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Beatrice graduated from toddler school today! She received this fine certificate.

Patrick and Katherine came over for dinner tonight, and we have finally had them over often enough that Beatrice no longer associates them with our imminent departure. She was happy to see them, even if she did hide behind my leg a little bit.

We had a mini date night at home this evening and tried this delicious log of goat cheese that Kelly found at trader joes. It has honey in it! It's almost a dessert. I am a sucker for goat cheese to begin with but mix it with honey and serve it with salty crackers and I am basically helpless.

Here are our adorable children! We have been enjoying the out of doors with a warm spell in May: playing in the yard, making mint tea, reading stories in summer pajamas. Some other highlights of the week include a trip to the home depot, in which Beatrice clutched a burned out light bulb the entire time and asked to get up upon the pile of rugs.

I have been commuting on my bicycle whenever the weather permits for a long time now and I decided it was time to upgrade from my department-store hybrid to a real road bike. Here it is--a 1982-ish Fuji S12 Limited, one of the best of its time, built with then-new cro-moly steel and endowed with 18 speeds. It's really a pleasure to ride... Although I'm not yet quite used to the friction shifters.

Unlike his sister, Samuel really likes sitting in the Bumbo seat, a foam contraption that lets babies enjoy the view from a seated position without having to do anything besides keep their heads from flopping around.

Today was mother's day! Here is a photo of one of the most amazing moms I know with her children. Their names are Beatrice and Samuel and they are adorable! I also happen to know that this mom makes every day wonderful for those kids, singing songs, making adventures, wiping tears, teaching wisdom, reading books and just generally just being there for them. If you see her, tell her I think she's great.

Today Kelly hung the clothes on the line to dry and Beatrice and I took them down together. She held the bag of clothespins and carefully inserted each one I gave her into it, taking time to stir up the clothespins already in the bag when it became necessary. She really loves to be a helper; while she followed me down the clothesline she kept saying, in her adorable reverse sentences, "is Daddy helping you? Is Daddy helping you?"