Portlandia 2

 Playing Hungry Hungry Hippo with the Bradfords. Theo says, "I'm really good at this game!"

General silliness.

 Then the Bradfords went to NYC and the Rocks showed up!

Portlandia 1

The Bradford Cousins from Oregon came today!

 Just in time for ice and artic cold!  Hooray Winter!

Sports!

 After the Peabody we needed some action.  Good thing Danny Hawkins was home from Lego camp.

Uncle Arthur doing some fancy moves . . .

 . . . before unleashing a rocket shot.

 Sorry, Elsie, I had to post it.

 Three monkeys in a van. 

 Girls in a pool.

 

 Plus some hairy guy.

Theo was looking a little burnt at dinner.

 Other folks had energy for some spirited garage hockey.

 By then, even the hometown girls were looking burnt.

Back to the Peabody

 A suitably chaotic dinner with cousins in town.

More chaos at breakfast.

 Then, off to the Peabody.

 

 Hanako pronounced most fossils "silly".

 This penny tornado was a real hit.  Uncle Arthur tried to stuff it with as many coins as he could jam in.

 This living bearded lizard was also "silly".

 

 Hanako helping Leigh . . . by toughening her up.

Bradford Oregonians

We start most days with a good old-fashioned tantrum, terrible-two style.

 We still don't know what the inciting event was.  Later, we wait for the Haddonfield grandparents and Martins St cousins to arrive.  "Dad, we're stuck."

 It's nice to have a helpful sister.

 Leigh got right into Arthur's new book.

 Danny got right into hanging out with Elsie.  He took her on a tour of the property.

 Culminating in the rock section.

 

 I managed to overhear part of this conversation.

"I've climbed a lot of rocks."
"I've climbed more rocks than you."
"Well, I've climbed like five hundred rocks."
"That's not as many rocks as I've climbed."

Playing New York, Part 3

For our finale, we met up with the Bradfords.
Leigh passed the time with some swinging.
DHawk as Anakin Skywalker, pre-Darth Vader, holding a lightsaber.Cousins hang tough!Elsie gets low,looks up,and tries it, too.Uncle Arthur was there, cinematographing.Hanako clung.This tire swing has been clinically proven to harm young girls.Later, girls were tired.