Coppersville Train Trip

 

Our engine. This is actually taken at the turn-around in Marne, but it is the only really good shot I have, so it will start the images:

 

Declan on the train.

 

Declan with the hilarous conductor.

 

The station and engine at the end of the line in Coopersville.

Vacation '08

 

Feeding the Goats at Lewis Farm Market

 

On the dock at the cabin, throwing stones

 

This is the view while feeding the goats.

 

Rock Climbing wall!

Jeffery

 

Declan and Jeffery (and Grandma) at Lewis' Orchard in New Era, MI

Dex & Happy

Happy is Katie's stuffed dog. She (Katie, not Happy) left her (Happy, not Katie) at our house accidentally this afternoon. We'll be returning Happy to Katie on Thursday, but in the meantime, Declan is making sure Happy feels, well, happy. 

Cherry Pickin'

We went to Baugher's outside Westminster to pick cherries with Katie. This is Katie and Declan:

 

Notice the left arm, free from splint! And Katie and Declan drawing on the chalk board.

 

The Cherries (10 quarts approx - I put up 11 pints yesterday!).

 

And Katie, proudly displaying her cherry-stained cheeks:

 

5th Metacarpal

 

Dex broke his hand back on memorial day - he fell down in the park at Iain's Birthday party. Anyway, as the cast is coming off tomorrow, it's high time we post a pic of one of the three (really!) casts he's had. (the other two got wet).

It's a Boy's Life

 

The Subjunctive!

This morning, as we were playing with our very cool new 'aqualand' toy, Declan declared "If I were a duck, I could swim in this." The correct use of the subjunctive form of the verb ('were' instead of 'was' for antecedent conditions known to be false - what we in philosophy call 'counterfactuals') means that his grasp of English grammar surpasses most of my undergraduate students!