It continued to be a lazy summer and one day in August soon after Jane returned from Spain, Jane, Ben and I went for a walk and then we left Ben with Sam to explore.
The next day, I had lunch with James Steward, the new director of the PU Art Museum
and a few days later, Elaine Richards of HR had to verify that my family members were related to me as I said they were.
Back at the home front, Charles Redmond Sneath '09 among others came to have a dinner
of pasta
salad
Caprese salad
and this unidentified dish with Jane.
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A few days later, Jane and Justin went for a walk as did Suzanne and I.
Back in the office for a final day before departure, I welcomed Michael Koortbojian to campus
and then came home to a dinner made by Ryan Morrill '10 who had been staying with us.
This ended the work portion of my summer, such as it was, and so we set off the next day for Potomac, Maryland to see the new babies. We stopped at Champps in Columbia (because we liked the way it was spelled)
and Suzanne
Jane
and Ben were there
but there were retakes of Suzanne first
with an interlude of me
and then Suzanne again
the then of Ben
before we all were served out burgers of various sorts.
We stopped at L L Bean in that mall and Suzanne tried on a hat and thought better.
I tried on this hat and made it my beach wear, for better or worse.
Our next stop was at Betsy's house where we were greeted by Emma and Jack
as Ben and Jane posed with Betsy
and Emma and Jack did and showed us many aspects of their lives
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and for reference, Suzanne is holding Tess and !! is holding Kate which is the guide for the rest of the pictures.
as we played pass the babies though Suzanne seemed to have the lion's share of holds
even when Jane joined
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as Jack and Emma came in to see their siblings and a play period evolved
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and Jack get ready to ride his
as Ben was shielded from the sun
and the double stroller was assembled for the babies walk through the neighborhood in the sweltering heat.
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Back from the walk, books were read to Emma and Jack
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and as the book reading died down
everyone admired the little ones as they did the things that babies do including putting things in their mouths
crawling and bouncing around
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and navigating the territory
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and posed with Jane
as Jack played
to be joined by his sister
and then Jack posed with Tess
and then Emma, Tess and Jack posed
before we left to head to our hotel where we met Syl and Larry
and eventually headed to dinner where Jane and Larry sat together
as did Suzanne and Betsy
and Syl, me and Ben
The next morning we went back to Potomac (miraculously, I took no photos of the hotel room which I now regret) where breakfast was served
as Larry and Syl greeted the older children
and Jack
Syl
Jane
Larry
Emma
Ben
and Matt
marveled at the self portraits I could take in face on
and profiles views
as the fruit salad was served.
The babies appeared with Suzanne and Betsy (Tess in pink, Kate in blue)
and moved to Larry
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and to Larry
as Suzanne held on
and the two of us posed with the babies
while Larry enjoyed Jack's toy
and Syl sang great-grandmotherly songs
with a Jack interruption
before she resumed
as this scene emerged
before more baby greeting occurred.
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Next there were various groupings of adult, older children, and babies
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and Matt did his baby thing.
Unbeknownst to us, a different drama was unfolding in the basement where Ben and Jane captured Jack
and Emma
as Jack began to climb
and Emma bounced
and soon Jack was down
up
and down
from the high window soon to be joined by Emma as they both climbed up
prepared for the jump
and then took off even as they told us that they were not allowed to do this.
The scene emerging upstairs evolved
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for a collection of family photos.
