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Summer 2013

It was so action-packed, there was no time to update the blog! 

Some highlights:

 Hannah wrote this Father's Day message

She also finished second-to-last in the Montpelier Mile (but she ran a whole mile...)

Some cousin good times:

In Brooklyn with cousin Jamie (visiting from Santa Cruz)

In Vermont with cousins Hazel and Maeve, plus crowns.

Bathing suit twins

Swinging with the Doozer

 These are not technically cousins but they might as well be: 

Liv Trushkowsky and Fern Montague

 Various looks from Hannah's 4th birthday:

Other family good times, including but not limited to:

A trip to Yankee Stadium

A ride on the Wonder Wheel at Coney Island

 Celebrating Judy's birthday in Maine

With Gransa & Nana et al in Vermont

Summer!

Concert Footage

"Dream a little Dream" (refrain)

"Lady Lady Lady"

Drum solo!

Cheerios on Mars

Hannah has started a band called Cheerios on Mars. 

So far it has a drummer, a singer, a back-up dancer and a hot new single.

The cousins take Brooklyn

 

...And just when we thought it couldn't get any cousinier, Cousin Janak showed up!

Cousins!

Never fear....

Superhero Girl is here!

Spring Break: Sanibel

Beach frolicking

plus best playdate ever with Hannah's Yellow Room doppelganger, Paige:

sand angels 

 Quinn, Hannah and Paige

Hannah H. goes to Washington

Where better to spend Presidents' Day Weekend than our nation's capital?

We did some sightseeing,

some protesting,

 

 and some seeing old friends,

 (John, Mike & Ed, Geneseo kindergarten class of 1982)

 (H's hat, Kate, Mike, Simone, baby Homer's hat, Ed, Maxon's back, Adrian, John)

We also visited the Smithsonian Museum of American History where Hannah saw the Greensboro Woolworth's lunch counter (below) and offered the following civil rights lesson:

"A long time ago people with brown skin weren't allowed to eat in the museum."

We enjoyed riding the metro (let's call this pole frolicking, as opposed to dancing),

and stopped by to see cousin Janak's swanky pad.

(Hannah took this one)

We had a nice birthday dinner for dad and when the cake came out, Hannah led a rendition of the less traditional birthday song, the Star Spangled Banner, to the delight of the girls' volleyball team at the next table.

 

Busking

How to make a snowgirl

 Method One:

Take a regular girl, 

Roll her in the snow,

And voila!

Method two 

(traditional method, with bonus help from Uncle Tio):

In Memoriam: Kay Mayer

Our beloved Kay Mayer, Hannah's great-grandmother, passed away last week.

She was 97.

Hannah, Maeve, Judy and I had just been to see her the Sunday before.

The ladies drew pictures and everyone had goldfish crackers.

More great pictures of Kay and company here and here.  I especially love this one.

(1915-2013)

Cousin frolicking

We went to Vermont to meet our newest, tiniest cousin

Hazel Jean!

A good time was had by all.