Sunday, May 17, 2009
This boy...
has got some interesting costumes. I think this one takes the cake, I don't even remember who he was, but it was great:
Lupa Zoo
Last weekend we met Krissy, Aine, and Joanine at Lupa Zoo. The boys were so excited, and we had a great time.
How I wish I had been in on this conversation:
The zoo was a lot bigger than it seemed from the outside. The animals were fun to see:
We had to laugh at the "Do not feed the bears anything but bear food" sign, in front of the platform full of watermelon, grapes, celery, lettuce, and...donuts! About a dozen, even chocolate. No wonder the poor thing looked bloated. We couldn't help but wonder what exactly is not bear food.
In addition to the real animals, this zoo had tons of animal statues and cutouts to play with.
Of course, the kids all had to ride on every single one. I think they had more fun with the fake animals than they did with the real ones.
Even at the playground:
While we walked around, Aine picked flowers for everyone.
After a couple hours, we took a break for lunch:
When we were finished, we went back inside for more fun. There were puddles to splash in,
and swings to swing on,
but, by far the most fun was tossing rocks into the sewers.
How I wish I had been in on this conversation:
The zoo was a lot bigger than it seemed from the outside. The animals were fun to see:
We had to laugh at the "Do not feed the bears anything but bear food" sign, in front of the platform full of watermelon, grapes, celery, lettuce, and...donuts! About a dozen, even chocolate. No wonder the poor thing looked bloated. We couldn't help but wonder what exactly is not bear food.
In addition to the real animals, this zoo had tons of animal statues and cutouts to play with.
Of course, the kids all had to ride on every single one. I think they had more fun with the fake animals than they did with the real ones.
Even at the playground:
While we walked around, Aine picked flowers for everyone.
After a couple hours, we took a break for lunch:
When we were finished, we went back inside for more fun. There were puddles to splash in,
and swings to swing on,
but, by far the most fun was tossing rocks into the sewers.
Monday, May 4, 2009
Our Day
This morning, Taye told me we needed to have a pirate tea party for breakfast. Which is, of course, when you dress like a pirate and drink tea.
Just FYI, when you're a pirate, you need to hold your hook up to your face and squint, like so:
After breakfast, we spent the day at the Dorsey's, and then the boys went out with mom and Jim while I met a friend for dinner.
At one point I told Darius that we would be leaving soon to go to Nana's office, and then she was going to take them to dinner. He said, "Oh, but that's so nice of her!"
When we were getting ready to leave, Taye said "Everything was so fun at the Dorsey's - playing outside, the dead mouse, washing my hands with soap, coming inside, that picnic outside, and that's all!"
All in all a good summary of the day.
Just FYI, when you're a pirate, you need to hold your hook up to your face and squint, like so:
After breakfast, we spent the day at the Dorsey's, and then the boys went out with mom and Jim while I met a friend for dinner.
At one point I told Darius that we would be leaving soon to go to Nana's office, and then she was going to take them to dinner. He said, "Oh, but that's so nice of her!"
When we were getting ready to leave, Taye said "Everything was so fun at the Dorsey's - playing outside, the dead mouse, washing my hands with soap, coming inside, that picnic outside, and that's all!"
All in all a good summary of the day.
Lawn Picnic
On Friday the kids had the idea to have a picnic lunch. We set out the blanket in the front yard and enjoyed our BBQ chicken and pasta salad. It was beautiful, sunny and warm.
As I was cleaning up, I thought - in less than two weeks, school will be over and Luis will be home for lunch every day. We can do this all summer! One year down, I'm so excited!
As I was cleaning up, I thought - in less than two weeks, school will be over and Luis will be home for lunch every day. We can do this all summer! One year down, I'm so excited!
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Memories
Many of you probably remember that Darius never crawled. He was a world-champion butt scooter. It has dawned on me that I never got a video of it, that makes me sad. Today we were watching Mya's latest attempts to crawl (get up on hands & knees, dive forward, repeat) and talking about how he used to get around. He was nice enough to re-enact the butt scoot for me (with some added funky moves), so I could have that video:
Mya was very entertained.
Mya was very entertained.
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