Art ate a couple glassfuls of ice tonight during dinner at a brewery in downtown st. paul. Jess and boys came to visit at work and we went out and ate.

We went to the Como Zoo today, they have a new butterly exhibit. We saw many many butterflies. It was all great until about halfway through and heard the carousel and got distracted. So we high tailed it to the end of the tent and rode the carousel.
-Jess

art sleeps.

Jessica and I had our first kidless dinner (actually lunch) out in quite some time yesterday. We went to El Meson Spanish Carribean restaurant, and the food was surprisingly not so tasty. But the company was great (and beautiful), as evidenced by this camera phone photo.

Today was a really wonderful day for our family. We spent most of the day outside, in the sun, with family, eating Jessica’s delicious Thai barbeque, and playing. It’s wonderful for Art (and Lew, even though he’s a baby) to be raised around so many people who love him so much (and for Nanna to visit so often…). It makes me and Jessica incredibly happy to know everywhere arthur looks there’s someone who shares in his delight at finding an ant. or doing a somersault. or picking a strawberry. Just today Bubby said something like, “do you you think any little boy is more loved than Arthur?”

(somersault photo by josh!)

Josh helped arthur with his bath and ashley read him many many books tonight.

I actually think if one added up all the time Arthur spends at Bubby’s house, about half of it would be sitting on her counter. In this photo jessica took yesterday they were making Bubby a birthday cake–at least that’s what I was told [a tiny lie]. I got suspicious being that it was father’s day. So when Art and I were on a bike ride I asked him about that cake. Who were you making that cake for, Arthur? “For Papa!”
It was really delicious. Thanks bubby and arthur!