Snapshots

These are some pictures I got of the last walk we took when we were at our old house. The five little ones and I used to go down to the coffeeshop and get ice cream. There was a little park on the way, and the little ones loved it. Sometimes, on birthdays, we'd take sandwiches, sit up in the big oak tree, and have a picnic.

Avery up in the oak tree. He LOVED being the only one able to get up to the tippy-top.

Aidan in the lowest branches, feeling on top of the world

The pretty sisters

The strange, teeter-totterlike devices that were somehow Anna and Aidan's favorite

The rock wall with holes in it

The handsome and acrobatic boys

The boys again... I told them to pose like they were part of the statue. Aidan's holding the man's hand, A.T.'s walking with him, and Avery's.....I don't know what Avery's doing.

This is a Miners' Memorial Statue.

This big block of carving is a Miners' Memorial Thing. And that red object is A.T.'s hat.

This is the coffeeshop where we got our ice cream. It was once the Perfect Cup, but then it changed hands and became JJ's corner, but it will always be the Perkick (Aidan's name for it) to us. Even though we liked Mr. JJ very much.

This was the Big Leaf Alleyway. Those trees you see grew ENORMOUS leaves in the summer, and every time we passed them, Aidan and Anna would simultaneously cry out, "Andrea, can you get me a weaf?" I don't even know why they wanted them. They always ended up flinging them out of the stroller at some point.

Aidan with the bag of GUMBALLS Mr. JJ gave us as a parting gift.

Now Anna's got the bag. Every ten seconds, Anna and Aidan would trade off holding it. It was like a brand new wonderful toy.

Goodbye!

I have also taken some pictures of our FIRST walk in our NEW house, but I am sick of formatting this picture thing right now, so that one's going to have to wait.