If you are in the habit of kissing your kids' owies to help them feel better, you better also prepare yourself for the day when they bite their tongues while chewing soggy Cheerios. #YouReapWhatYouSow

Abraham #bossinrainboots

At last… sprinkler season.

Bravest explorers.

Wandering and river-watching on a dreary Good Friday.

Remember that you are dust, and to dust you will return.

Fire sunset #nofilter

More birthday festivities: morning at the zoo. Sam was rapt—he could have watched the giraffes for hours.

Two years old today… Their day included 3/4 grandparents, a singing Elmo birthday card (thanks @monnytam!) tons of cake (thanks @deborahkaul!), a giant cardboard box, puddle splashing, and Chuck E. Cheese. So, an amazing day for two amazing boys.

Exciting news: Jeffrey Stout will give a series of Gifford Lectures this May 1-11. Entitled “Religion Unbound: Ideals and Powers from Cicero to King,” the lectures will “trace the ideal [of ethical religion]‘s history and explain how its defenders have defined and criticized religion.” Follow the lectures (they’ll stream live) on the Gifford Lectures site.