Penelope and Sabrina playing with the hose:

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and a little later, pretending to be prairie dogs:

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Pics of the girls, Heather, and "Princess", the monarch butterfly chrysalis, are over on FaceBook:

http://www.facebook.com/people/Paul-Sligh/1298173992

Here is a short clip of Penelope's final recital of Violin Camp:

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This one is longer. She was pretty tired (it was her fifth 12 hour day in a row), but very happy. If that sounds grueling, it apparently was, but in a very fun way according to Heather. I think they both want to go back next year ( Read more... )

In recent weeks Penelope has been learning to ride without training wheels. Her reward for learning how was a new "big girl" bicycle, with derailleurs and hand brakes better suited for the hilly riding conditions in our neighborhood.

She has done wonderfully, and recently has proclaimed riding "fun". She was a little afraid before, and did it ( Read more... )

This afternoon Penelope announced that she might be a little tired and wanted to lay down for a nap. I agreed that this was an excellent idea, and furthermore would be happy to join her. As we relaxed into the pillows, she confided to me that she knew the secret to falling asleep.

First, you have to stop wiggling, and next you have to close your ( Read more... )

So Heather and I have been getting back into shape since last fall, mostly running and (very) occasionally some yoga. Recently we have added friendly/competitive floor exercises to the mix, leg lifts, crunches, and the like. So far, so boring for most of you ( Read more... )

My niece asked me to fix her computer for her, and I have finally gotten around to doing so. (Sorry for the wait, darling niece!)

So, what happens to heatsink airflow when you spoon ice-cream into it smear it with peanutbutter it becomes completely clogged up with dust?

(Is there a heatsink under there?)"So the first symptom was that the CPU ( Read more... )

So, we are at the local 4th of July fireworks display, and there are balloons being handed out somewhere. We have arrived right at dark, and the fireworks are expected to go off shortly, but Penelope wants a balloon. Daddy says no, he doesn't see where they're giving them away, but Penelope really wants a balloon ( Read more... )

Oh, and during this wonderful weekend, I actually had enough free time to download photos off the camera. I haven't done much in the way of cropping, cataloguing, etc., but Heather and I looked through them and picked out about 25 that we wanted to put online right away ( Read more... )

Hope and Henry watched the girls for us Friday night and all day Saturday, and Heather and I had a great time. We got up early Saturday and played golf with Deb and Vicki, great friends that we do not see enough of, and nearly died of heat stroke. (The heat index was 105 ( Read more... )

Crossposted from Mike: (This is especially for you, JH! I watched it about three time, ROTFL.)

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