Copy Cat

They say imitation the sincerest form of flattery. 

Natalie drew this:

Irene admired it and carefully copied it:

A Few Pretty Much Unrelated Pictures

Just checking in...

Julia butterfly caterpillar

Easter Smile - Classic Irene

Howdy!

Midas Cichlid

And finally two *related* pictures :)

Youth Fair

The kids did pretty well with their youth fair entries.  Getting 1st place on an entry is not something really special.  They do have special ribbons for exceptional entries.   But getting a place ribbons means that you get a certain amount of money as a prize.  We told the kids last year that if they made enough through entries this year they could buy unlimited ride tickets.  They succeeded and that is what we did.  Here are some of our entries:

Annalise

Caleb

Natalie

Caleb

All 3 - you can guess whose is whose!

And some pictures from our fair day:

It was a fun day :)