tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369064662024-02-19T03:54:57.571-06:00Will, Sam and MaxTHE BROWN BOYShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02268907116504765568noreply@blogger.comBlogger687125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36906466.post-20186800703489357942010-11-29T00:31:00.000-06:002010-11-29T00:31:47.104-06:00Will's Turkey StoryThis is Will's "What Would a Turkey Do on It's Last Day" story. (With my spelling corrections, otherwise you wouldn't be able to read it.) He was so excited about this school assignment that he came home and assigned it to everybody else in his family! In total, 10 turkey stories were read on Thanksgiving- even one from Emily who skyped with us so she could be a part of it too!<br />
So stay tuned for more stories!<br />
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You know what? I hate Thanksgiving. "Why?" you ask? I'll tell you. <br />
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It started on the day before Thanksgiving when the farmer was talking on the phone. "Yeah, we're having turkey for Thanksgiving dinner......Yeah, last time it was pretty good."<br />
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A turkey for dinner, I thought. "He wants me to eat with him for thanksgiving?! I wonder what we're having?"<br />
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"You dimwit," said a pig. (Which can get on your nerves all the time.) "They are having YOU!"<br />
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"I know! They want me to eat with them!"<br />
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"No, no, YOU'RE the Thanksgiving dinner!"<br />
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I thought about that for a second. From all the stuff that the pigs have told me this is the weirdest. "What are you talking about?"<br />
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"They're going to eat you!"<br />
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"Really?!"<br />
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"Yeah."<br />
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"Really?!"<br />
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"Yeah."<br />
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"Really?!"<br />
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"YEAH!"<br />
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"REALLY?!!!"<br />
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"Would you stop saying that?!"<br />
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"Well, I'm no chicken, I'm a turkey!"<br />
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"HEY!" said the chickens.<br />
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(He actually drew little circles, to signify that time has passed.)<br />
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So now I'm walking along here, hoping the farmer won't chase me when I hear gobbling. I hurry towards the sound and I find a bunch of other turkeys! "Hello," I say. Then I have a brilliant idea. "Did you know the farmer over there wants to cook us and then eat us?" <br />
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There was silence after cries of horror. "They've eaten enough of us, so I say we fight back! Let's get revenge! Either we fight, or get eaten!" There was silence. Then I realized how stupid I sounded. <br />
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But then, "Let's get revenge! Let's get revenge! Let's get revenge!" So then we marched into the night towards the farmer's house.<br />
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So here I am. I'm flying higher than I ever flew before. So I'm here flying higher and higher and the world below me looks like an ant hill. I wonder if the other turkeys got out okay after they ran away when the farmer pulled out the pitchfork? But I'm still wondering how the farmer's Thanksgiving was. I hope I tasted good. And that is why I hate Thanksgiving.THE BROWN BOYShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02268907116504765568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36906466.post-78501147578222365572010-10-30T13:51:00.000-05:002010-10-30T13:51:40.198-05:00Lemme Halloween Parade 2010 The parade started with the Lemme Leopard, of course!<br />
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Sam's class was lead by his teacher and him!<br />
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Here are some other costumes we liked, especially Max. A hotdog:<br />
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R2-D2- very cool! but needed assistance in walking! It even had a panel on the front with lite-brite peg buttons that really lit up!<br />
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Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head:<br />
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Where's Waldo and a giant rubber ducky: <br />
