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After the park we stopped by a burger joint in Fairfax where the kids were less than well-behaved, especially Porter who saw a monster truck toy and was unable to concentrate on anything else. He wouldn’t even eat his hot dog, which he’d asked for. We almost left but when Sarah told him he had to eat his hot dog or he couldn’t have an ice cream cone. Well that did the trick. Motivation is the name of the game.

Porter attacks his ice cream.

And Alice may be following in her brother’s footsteps as she enjoys a lick of my chocolate cone.

In the afternoon, we took the kids to Peri Park, a nice shaded little park in Fairfax that we’d been to one time almost two years ago. They’d made quite a few additions to the park in that time and Porter delighted in trying out all the new stuff while to Alice everything was new and inviting.

When we got there, the first thing Porter ran to was this geodesic-like dome climbing thing.

While Sarah took Alice for a swing.

Then there was a pyramid he climbed to the top of.

Alice tried the slide, but didn’t really care for it. She cried each time she slid to the bottom.

Then Porter, Alice and Sarah worked the seesaw.

Then Porter reluctantly tried the seesaw with another girl.

Before heading back to the geodesic climbing dome.

Alice may not have liked going down the slide, but trying to go up was another story.

We found Porter the perfect pajamas recently and last night was his first chance to wear them. Here he is trying out some of his modling poses.

The “I’m Excited” pose.

The “Aw shucks” pose.

We discovered quite by accident a few months ago that Alice loves pinto beans, and in fact all beans. And since they’re quite good for her as well, we started making them on purpose to feed her.

Alice enjoying two kinds of beans, pinto and black.

After a long absence, Sarah made dutch babies for us again this morning.

Getting better all the time. Yummy.