Wednesday, August 29, 2007

40 pounds

1000 rds. of .223
a soft-coated Wheaten Terrier.
a 15-foot canoe
a 3-year old child
8 small bags of flour

I'm down 40 pounds. Wow!

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Jaguar and the Beanstalk

So, for Christmas last year the kids received some storybooks on cd. One of them was Jack and the Beanstalk. Today when I got home from work they asked me if I would come watch them play Jack and the Beanstalk. I figured they would do an ad-lib kind of thing.

Upon entering the room I am seated. A then informs me that he's not Jack, but jaguar. M is playing the part of the giant. The cd is started and the play begins. I hadn't realized they were going to do a play, I just thought that they were going to do some silly stuff and call it good.

So, jaguar goes off to sell the cow and gets the magic beans (which are portrayed by small pieces of paper). The beans are thrown out the window (onto the floor) and up (down) springs the beanstalk (a red construction paper curl with a green construction paper snowflake taped to the bottom - taped to the ceiling). A climbs up the ladder to the top bunk and hides in the stove (under the covers) when the giant enters the room.

Well, that's about as far as we got because dinner-time was signaled. Still, makes me proud that they can do something like this. Probably something most kids would do, but as we all know, my kids aren't exactly like most kids.

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

First day of school a couple days late

(deleted photos on purpose... )

M's first day of 2nd grade, A's first day of Kindergarten

Saturday, August 11, 2007

Just call him "Elasto-man"!

So we all know that little girls can wrap their daddies around their little fingers only seconds after they're born.

Today M has reminded us how tightly C is wrapped. He must be wrapped tightly because we're throwing a birthday party for a baby doll today. Yes, we're having cake too.

Wrapped that tightly and still able to buy a cake... now that's flexibility! hehe

Gotta love both of them though... ahhhhhhh. Makes me smile.

Tuesday, August 07, 2007

Grandma's birthday

Very briefly spoke with Grandma just now. Well, I spoke with the nurse as Grandma's phone wasn't dialing out and she couldn't hear me on the nurse's cell phone. Nurse says grandma is doing ok, not good but ok. Starting to have more bad days than good. I'll email out some more information when I have the time, but I'm at work at the moment and don't have email addresses here.

Sunday, August 05, 2007

We've moved to Africa

A as he's goofing off in the store:

"Look mom! I"m a gazelle!"

Friday, August 03, 2007

Seriously, where does he get this stuff?!?

A: Can we play Duck-Duck-Hermit Crab?