Corner

Q: What's wrong with this little girl?

A: She's in the naughty corner.

Fun w/Uncle Tim

This is what we did while Mama was out with her sisters and such. Uncle Tim found a way to have fun with just the top of the sandbox. As if that wasn't enough, later we incorporated a small wading pool, 25 feet of rope and the lawn tractor but to the best of our knowledge there aren't any photos. The kids enjoy having Uncle Tim back in town.

Kids in buckets

Finger painting

This is how the kids started the day ... with finger paints!

Pool time

A photo from the kids playing in the backyard last month. Any caption ideas come to mind?

Rainbow

A rainbow after Sunday night's thunderstorm.

Making Cookies

Here's the little boy and little girl making cookies in preparation for the birthday party a few weeks back. Sorry for the delay in posts.

July Second

Christopher celebrated birthday #3 last Sunday. We had a good time going on the Star Wars Egg Hunt, playing the Jedi Training game and then opening up presents. Thanks to all our family who came over and made this a special day.

Project: COMPLETE

Congratulations, Kevin, on the completion of your Eagle Scout Project! The kids and I were happy to be in attendance to take some photos (and throw some rocks) as the finishing touches were placed on the path, flag pole and soldiers' memorial at the Union City Building. It's wonderful to see a great idea come to fruition. Great job, Kevin!

More posts coming soon

We'll be posting soon (soon is a relative term) photos from Kevin's Eagle Scout project, Christopher's Birthday, and other interesting things happening in our world. Sorry for the delay - just haven't gotten around to it lately.

Notes from today

Annette is going to a conference in Lexington over the next few days so I'm on "Mr. Mom" detail. Here are some lessons learned from the day:

1. Don't leave the little girl unattended for long or her breakfast will end up in her hair.
2. Your really nice glass water pitchers have a higher BF than you might have thought. However, don't try it out on your own. (BF = bounce factor)
3. Nap time passes quicker than a bullet train.

Geocaching with Grandpops

Okay, so it wasn't a very successful geocache... but it was a very successful evening of swinging, bark throwing and frisbee!

One Simple Picture

THE MISSION: to get four children under the age of three -- all who are nearing nap time -- to sit happily on Grandpa's lap for a simple picture...
The RESULT:



...Three out of four and one happy Grandpa... NOT HALF BAD!

Father's Day at the Park

We celebrated Father's Day with Papa on Saturday with a picnic breakfast at the park and then some play on the toys and exploration in the children's garden. What a wonderful carefree day!

Juxtaposition

Clara is a girl of many talents. She can be very cute and dainty while running around the playground in the morning, and then on the same day, she can tear into a lovely dessert of Buster Bar with tenacity like a bear hunting trout.

Kevin's project

It started with an idea around the dinner table at mom & dad's house nearly a year ago. Now, the flag pole and soldier's memorial at the Union City Building is nearly complete as Uncle Kevin's Eagle Scout Project takes shape. We were proud to be a part of his efforts... we've hopefully even planted some seeds with a couple of young 'scouts-to-be'. As Christopher dug holes in the dirt at our house later that day he exclaimed, "Mama, I'm making a project". Thanks Uncle Kevin & great job on yours!

Birthday

Granny's birthday is coming up this week. To celebrate, we got a chocolate cake from Kroger's and chicken from KFC.



In this photo, Christopher is demonstrating the washing machine to Aunt Kitty.

In the Back Yard

Another one just for fun!

Playing in the Boy's Room

Just some recent playing around...

Welcome home

Tim - It was good to have you home for a little while.

(For those of you keeping score back at home, Tim snuck into town on Mother's Day Weekend. Dave, Wiggins and other co-conspirators helped instigate this quick visit. He's been away at Americorps for the past several months and will return home in August.)

Universal

There is a universally accepted way to play video games. Christopher is demonstrating it below while playing Mario Kart on the Nintendo Wii.

I Spy!

This is a funny series... the two cousins are interested in the book Uncle Kevin is looking at...




until their interest begins to wain...

...and then there was one.

Not a spring photo

This photo was from a month or two ago. However, we thought it was cute and hope you do too.

Pants on all by myself!

As Christopher says, "I put these pants on all by myself!"

Homemade Bubbles

We were playing with homemade bubbles earlier this afternoon. One of them landed on Clara's head and - well - a fohawk was born.

Touching moment

An older brother offering a loving hand and his green blankie (which solves all woes).

Middle Creek Park

Every year around Earth Day, Middle Creek Park has a beautiful display of Spring Blue Eyed Marys. They fill the valley with their little blue flower. Here's their classification:

Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Asteridae
Order Scrophulariales
Family Scrophulariaceae – Figwort family
Genus Collinsia Nutt. – blue eyed Mary
Species Collinsia verna Nutt. – spring blue eyed Mary

And here's a photo of us standing near a field of them.

Playing in the yard

Just a few photos of the kiddos playing in the yard. Clara is sporting her "Life is Good" attire while Christopher is decorating with some sidewalk chalk.

Turkey Ridge

Here are a few photos from our trip to Turkey Ridge this weekend.

Gobblers

We had quite a morning as you can see from the photo. Paul and I both took our first turkey today. All we need now is wheat bread, tomato, lettuce and a little bit of mayo.