When mommy remembers to take her camera to the park

We met Ella and Ella's mommy and daddy at the park after dinner for some pre-bedtime munchie exercise. Actually it turned into more exercise for myself and Dada, as Isaac took it upon himself to either whomp up on his future wife or throw wood chips in her face. Sigh. But good pictures were taken that make it look like our children are little joys sent only from heaven! Not from that other place with the white-hot flames, no!

Here is Ella, chasing that fascinating Isaac up the play structure. Ella (and thus Ella's mommy!) is new to this walking and climbing business -- note the cautionary momma-hand on her jacket hood:



What goes up...



...must come down:



Dada pretended like he was watching Isaac while I Bjorned Jacob. While Isaac practiced beating up some girls, I made Dada take pictures of me with Jacob:


(yes, Baby Freddie Krueger did a number on his cheek there before I could catch him and trim his nails.)







Are you paying attention to how incredibly long this child is?

Then we played the "I take a picture of you guys, and you take a picture of us" game. Aren't they cute?



And so here it is, the very first picture, ever, of the four of us, with some family members being more cooperative than others:



After Isaac tried to give Ella eye-splinters for only the fifty-millionth time, we decided it was time to go home. Luckily we had the wagon and we could pretend he might stay in it while Dada pulled.





Sorry, Ella and Ella's mommy and daddy. Maybe one day my son will quit his violent brand of flirtation with your precious and only offspring.