Anthony's Aunt Natalie (my brother's Alan's wife) was in town, and stopped by with her mom for a visit. After a while, everyone went out to the sand pile to chat and play, and I ran for my camera...

Bubbles are always a hit, because kids love bubbles. Any time.

At the moment, I'm sitting out by the sandpile at my folks' place where Anthony and his cousin Josh like to play, with my laptop working on some new Lightroom tools while the kids play. How silly of me not to have brought my camera, because there are so many adorable scenes as the kids – 2 years old and five years old – play together.

Just now, Josh was holding a big plastic baseball bat taller than he was, running in circles after Anthony, who carried a big red ball. It started as Anthony trying to get away from [...]
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Now that we're a Grandma and Grandpa's house in Ohio, Anthony is enjoying the double fun of lots of toys and playing with his two-year-old cousin Josh.

Today was harvest day, time to reap the crop of cherry tomatoes Anthony has been "tending" (by which I mean, letting us tend) for the last few weeks.

Last week, Nils invited us to play at the river near the end of the train line that runs by his house, so Anthony and I scootered up there. It would be the first time for us to see Greg in ages...

Sorry about the focus on the shot of Greg, but four-year-old boys pretend to not understand "hold still so I can focus." The shot reminds me of this hunky picture of Anthony when he was three and a half.

Anyway, I think the last time we saw Greg was in the fall, when the kids went chasing around [...]