Cute Kid Pix June 2025

More photos that didn't make their own post...

My wife's cousin came to visit with her 17-month old son. They were both a lot of fun to hang around with (and they came to our summer showcase dance!).

Feeding the baby

More feeding!

At the dance

Trying out glasses

They wanted to see the Lincoln Memorial at sunset which we did the day before they left. The view of the Washington Monument was pretty cool.

Whoops, forgot to get them in the photo!

Could use it as to track time?

My youngest finally had his Blue and Gold dinner where he bridged from the Cub Scout Pack to a Scouting USA Troop. The theme was Marvel and they have a cake sale. We made Spidey-pops as our contribution.

Not a cake but still dessert

The "bridge" part of the bridging

Getting a new kerchief

Adjusting the slide

Scout handshake

Proud poppas

Proud scouts

He also finished 5th grade, which had a ceremony that was happily much shorter than other graduations I have been to.

Walking in for the ceremony

The whole fifth grade

Getting the certificate

With his teacher

We had an unexpected visitor in our back yard...

Who's that?

GQ pose?

I tried to get a picture of the jump over the fence by the phone is too slow

We went out to lunch and discovered our daughter's drinking problem.

The wrong amount of label hidden!

Cute Kid Pix March 2025

More photos that didn't make their own post...

We went on another hike in Wincopin Park, not far from the house (see other trips here and here). The Patuxent River flows through here, though the hike down is a bit steep.

Patuxent Pose

Mom lagging behind

Earlier on that day, our youngest had his final Pinewood Derby with his Scout Pack. He came in first in his den and seventh in the finals.

Scout faster than a car

Watching the finals

The den

My daughter's high school robotics team had their competition in March. We went to two different schools on two different weekends where the Ursa Majors showed their prowess.

The "Pit" area to fix problems between matches

Getting ready to drive

The arena

Refs in place

She drives

Leaders wear tutus!

Negotiating with other teams

Spring has sprung at our house, even before the equinox!

The flowers that bloom in the spring, tra-la!

We did some exploring in Baltimore and found a fun playground.

Pretending not to have fun

Avoiding the crab!

Fun slides

Hang on!

Cute Kid Pix December 2024

More photos and videos that didn't make their own posts...

My eldest had his first indoor track meeting of the season at a facility near the Washington Commanders stadium. I did not get to watch any of the competition since it started during the school day. I came to pick him up and got to see some other competitors before we left.

Prince George's County facility

Concert season was in full swing. My youngest is in a special county-wide orchestra for elementary school kids. They had a delightful performance.

GT Sinfonia

Zoomed in to my son

My daughter's school's orchestra had their concert a few days later.

High school performers

My wife got a special bonus at work and sent me to get a take-out lunch from Jailbreak Brewing. Since I had to wait twenty minutes for the order to be ready, I had a little treat while waiting. 

A little something for the mister

As part of an extra-curricular activity (where my daughter is building a machine), we visited one of the many trash wheels in Baltimore. We saw Gwynnda, the Good Wheel of the West and Mr. Trash Wheel, the original one in Baltimore's Inner Harbor.

Kids and Gwynnda

Not enough flow for action

Feeder for Mr. Trash Wheel

A better look at Mr. Trash Wheel

Reading up on the fellow

Our dance studio, That's Dancing, had the Winter Showcase but the professional pictures or video haven't come yet. We did get a nice ornament from them!

Excellent ornament

We attended our last winter concert, my youngest's elementary school performance. 

Fifth Graders

My son

As part of our final year of cub scouts, we visited a troop...specifically my older son's troop. They were good hosts to potential new members.

Den members introduced to the troop

The day after Christmas I went to the grocery store and they were already putting out Valentine's Day items!

We already have enough candy in our house, thanks...