Posted on September 1, 2009 by Nancy
I’m sure you’ve all been there – out with your kids somewhere and the “big kids” come around and take over the park or the toys or whatever. You’re thinking, “Where are their parents?? If they hurt my kid(s), I’m gonna be pissed.” …right?
*sigh* That ended up being my kids recently. We went to a birthday party for Ned and Penny over the weekend… Burke and Maggie were the biggest kids there! Holy cow – how did that happen? (Actually, now that I think of it, Logan was about a year older than the rest of the kiddos there too!)
Okay – as far as kids go, they were actually really good. They did take over a climber in the corner of the playroom…and I think I got “the eye” from one parent as Burke almost fell on her child (I would have given it as well, so I don’t blame her!) But I tried to have a tight leash on them so they wouldn’t take over the entire room and terrorize the other little kids there.
What do you do – as parents – in this situation? I needed to let them play … it wouldn’t have been fair to make them sit in a corner the whole time; but I really (really) didn’t want them to accidentally bump into a newly walking kid and tip him or her over.
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Posted on August 28, 2009 by Nancy
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Today’s Friday’s Foto Finish Fiesta (Fx4) is brought to you by a goofball, a big-a$$ dragonfly (and the super-fast kid who caught it), and a silly king.
I took the following picture with my phone before Marjorie realized what I was doing:
Marjorie: August, 2009
Once she realized, this is what I was able to get:
Burke has been a dragonfly catching fiend. He’s been getting “bored” catching them in his net and has started to grab them with his bare hands. He’s “SuperFast” 🙂
I think his record for number of dragonflies caught in one day is 10.
Burke and his Dragonfly
The biggest dragonfly I've ever seen!
While at Burger King the other day, Logan had a blast with his crown:
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Posted on August 22, 2009 by Nancy
Due to the sudden downpour (while we were outside, of course) and Mommy’s headache…it’s Backyardigans time.
Cheryl over at Twinfatuation hosts this one too. Go over and have a look at what others are doing on this beautiful Saturday.
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Posted on August 17, 2009 by Nancy
Nope, not the diamond ones (although, I guess that’s 4 C’s)…
Concentration, Cooperation, and Coloring.
We purchased a Color Me House from Costco yesterday…and watching the kids have SO MUCH fun with it makes my Monday. 🙂
"What'cha Doing, Burke?"
In and out, around and around
"Can you help me, Daddy?"
"This roof needs some yellow."
Burke: Peek-a-boo
Marjorie
Inside the House
Logan: Peek-a-boo
Burke's a Star
Cheryl over at Twinfatuation hosts this one. Head on over to see what else makes people’s Mondays (there are always some really good ones!)
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Posted on August 16, 2009 by Nancy
Debi hosts the Baby Picture Sundays. Hop on over there to see who’s playing, and join in too!
This week’s theme is For the Love of the Sippy Cup. Boy do we have loads of those! Here’s a picture I took from a visit we had to Vermont last November:
We only have 3 kids. Really!
I’m not sure why the cups got so out of hand here…
Anyway … Since we’re almost never without juice when we go places, I have various pictures of the kids with varying types of cups. We use the Take -n- Toss (of course!) – both sippy and straw – but our favorite ones are the Playtex Coolsters. They don’t leak!!! My brother-in-law picks on them because they look like the kids are carrying around travel coffee mugs, but I don’t care. 🙂
Logan at a Halloween Party 11.20.2008
(Mommy and) Burke at a baseball game
Logan at the baseball game
Marjorie camping
Burke camping
Marjorie at the Life is Good festival
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Posted on August 15, 2009 by Nancy
Cheryl over at Twinfatuation hosts this one too. Go over and have a look at what others are doing on this beautiful Saturday. (This is post #1 of 2 today.)
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Posted on August 6, 2009 by Nancy
While up in Vermont, we took the kids swimming. They had only been in the “little” kiddie pool in our back yard before…never a big pool or a lake or anything else. They LOVED it all. (I shouldn’t be surprised – I spent all of my childhood summers in the town pool or Lake Champlain.)
At the Pool
At the Lake
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Posted on July 31, 2009 by Nancy
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As you can tell from previous posts, we’re in Vermont visiting Grandpa and Nana.
Picnicking with Nana
(Marjorie, Burke, Logan, Nana)
Grandpa built a fire so we could make S’mores!
Logan: "I'm not so sure about this..."
Burke: "Let's roast marshmallows!"
Marjorie: "Do you think this stick is long enough, Nana..?"
Burke: "Thanks for helping, Uncle Jason!"
Logan: "Do you think this stick is long enough?"
Cousin Grey: "HA! MY stick is gigantic!"
Aunt Sharon: "Ah! It's on fire!!"
(Burke, Nana, Marjorie, Aunt Meghan, Aunt Sharon, Cousin Grey)
Burke: "Sticky!!"
We ended up with four little kids with quite the sugar high…
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Posted on July 28, 2009 by Nancy
Our week in Vermont continues!
“Tractor” rides all around
Grandpa and Burke
Grandpa and Marjorie*
Grandpa and Logan
Logan was a little … ripe.
STINKY!!
The Bug Parade
Logan, Nana, and Marjorie*
Then the City Band concert in the park. Nana is the conductor. (She’s the one waving her arms off to the right.) If you look closely, you’ll see her name on the bandstand…it was built for her!
City Band
Watching the Band
Dancing: Marjorie* and Burke
Danicing: Cousin Grey and Burke
They even got to play the bass drum when the concert was over!
Marjorie*
Burke
*Maggie is still correcting us…so I figure I should start calling her “Marjorie” here too…SO.HARD!
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Posted on July 26, 2009 by Nancy
If you didn’t guess from yesterday’s post, we’re in Vermont visiting Grandpa and Nana. We’re actually here for the entire week! And boy oh boy does Nana have lots of stuff planned for the kiddos. 🙂
Here’s a sample of just SOME of the things so far:
Maggie: beading
Burke: beading
Maggie: stamping
(Note the preferred method … even though there’s obviously an abundance of stamps available…)
Logan: Coloring
Burke: stamping
(Note the blue arms and face. We may not be stamping again for a bit 😉 )
Logan: dressing up
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The Zimmer Zoo 