wan and wanda

Timothy struggles with making the soft 'g' sound like in Gran and Grand-da, so he calls Jenny and Neville Wan and Wanda. He loves having them here and is basking in all the love and attention.

world cup fever

While everyone else is complaining about the noise, we're celebrating the arrival of our very own vuvuzela. Paul's parents are here from Cape Town for a month and brought this for Timothy. It's difficult to make a noise with it. Paul's managed to master it, something the whole neighborhood must know by now. Jenny, my mother-in-law, told us that the tourists were boarding airplanes with five or six of these to give as gifts back home, all over the world. And remember, after South Africans, Americans have purchased the most World Cup tickets. Methinks the vuvuzela is here to stay.

marshmellows

At the cabin, we roast marshmallows when we have a fire. When Timothy watched Paul build the fire for the braai, he asked if he could have some marshmallows, so we roasted a few. I like the light in these pictures.

jedi

Mom bought Timothy a set of light sabers last week. He loves them, especially the blue one. They are simple to use but have some advanced options such as turning off when they get set aside, making turn on and turn off noises, and making different noises for running and for fighting. Luke and Paul like them too. They are impressive in the dark.

the cosmosphere

on the ground in hutchinson

Dad flew Paul and Timothy to Hutchinson, Kansas last Saturday to visit The Cosmosphere, a space museum that houses a moon rock, the original Apollo 13, an SR71, a full-sized space shuttle model, the largest collection of Soviet space memorabilia outside of Russia, and lots of other space related stuff. They watched an IMAX movie on space, which impressed Timothy immensely. He didn't fall asleep until the very end.

the lunar module

the SR71 and a space shuttle in the background

gramps and tim

the shades are necessary because of the powerful sunlight (and they look cool)