Tess' Virtual Art Gallery

Welcome to the virtual art gallery of Miss. Tess Tillman, portrait artist extraordinaire.  Her debut exhibit is now on display for your viewing enjoyment.  Feel free to stay and admire the art as long as you like, but please, do not touch.

"Daddy"

"Mommy"

"The family"

She obviously had a little help with this one.

"Aunt Jane"

"Nikki"

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Running the bases!

Tess was a lucky girl yesterday!  Papa and Meena took her to the afternoon Tigers game and they had special tickets to run the bases.  Lucky for me, there was an extra ticket.  AS IF I was going to miss that. 

Tess had fun at the game... she managed to squeeze in her usual routine of a couple of carousel rides, cookies-in-a-cup, batting practice and even took a nap somewhere around the 8th, 9th or 10th innings.  Seriously.  The game went 12 INNINGS.  It was painful.  And the Tigers lost.  But at least we had a special treat at the end!

Finally!  On our way down to the field.

In the tunnel

So cool!

Rounding second

Running the bases

Singing Take Me Out to the Ballgame

Doing the wave!

Happy Birthday, Papa Art!

Papa Art and Grandma came to visit this weekend.  The fun began with swimming lessons on Saturday morning where Tess and Nora got to show off their stuff, followed by some Dream Cruise festivities on Saturday afternoon (more fun than I can even begin to explain) and ended with Papa Art's birthday on Sunday!  We celebrated his birthday by taking a trip to Greenfield Village.  We rode a Model T, the horse-drawn carriage, and of course, the carousel.  And to end the weekend, Tess made Papa Art a birthday cake.

Nora says lets get this party started

Waiting to ride the Model T

In the 3rd row of the Model T

2nd row of the Model T

Having fun taking our own pics

Not sure if you can tell, but one little girl is

on the verge of a meltdown

Told ya.

Kitty!  The joy of being first in line.

Little Miss. Nora isn't quite so picky.  At least not yet. 

This is her first carousel experience.

Nora's wondering why her lion is broke and affixed to the floor. 

She was demanding a refund.

Carriage ride

Second verse same as the first

The birthday crew

Warning:  Video may cause motion sickness.

Happy Birthday Papa Art!

 

My little lady.

I'm so proud. 

* The possible captions for this picture are endless.  Truly endless.

Breaking news: Royal Oak soccer star announces her (probably temporary) retirement

On Wednesday, Tess finished her latest session of soccer.  It will likely be her last for a while.  We're off to try some other things, namely dance class!  I am pretty sure who is most excited about dance... me!  But soccer was fun while it lasted. 

Tess definitely improved over time, although never really got it.  (She obviously gets her soccer skillz from her Uncle Mike!)  Either way, she made major strides in that she was finally able to do it without Dad.  And without her baby.  And without crying.  (Ok, so we didn't completely master the last one.  You'll see below...)

Getting ready to start

Showing off her "soccer stop"

On the move

Time for awards

"Come on up, Tess!"

Tess giving Coach Vanilla Ice a high five

Medal girl

Now, for the most important part...

Larry, Moe & Curly

Way better than a silly old medal

Tess' #1 fan

"Where's my cupcake?"

Cupcake no more...

Now for the obligatory pizza stop after soccer

Followed by ice cream

(yes, that's right... cupcakes AND ice cream... we learned that in Super Parenting 101)

This video pretty much sums up Tess' soccer experience. 

One step forward, one step back. 

And without further ado,

here is little Miss. Miss Fragile Soccer Star in action...