Definitely Her Dad's Girl

Anyone who is familiar with Dave's sound effects will appreciate that Robyn has started figuring out her own sound effects, with no prodding or help from anyone. I am posting 2 videos, one of her making the sound the camera makes when it takes pictures, and another of her making the percussion sounds in Queen's "We Will Rock You". Pay attention!

Field Trip Fun

I got to go on my first field trip with Ethan today. It was great! I sat next to him on the bus and we played games until we got to the theatre where we saw a production of Junie B Jones. If you're not familiar with her, it's a series of books about a precocious kindergartener who speaks her mind and sometimes gets in trouble for it. We really enjoyed it, (I'm pretty sure I laughed more than all the kids) and we got back to the school just in time for lunch.

Thanks again to Dawn for watching Aidan & Robyn for me so I could go!

Ethan Story

Today I was in Ethan's classroom for refreshments after his music program and his teacher told me something she thought I'd appreciate. They have boards with nails in them that they use with rubber bands to make shapes and Ethan made what looked, to his teacher, like a house. When he showed it to her he said, "Look, I made a temple!"

(Glad to know SOMETHING we've taught him has sunk in)

Gettin' Clean at Grandma & Pop Pop's House

Here's Robyn & her cousin, Curtis taking a bath in their grandparents' sink.

Robyn's 1st Pigtails

She doesn't have a LOT of hair, and doesn't cooperate when I try to put clips in it, but she kept her "pretty" pigtails in her hair for several hours today. (She kept touching her hair and saying, Pretty!")

Camping Adventures

We loaded up the van on Friday and went camping. It was a park we've been to before, but never camped at.

As always, we had a great time and wished we could have stayed longer. There were beautiful nature walks and lakes almost everywhere you turned for fishing, (unfortunately they seemed to be all out of fish). There was also a great playground/park area for the kids.

We didn't see any gators this time, but Ethan did find some leeches when he was looking for fishing bait for his dad. (Ew)

Playing...TOGETHER?

When I saw my kids actually playing quietly together, I realized it was a once in a lifetime kind of moment, so I quickly ran and grabbed and camera. Sure enough, not long after these pictures were taken, Robyn ran off with one of Aidan's favorite pieces and he chased after her, yelling at her to give it back. Ah, well, it was nice while it lasted!