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Will:<br />
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A ninja banana: <br />
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Can you tell that Sam put on his costume and facial hair all by himself? I sure do love that boy - even with eyebrows on his temples.<br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We celebrated with hy-vee brownies - no homemade anything this year due to the state of the kitchen.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtjapUKEor0TkCCyjSHtuULPR-VB7z6gYiN_xBL9R_sdCOmGncshdVmrIwp0ko_hD-DupeSrCXdcfcF5LHU_m0YODWRXDQfPTiguiEaO28iF5v2vOxowtKq-8tGttvtQoVeMYG/s1600/DSC03009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtjapUKEor0TkCCyjSHtuULPR-VB7z6gYiN_xBL9R_sdCOmGncshdVmrIwp0ko_hD-DupeSrCXdcfcF5LHU_m0YODWRXDQfPTiguiEaO28iF5v2vOxowtKq-8tGttvtQoVeMYG/s320/DSC03009.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Will's present was this gargoyle he made at school: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtFrea48DQ4u5cvqKTu9bWsEJoK_1-PIORBn1gZKMq1Dm6MuyOKIrB42Aw2-64jEUSii6dKBUcCh6C58JpNWFZg6EpwLzyg8euZ1KlvPNEba_gFJU1K2TW-sOW5goF-7MVOrhN/s1600/DSC03005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtFrea48DQ4u5cvqKTu9bWsEJoK_1-PIORBn1gZKMq1Dm6MuyOKIrB42Aw2-64jEUSii6dKBUcCh6C58JpNWFZg6EpwLzyg8euZ1KlvPNEba_gFJU1K2TW-sOW5goF-7MVOrhN/s320/DSC03005.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He invited a few friends to the children's museum for an afternoon. Turns out it was free day and to top it off, not even crowded! We ended the party with a big cookie from the cookie place. Blech. (Don't recommend.)</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCV9JAmuBeXT_9lYKIDEdVzLLiuNKDEsHSK5t9FXstO0l2kdYPguphAhTEMwPBr6cXRBRSzfbDtB9Gz7mN7ePjwdv2z4nHdcUBPM3rggpvUKSG0fXv1hmrkkeub7gy1vpf5rmh/s1600/DSC02997.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCV9JAmuBeXT_9lYKIDEdVzLLiuNKDEsHSK5t9FXstO0l2kdYPguphAhTEMwPBr6cXRBRSzfbDtB9Gz7mN7ePjwdv2z4nHdcUBPM3rggpvUKSG0fXv1hmrkkeub7gy1vpf5rmh/s320/DSC02997.JPG" width="320" /></a><br />
THE BROWN BOYShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02268907116504765568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36906466.post-2001323446726102802010-08-30T10:15:00.002-05:002010-08-30T10:32:59.611-05:00Tuckered Out<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQv6qJYWKM9msIXZ5RP3xt10veJfPYRiVAocv0Bupm0WJYUp-Nap64mMf0kiH0gw4KEXs7bsyyN_clIXsWH7LSzPTYErHdDdPakNKPbAtzmrJvGeDqiCQPNXfDhgQJyr_jVmDG/s1600/IMG_5958.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQv6qJYWKM9msIXZ5RP3xt10veJfPYRiVAocv0Bupm0WJYUp-Nap64mMf0kiH0gw4KEXs7bsyyN_clIXsWH7LSzPTYErHdDdPakNKPbAtzmrJvGeDqiCQPNXfDhgQJyr_jVmDG/s400/IMG_5958.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511222560111638178" border="0" /></a><br />Last week was Max's first full week of preschool but he stayed home last Monday because of stomach issues the day before. After 3 days of preschool (Tuesday - Thursday) this is how I found him Thursday afternoon. All zonked out on the landing! Not the most comfortable place in the world. <br /><br />Did you notice the rather large bump in the back of his pants? Well let's just zoom in on that. Uh, yeah. We have yet to get that kid to poop in the potty. After a few days of waiting us out, he does this major load:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxXjNnpaCUarQk8WA_GnPWTpFl-lkDweB9wtJdT3FPox_140jjvKgVluLMhpMPAOydjhX72E3GCaWkPj3o_dNK2E7xSRVP6oMooYEK-avilybMzOQwmdb8Pl6LZF5pTLNqvNqG/s1600/IMG_5960.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxXjNnpaCUarQk8WA_GnPWTpFl-lkDweB9wtJdT3FPox_140jjvKgVluLMhpMPAOydjhX72E3GCaWkPj3o_dNK2E7xSRVP6oMooYEK-avilybMzOQwmdb8Pl6LZF5pTLNqvNqG/s400/IMG_5960.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511222569556232994" border="0" /></a>What? that grosses you out? sorry.<br /><br />He's home again today, throwing up every little bit since 4:30 this morning. :-( I've decided I'm not getting a shower today. I've pretty much got to camp out here on the couch with him because he has no energy to move or make much noise. boo.THE BROWN BOYShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02268907116504765568noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36906466.post-29622183868745033042010-08-21T21:46:00.004-05:002010-08-21T22:59:27.659-05:00The Birthday Boy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkKWaTMijxWzmxz7bf-3hceRYpSeHkIaunpMZZ1ymKjtDpkxp0Sho84JhDqUoL5EFKY6-s069JnsFqC_GmEskXOv8VKzihskQUvVRtGKib7YUn4J9H-NvxmMObkzmUY3l8cE2E/s1600/DSC02673.JPG"><br /></a><br />Max is totally in to his birthday this year! He turned the big three on the 19th (the first day of school). We waited to celebrate with family until Friday night. Here he is giving me his cheeseball smile:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu6R4HFU0qhQvUWyLDsro-QYd7JGAJvxwC6Iwvoe9n8fO2hiGu4yQzQ6_7M4M2VaXyX3ksfZ5wZ__N27wtgEQEziWeU8dr4W4d6FqSs-EhiMfVn3UehhdQzI400YiXLXFoFrtk/s1600/DSC02658.