We went to sushi tonight for Cheryl's birthday. She's a year older than last year.

Clayton joined us at SciWorks this morning for play "group".

Caroline holds two Mets playoff tickets. Sadly, they are useless, as the team choked away a playoff appearance in the last week of the season for the second year in a row.

Now Buzby isn't just carrying his own baggage, he's carrying Jay's. What a good sport.

Some of Jay's college friends came to visit for the weekend. Chris and John were fun, welcome additions to our weekend activities. Caroline was completely taken with both of them. She and Chris might be buddies forever.

Here, Caroline is proudly wearing her new green-stripe belt. She couldn't be more excited about her accomplishment.

Playgroup met at Hathaway Park today. We'd never been there. It was great - the play structure was new, and it wasn't crowded.
Here, Darcie had just informed Clayton that she votes straight ticket republican, regardless of the issues or their gimmicky VP pick. He was reduced to tears.

We visited Emma's new house this afternoon. Aaron and Lily had the same idea. The kids had fun running through the empty rooms and playing with Aaron's new instrument set.