Monday, October 11, 2010

Fall in Kentucky

Will recently took his second trip home to Kentucky, this time with dad too.  And new this time was a trip to Eastern Kentucky to see the Reynolds/Blackburn side of the family.  It was a great trip full of a lot of new faces and lots of attention.  Will got to meet Jake the dog and had fun putting his hands all over Jake's face.  Jake was a little jealous that Will was getting some of his attention but they got along really well.  Luckily for us, Will did great on the car ride both there and back which we were a little worried about.  He didn't do so well with the plane trip back to Vermont but I guess we'll cut him some slack. 

Just before we left he also had his first art show at school.  No prizes were awarded but I'm pretty sure that if they were, his cutting edge designs, insightful color choices, and expert craftsmanship would have won him first place in something.  I mean, really, it's not just anyone who can glue birdseed to a chicken, right? 



Will's first art show.  He's the proud designer of a cut out chicken with birdseed glued to it and a piece of construction paper with footprints on it.  Better than I could have done!  His profile says that he likes to roll around on the ground.  I bet you can't find that written about many artists.


 Family portrait.  One of these days we'll get Aunt Meg and Uncle Adam in there too.  


Loving his reflection in the mirror.  This was especially great on our recent trip to Boston since most of the elevators were lined with mirrors.  Great place to entertain a baby for a while if you ever need to.


Hanging out with Grandma Dot.


Spending some outside time with Gma.


Meeting Aunt Addie and Uncle Don for the first time!


More outside time with Grammie.  I think at this point Jake is probably trying to find him.


Meeting Maw-Maw at his first (and my first) Blackburn family reunion.


Four generations of Blackburns. What a good looking crew.


Meeting Aunt Carol.


Getting hugs from Aunt Lita-Kim.


All smiles for Oliver and Marcheta.


Blackburn boys.


Neil, letting Will be adventurous and meet a new friend.  Will and Jake actually got along great and I'm sure pretty soon Will is going to be the one chasing Jake around all the time.


Laughing it up with Aunt Addie!