Wherein Jane Austen Updates the Blog

The boy's mother had previously held a middling opinion at best of her husband's cousin David, fearing that he was the sort of uncle who, when in high spirits, might be prone to playing energetic games with the boy that, while undoubtedly a source of delight to the child, could result in grave injury to her maternal nervous system. And he had an unfortunate habit of giving long-winded, obscure toasts at gatherings of the extended family.

But when she observed the uncle's unreservedly glowing estimation of her child's mental qualities and his subsequent gift of a first-rate microscope, accompanied by the most detailed and patient explanations on its scientific potential and proper use, her estimation of his worth as an uncle increased in an instant, and she found herself noting as if for the first time that he seemed to be a doting father to his own infant daughter.

Three Again!

We're back together again and it feels amazing! Here's a picture Zig painted at his kindergarten:

Here's a shout-out to Marisha from Ziggy:

i love you Marisha. i would love to see you. i miss you a lot. that's it.

This is a mermaid, or русалочка.

More Galveston

These are from this past weekend. This time the water was flat and we got stung by jellyfish. Still had a good time.

Galveston

The gulf was calm, very different from a year ago!

Monino Airplane Museum

On Sunday we biked to Monino (well, part of the way at least - then Zig and I took the train the rest of the way) to see all the airplanes. The first picture is the Ilya Muromets, live and in person!

Way back on Saturday we had a cookout at Yulia's community garden plot. Zig is digging in the dirt with a crowbar while Arsen tends the fire. When we opened the container of marinated pork Dima commented that it looked like the pig stepped on a landmine, so we dubbed it Afghan shashlyk.

A Big First

Yesterday I had an urgent project to finish that was taking me forever, so I gave Zig the last of the Lego sets I brought from Texas and had kept in hiding. He put this baby together all by his amazing self without any help!

Here he is basking in the glow of the motorcycle before bed.

Apothecary's Garden Walk

On Thursday we visited the Apothecary's Garden, a botanical garden on Prospekt Mira that I had never heard of before.

Here is Zig with my friend's adorable baby at the cafe before we strolled the garden:

Anna with the boys in front of a sand sculpture:

Me and Zig looking at some fat bumblebees:

Zig liked the Remus and Romulus sculpture.