In June, the kids and I made our annual trip to Pittsburgh. We were there for basically the whole month. We left the day after EZ got out of school, which wasn't ideal, but it was the most affordable so we made it work. I was a bit concerned about flying with all 4 kids by myself. EZ had at one point told me that there was not way he was going to sit by himself, but then once we got on the plane he and Netta kept fighting over who got to sit by themselves. The second flight was empty so I let them each sit in their own row. They both had a great time chatting up anyone who would talk to them. EZ made friends with some college age kid who taught him all about the game Minecraft and helped EZ come up with some experiment ideas. EZ was so geared up about doing an experiment that he made my dad and brother-in-law Brad help him build this "earthquake detection kit."
Both my parents work and it kept raining, so we got our fair share of tv time in. I love this pic of King and EZ bonding.
My friend Erin came over to visit with her little boy Luxton. He was so cute and it was funny to compare him and Conrad. Conrad is 3 months older, but not really that much bigger. That's our little runt.
My sister Sarah was in town as well for the first week we were there, so we grabbed this shot of her and Erin and I. It was like high school all over again, but with babies in the mix. Erin also brought her camera on a whim and got some great pics of the kids, but that will have to be it's own post.
We keep leaving John at home by himself for Father's Day each year, which is kind of a gift in itself, but I wanted to make sure I also did something special for him from the kids. For some reason, John and his team at work are obsessed with cat shirts, so I secretly got each of the kids a cat shirt and had a little photo shoot that we then made into a card.
As you can see above, it was a bit difficult to get a good group shot, so in the end I used these individual pics for the front of the card. Then on the inside included a quote about John from each kid:
"My dad is caterrific." - EZ Brown, "My dad is pretty like a cat and handsome like a dog." - Netta Brown, "My dad is one cool cat." - King Brown, "My dad is the cat's meow." - Conrad Brown
I may have helped out with the last two, but EZ and Netta came up with those gems all by themselves.
Like I said, it rained a lot and it seemed like every time we decided to get in the car it would start raining and if we would abandon our plans it would immediately stop, but if we decided to go ahead it would rain harder. We just couldn't win. One of the days when it kept threatening to rain we decided to stay home and take some fun pictures in the backyard. My nieces Carol and Ellie were there to help us. I think we came up with some pretty good ones. I like this first one, because it looks like Carol's head is exploding.
This one with Ellie was by far the best "vadering" shot.
EZ wanted some pics of him and Netta pretending to fight.
Here comes of bunch of giants head eating little people.
Mmmm, tasty!
I am going to squish you like a bug.
If you enlarge this one you can see that Netta was really into her roll of playing scared.
EZ came up with this sling shot idea all by himself.
Stay tuned for Pittsburgh Part 2.
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