Double Dress Uniform!

This year our boys are finally at the same school!  For years Olin has been dressing up in Max's old uniforms, looking forward to this day.  Here are a few shots of them.

Posing in the backyard

Zip a dee doo dah

Max's friend went ziplining, and wanted to try it too.  It turned out he was tall enough to clip into the 5'6" line (the "monkey") and so we did the adult course.


Max dons a helmet

After the warm up, he take the big zip

And next a nice follow up, where he needed to ride some webbing across a gap

So proud of him!

Rafting down the Truckee

In Tahoe we thought it would be fun to get in the Truckee.  Anna and I both rafted a bunch in our prior lives, so we thought we'd show them some very light white water.  It's a start!

First, we get a boat.

Olin's Wonderful Wizarding Play

For Olin's Harry-Potter themed party, we got the kids together at Young Performers Theater and a brave young woman helped them invent a play.  After an hour of practice, here is the brilliant performance:

Daddy, I want a sorting hat cake.

We love making cakes for our boys.  This year, we've started reading Harry Potter, and, now on book 4, Olin is all about Hogwarts.  So, he decided he wanted a Sorting Hat cake.

After doing a bit of research on the web, we realized that millions of people have dedicated their lives to building the perfect sorting hat cake.  Undaunted, we bought some supplies, and then went to work.

First, make a lot of cakes.