lollipop.

hand crank magic.

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:17 -0600

my kid sets up shop in the laboratory at the bakken and powers up a christmas light.

silas shoots

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:16 -0600

while zosia and attempt to nurse

rockin' at the bakken

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:15 -0600

silas in the medicinal plants garden.

entry way gates

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:13 -0600

and then papa came holme and built a way cooler fort.

floaty oh's

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:35 -0600

frankie and silas at the neighborhood splash pool.

build me a fort

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:35 -0600

and then give me some privacy.

arty pants paint bombs

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:34 -0600

taking his experience to the open field.

Limits of a Projection, I

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:31 -0600

silas at the walker using the art for his shadow animals.

silent dragon

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 13:31 -0600

sleepy silas.

green papaya, hold the chili powder

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 12:29 -0600

baby girl and i at the dragon boat festival in st. paul.

playground at phalen park

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 12:27 -0600

silas pauses to be an astronaut

the rooster and her rue

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 11:29 -0600

all smirks and happy grunts with her namesake plant at the gardens.

saturday morning stroll

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 11:26 -0600

my parents on the last leg of their summer road trip.

searching for turtles

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:25 -0600

showing his grandparents the sights around lake harriet.

french meadow

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:24 -0600

breakfast with grandpa in minneapolis.

dessert before dinner

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 17:16 -0600

silas lee & zosia rue.

baby popsicle . happy girl

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 17:15 -0600

wild raspberries and ice

evening beginning

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 17:13 -0600

after nap, waiting for papa to come home and play "rrrrr!"

in lieu of fireworks

Sun, 04 Jul 2010 18:09 -0600

we had the neighbors over to play in the sprinkler and eat some kale.

party wind down

Sun, 04 Jul 2010 12:08 -0600

two kids on swings on the fourth.

papa, i'm going to need another ticket.

Sun, 04 Jul 2010 12:06 -0600

there were cheers of pride and disbelief when we saw his little head poke up on the top of the slide.

multicolored sea creature

Sun, 04 Jul 2010 12:04 -0600

serious face painting supplies at fuller park.

who loves the 4th of july?

Sun, 04 Jul 2010 11:03 -0600

wears her mama's emotions on her face.

independent spirit

Sun, 04 Jul 2010 11:01 -0600

because the glue didn't dry on the felt flag in time for the party.

holding down the blanket

Sat, 03 Jul 2010 18:00 -0600

zosia maintains her holiday weekend vibe.

backyard barbecue

Sat, 03 Jul 2010 17:49 -0600

they got it rough, these two.

you are so close

Sat, 03 Jul 2010 10:48 -0600

silas has got a real talent for those "spin the wheel, win a prize" numbers.

free lemonade for members.

Sat, 03 Jul 2010 10:46 -0600

taking a break from all the collaborative art and humidity inside the walker.

do the manta ray

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 09:39 -0600

friday morning in the surf.

got my backpack.

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:37 -0600

up and dressed by 8am, our big camper is all ready to kick ass on his first day.

end of june

Sun, 27 Jun 2010 18:32 -0600

the garden so far...

lego inspiration

Sun, 27 Jun 2010 12:36 -0600

the last time sam and i were at the mall of america we had been dating for three months. whoa.

follow me

Sun, 27 Jun 2010 10:34 -0600

silas finally convinces his parents to spend a muggy saturday in the deep, cool ocean.

fresh from the garden

Sat, 26 Jun 2010 17:23 -0600

all that watering and sproing!

baby girl

Sat, 26 Jun 2010 16:22 -0600

naptime portraits by papa.

because grandma's in town

Sat, 26 Jun 2010 08:20 -0600

strawberry pie for breakfast!!

my family, come to visit.

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:18 -0600

silas took this one while waiting on his sister.

grandkids on a mission

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:16 -0600

finding rocks for grandma's collection.

a rest after all that waterfall excitement

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:12 -0600

or as my father kept asking, "what town are we in now?" still the city, dad, still the city.

hunting on the minnehaha trails

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:09 -0600

li knows the best places to look for the coolest treasures.

the grandparents arrive

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:07 -0600

and take in the sights of minnehaha falls.

splash pool security

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:06 -0600

if we could've kept her around for the entire summer, we would have.

paging doctors, big cow emergency

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 07:05 -0600

the cousins medical team works some magic before breakfast.

minimal supervision

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:43 -0600

three kids. after naps. good stuff.

lake harriet three

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:41 -0600

li hangs out in our blue waters for awhile.

a good find

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:29 -0600

on our museum scavenger hunt.

mancala challenge

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:27 -0600

taking an art break at the mia, zosia refs the gameplay.

number eighteen

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:25 -0600

rainy day bus ride with my cousin.

green chair quality time

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:23 -0600

of few words but many snorts, zosia and her aunt shana.