Hawk!

Our book tells us it's a broad-winged hawk (a heavily marked light juvenile). Sitting on a branch in the backyard, hunting. I wanted to follow it, and maybe get an in-flight picture... but it was way too fast for me.

Monkey tricks

Ricardo hung up a trapeze for Julia in our back yard:






And here's Stella's latest trick:

Stella, sleeping

Bath time

Julia helping to wash Stella (it's just water in the bottle):


What is this bath thing?


Ready to come out:

The end of Julia's first year of preschool

Julia's school had a party to celebrate the end of the school year (her last day is today).

Here's Julia standing by the easel, wearing the pink shirt and red head-band. Her favorite teacher, Miss Natasha is sitting down (black shirt, black hair).


Julia chatting with her best friend Hannah under the easel (Stella and I are by the window).


The school invited a guy from "Curious Creatures" to come put on a show for the kids. He brought all kinds of interesting animals to show the kids, and the kids got to pet them all, except for the tarantula. Here's Julia about to pet one of the snakes (yes, I also got to touch it):


As the guy was encouraging the kids to pet the animals, one of the kids said: "No thanks, I'm not one for petting." So funny...

Stella, 4.5 months old

Some more recent pictures of Stella... she is getting so big!



She started sucking her thumb recently:


Little hands, little feet, little baby:




Julia always loves to hold her little sister:

Coventry Farmer's Market reopens

The market has reopened for the season.

As usual, it's more than just food. For example, Julia got to ride a horse (named Axel Rose). She seemed to really enjoy it.

She also got to buy a Johnnycake muffin from the "Muffin Man".

Vinnie and Dudley finally met an animal taller than Dudley...

Stella also had a good time.