Dirty sandwich! This is why I don't eat on campus.

Cloe's first bike (a gift from her Grandpa Tom).

In Cleveland we went to a dumpy children's museum which was essentially a tarp with some plywood boxes inside.

Culture Clash records in Toledo Ohio has a roof papered with real records.

Cloe is an ape lover.

The life size zoo animals are inspiring me to modify our landscaping.

The Toledo zoo was our fun time stop on the first leg of the trip.

Grandma Arlene is an approved reader of baby stories.

Great grandma Gert was ambushed by the baby train.

A large part of one day was spent in Target upgrading Grandma's iPhone.

We got to see how flamingos stand on one leg at the zoo.

We spent two days in the city.

Brad wore the tie and suspenders my dad bought him.

We went to Millennium Park for a symphony concert afterwards.

My second cousin from California, Jennifer, came out for the party.

My dad's memorial is today.

Brad's very hungry caterpillars arrived and he fed them so well many are already in the cocoon-building "J" position.

You have to be three feet tall to ride this.

These were the junior riders.

Cloe yelled "yay" at the horses.

The horse jumping competition at the county fair.

Swimming at Kat and Enu's

Lots of hula hooping

She did a lot of hula hooping.

Cloe discovered hula hoops.

The band played some mellow Brazilian music.

The Eastman summer garden party.

She got a million balloons and toys.

Savannah's first birthday.

Cloe met her new teacher and new classmates for the new school year.

Cloe might have been slightly embarrassed by our enthusiasm for the joust.

The jousting knight that we rooted for.

I got a henna tattoo from a gypsy.

Cloe got to pet the joust horse.

Jousting with real contact, yikes.

The hawk lady.

He said this probably wasn't the first time the two of them tag teamed a teenage boy.

Brad and Ben threw tomatoes at the insult guy.

Cloe's first fireworks.

Sitting behind home plate at the Red Wings Game.

There is a new gold standard in carnival rides.

Dinner and stickers at the Cheesecake Factory.

Then we had to stop everything and play with the new duck stick.

For her prize she selected an inflatable duck stick.

Cloe picked a winning duck at the Duck Pond (and that guy thinks she can read).

Dada won her a stuffed animal at the Frog Bog.

She begged to ride these horses and then was scared to sit on one.

Classic Fourth of July Ghetto Carnival

Popsicle eating competition.