How the Ol' Broad Celebrated

In honor of Emily's birthday, we went to Zilker park on both Saturday and Sunday this weekend. On Saturday it was Brit, Emily, Lydia and Guthrie, and we walked along Town Lake and fed some geese. We didn't stay long; the park was crowded, and we were all very hungry.
(Plus, Brit was bummed out about the fire at his practice space - although all of Stickpony's stuff is A-Okay.)
On Sunday, Lydia, Emily and Guthrie picked up our friend Roxy and she spent the day at the park with us. We walked along Town Lake, fed ducks, played on the playground and rode the train. It was a delightful, long, fun-filled afternoon.
Here, the girls enjoy the collective wisdom of the philosopher's rock sculpture.

We fed the ducks from Neff point. The specs in the water below are some of the ducks and coots that enjoyed our largesse. We even had a couple grackles swoop down and grab some bread out of the air.


This was not Guthrie's first ride on the Zilker Zephyr. It was his third. He was only a couple weeks old on his first ride. He slept through the whole thing. He also slept through his second ride a few weeks later. Today, however, he stayed awake, and even blew some bubbles. Lydia and Roxy rode in front of us. They were incredibly good company. One of them took this picture.
(As a sidebar, Guthrie has slept through many firsts. He slept through is first picture with Santa. He slept through an entire trip to a Christmas tree farm to cut down a tree - the hayride, the tree-cutting, the pine cone painting. All of it.)

You'll notice that Guthrie is wearing a little shirt with a football on it. Today is SuperBowl Sunday. And although the rest of the family does not follow sports, who knows, maybe Guthrie will. So, just is case, he's dressed for football.

And finally, this is what it would possibly look like if Lydia and Roxy were the two cutest hobos in the world.