I stopped the radiation leak… it’s safe to follow my blog now…

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My daughter Mollie… and I am only going to give the back story on this once, so read the first post…. part 10…

Okay, we are almost done with these photos of my daughter, Mollie, who, until recently was not old enough for my wife to let me show on the blog…

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So I am sharing photos from our trip two years ago… because I can. Mollie, having a snack at Versailles.

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The thing is… (Hey, thing!)… Mollie is going away to college in just a few short months.

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Crepes by Notre Dame.

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That looks like Paris, but I don’t know where.

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Tea and scones at our cousin Dot’s house in a small town in England… doesn’t get much more English than that.

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I’m going to miss having Mollie around.

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She is sweet and kind and strong and beautiful and artistic.

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She is a delight to travel with, and fun to be around.

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And she’s still my little girl… sniff…

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We went to visit the twins today…

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There is nothing like holding a new baby.

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Sleepy baby!

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Olivia doesn’t seem too upset not to be the center of attention for a while. Of course, she was playing with me.

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Babies don’t really do much when they are ten-days-old.

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When they are a few months older, you will see me and my baby magic at work.

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I will get to spend more time with Olivia… not as an underpaid babysitter, but as a friend helping out.

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Because mommy and daddy won’t be getting much sleep. The babies sleep… for a few minutes… then need to eat again.

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It is going to be crazy around there.

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Joey, holding… uh… one of his two new sons.

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But I have the other one. HA!

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My daughter Mollie… and I am only going to give the back story on this once, so read the first post…. part 9…

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What is better than exploring the world with your kids?

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I found one more picture of her after her first taste of beer ever. She didn’t want a second taste.

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Me, Mollie, and my mom, in Paris.

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Say: ‘me, Mollie and my mom’ five times fast.

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Mollie, reading an English paper in an English house… our cousin, Dot’s… in a small English town. You never know a country until you have:

Visited small towns

Walked in the woods

Petted a dog and a horse

Made friends with a baby

Eaten the local food

Seen the art

Made friends

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A castle in Germany… she looks like she should live in a castle.

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Picture yourself on a boat on a river…

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Fancy French food… at Versailles… you know, like you do.

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Mollie is a good sport. She put on the paper Napoleon hat I got at a museum.

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My daughter Mollie… and I am only going to give the back story on this once, so read the first post…. part 8…

***Special ‘My mom and Mollie’ edition***

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My mom and my daughter, at a train station… somewhere in England. I’m sorry if you are getting sick of these posts, but I am reliving our European adventure of two summers ago, and enjoying seeing the wonder on Mollie’s face as she sees Europe for the first time.

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My mom and Mollie, on a horse-pulled carriage to see a castle. Mollie is always that happy… my mom is almost 94-years-old… so… uh…

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Neuschwanstein castle.

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Our old family burial plot in a small church in the English countryside. There is cousin Dot! I have done posts about her. We stayed at her house for a week, She also came and visited us is San Diego… seriously… have you not read my whole blog yet?

Historical note: Our family back in the UK did not have the ‘e’ on the end of our last name. That was a clerical error when we moved to the US. It makes us sound fancy, so we kept it.

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Cousin Dot and her house… seriously, go back and read old post about our trip to Europe… or their visit here… or any old posts, for that matter.

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My mom does like her liquor.

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Mollie’s very first sip of beer ever. I showed a picture of the face she made after this in an earlier post in this series. It is hilarious. She did not enjoy it… and look at my mom. HA! Also, this is that same beer hall in Munich that Hitler used to hang out in with the fledgling Nazi party.

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My mom and Mollie, on a boat… on the Seine river.

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Whoops… my mom is not in that one.

 

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I am just trying to ensnare you in my interwebs…

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My daughter Mollie… and I am only going to give the back story on this once, so read the first post…. part 7…

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She is either getting ready to travel through time and space… or calling a Constable.

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Yes, she really is that happy and sweet… all the time…

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HA! I’m not even bothering with telling you where the pictures were taken anymore.

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The start of our adventure.

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Mollie and my mom, on a horse-drawn carriage, going up the hill to Neuschwanstein castle…

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… and then one of the horses farted.

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Oh yeah.

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Fish and chips… at a place that Shakespeare used to drink at.

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Okay… I have no idea what that is.

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My daughter Mollie… and I am only going to give the back story on this once, so read the first post…. part 6…

***Special ‘guess where this photo was taken’ edition***

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Yes, I know, I am still showing new pictures from our trip to Europe two years ago, now that Mollie is old enough for my wife to let her on the blog. There she is, making friends… but where? And that guy needs to point his cod piece away from my then-16-year-old daughter!

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Okay, I just threw that one in because it is me petting a cute dog… but you can still guess where it was taken. Also, I am sure I shared that one, back when I did the original story of our trip… which I still think you should go back and look at, because my stories and observations are funny.

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You should be able to guess where that is… was… and that’s no lyin’!

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Me and the Mollusk and a fairy tale castle. I may have shared this idea before, but the closest you can come to the magic of doing a new, awesome thing for the first time is to do it with your kids, and watch their eyes and their smiles.

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Yeah, good luck guessing where that is… but that house was built in like the 1400 or 1500’s.

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And we had fun playing in the yard.

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That is a tough one, but the stone wall over to the right might be a clue!

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Well, yeah, it is a church of some sort… but which one?

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That pose is called: ‘lion, rampant’, at least in heraldry. If you figure out where that is, you win the biggest prize of all… my astonishment.

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My daughter Mollie… and I am only going to give the back story on this once, so read the first post…. part 5…

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One of the most beautiful girls in the world in one of the most beautiful places in the world… Mollie in St. Chapelle, Paris.

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Lunch at the Louvre… say that five times fast.

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Mocking the statuary… an old family tradition!

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Mollie stops and smells the flowers… because she is my kid.

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Paris pastries… say that five times fast.

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Who doesn’t love castles?

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Or lakes?

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Rothenberg, Germany. Best preserved Middle-ages town anywhere.

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You really ought to go there.

 

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My daughter Mollie… and I am only going to give the back story on this once, so read the first post…. part 4…

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My daughter, at the Beatles museum in Liverpool… which is both awesome and sort of corny… the museum, I mean. No, I am still not going through the entire explanation for this series of posts. If you don’t want the back story, don’t read the first one. If you want the whole Europe trip story, with funny anecdotes, go back to the summer of 2015, and read the entire adventure of our travels in Europe.

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No, that isn’t the place the Beatles first performed, it is a recreation.

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They did have a lot of real memorabilia… and it is worth visiting.

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And the gift shop sells tentacles, so you can pull weeds in an octopus’s garden.

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Mollie, like me, will go to any length to get the perfect picture… like of the river Seine as the sun sets.

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And her smile is nowhere near as ambiguous as the Mona Lisa’s smile.

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Like me, she enjoys having fun with statues.

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Teenagers… is she taking a picture of Paris from the Eiffel Tower… or is it a selfie?

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And like me, she likes her cheese.

 

 

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