Back in January, Ben turned 13.
In Feburary, Sam turned 15.
Most days were a series of normal events, though. I go to work all day at UHC. The boys go off to Edison or Preble all day. Some evenings, Jack goes to work at the Y. Tabby goes to Peace Nursery in the morning. Becky spends the morning running errands or taking care of the house. When Tabby gets home, she almost always asks to play with her best friend Ella.
And Becky, being the awesome Mom she is, makes it happen. And brings a camera.
They went to the new "purple park" with Ella's dog, Chewie.
The went to the Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary and were beseiged by ducks.
They always have a great time.
Sometimes she's gotten to play with her best friend from school, Emma.
Or with her other best friend, Brindley.
Once the weather warmed up some, Becky decided it was time to grab the camera and head down to her favorite picture taking spot. Baird Creek.
And by "warmed up some", I mean, the ice started to melt and she thought it would be cool to get some ice/water/snow pictures.
Eventually, it warmed up enough that she started taking people with her as subjects. The boys usually aren't too thrilled about it.
Tabby loves it.
And once they're down there, even the boys seem to end up having a good time.
Though Becky still has to bribe them with ice cream to get them to show it in a picture.
The other day Becky said to me, "I'm actually starting to feel kind of guilty that I have so many more pictures of Tabby than anyone else. Our boys are going to think I don't love them."
I guess she may have a point that most of the time when she picks up the camera, it's like the Tabby show.
But at the same time, Tabby is the only one who really cooperates with getting her picture taken. She'll do what Mom tells her to.
Stand where Mom tells her to. And smile!
Not to mention, she is the cutest.
Of course, more has happened than we've caught on picture. Just the past few weeks, Becky had a birthday, Tabby and I went to a Disney on Ice show, and I went to the Fire & Ice game convention. But this will do for now.
