Dode creates an interpretive dance to the Jingle Cats.

Thanksgiving Weekend 2009

From Dode's first living room camp out.
Luke testing out a new look.
Light Parade in Pontiac, Ed is the Skating Tree!

Whoo whoo!

Late Oct-Early Nov.

toddler bed!
signs birdie at flamingos-LPZ
doda and luke (skywalker)
dockey

Sorry this video is sideways. I don't know how to turn it right-side up.

Dode plays dress up, plays hockey, and sings!

Our trip to DC, October 2009

boo radley tree.
family portrait before white house tour.
luke as an honorary captain on the Georgetown canal mule-powered boat ride.
Dode with Eleanor Roosevelt.
dode says "BYEEEEEE" to J & D outside our apartment in DC.
Dode runs around the FDR memorial.

Dode at the National Zoo.
Dode and mom at the Jefferson Memorial, Washington Monument in distance.

Paint the Town, Morrison, IL 2009

Dode painting

Threshermen's 2009

some videos...

smelling our hollyhocks

dode in the frog pool.

getting a bit of help from grandpa.
first fireworks show, in woodstock.

where's your tongue?
dode makes an escape.
dode loves the jaguar.
mesmerized by the polar bear.