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu6R4HFU0qhQvUWyLDsro-QYd7JGAJvxwC6Iwvoe9n8fO2hiGu4yQzQ6_7M4M2VaXyX3ksfZ5wZ__N27wtgEQEziWeU8dr4W4d6FqSs-EhiMfVn3UehhdQzI400YiXLXFoFrtk/s400/DSC02658.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508061363721068850" border="0" /></a>Here he is opening the dog kennel present that the McC's got him. He's obsessed with Lily's, so Laura searched all over the great state of Iowa until she found one. I realize that this is 2 minutes of opening a present, but if you can make it til the end, it gets really cute!<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NinIYNQ01pk&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NinIYNQ01pk&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed><br /></object><br />He's super in to Toy Story right now so we got him a toy story geotrax set where the bridge goes out. (It will connect with all the other pieces we have too!)<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hHRgSxdXLdc&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hHRgSxdXLdc&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />Poor guy jumped clear out of his skin the first time the bridge collapsed!<br /><br />Grandma Vicki and Grandpa Larry got him some inflatable toy story items:<br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Un-HbiVw3n8&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Un-HbiVw3n8&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkKWaTMijxWzmxz7bf-3hceRYpSeHkIaunpMZZ1ymKjtDpkxp0Sho84JhDqUoL5EFKY6-s069JnsFqC_GmEskXOv8VKzihskQUvVRtGKib7YUn4J9H-NvxmMObkzmUY3l8cE2E/s1600/DSC02673.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkKWaTMijxWzmxz7bf-3hceRYpSeHkIaunpMZZ1ymKjtDpkxp0Sho84JhDqUoL5EFKY6-s069JnsFqC_GmEskXOv8VKzihskQUvVRtGKib7YUn4J9H-NvxmMObkzmUY3l8cE2E/s400/DSC02673.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508068321306648050" border="0" /></a><br />He's also got some wicked new rock moves with the toy electric guitar that the Berends grandparents got him. Happy Birthday buddy!<br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OFroRbjubYg&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OFroRbjubYg&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object>THE BROWN BOYShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02268907116504765568noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36906466.post-90862685038706923992010-08-21T21:15:00.002-05:002010-08-21T21:17:37.152-05:00Buzz Lightyear...To the rescue!<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fRBX3ZV-vZw&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fRBX3ZV-vZw&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />He's got his Toy Story underwear on, his Buzz backpack, and goes around the house constantly saying "To infinity... and beyond!" He's ready for anything.THE BROWN BOYShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02268907116504765568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36906466.post-5961091421007906772010-08-21T09:20:00.003-05:002010-08-21T09:32:24.478-05:00MortificationSecond Day of School:<br /><br />Chance of rain by the time school is getting out, so I washed the boys' spring jackets and put them in their backpacks. Will went to put his on after school at his locker, and a pair of underwear fell out of the sleeve. The boy next to him noticed and snickered. Will quickly stuffed it into his backpack, and being totally embarrassed proceeds to chew Sam out the minute he finds him, accusing him of stuffing dirty underwear into his jacket on purpose. He even twisted Sam's arm and made him cry while I watched from across the field. Sam came running to me and once the story was out, I immediately knew it was MY "fault." Why the little turd immediately thought that Sam was to blame, I do not know. So now I'm mad too. Mad that he treated his brother that way, mad that I didn't notice the underwear when I did the laundry, mad that he'd had an embarrassing experience. This was just the type of thing that would have scarred me for life at that age. Once I realized that Will is not me, thank goodness, and he does not appear to be scarred for life, I was able to find the humor. Ah, it's good for him. Keeps him humble.THE BROWN BOYShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02268907116504765568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36906466.post-3514681178409932892010-08-20T09:32:00.000-05:002010-08-21T10:25:37.040-05:00First Day Of SchoolThursday was the first day of school for all THREE of my boys! I now have a preschooler, a first grader, and a fifth grader! Everyone was excited and did great on their first day!<br /><br />As always, the "out takes" are more enjoyable than the normal picture:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmP2UoHhmL-QX8IPzVup7KwdLvNcE50le9d1AXT_r4X2B6P-kp5c5nhcH6rcY_6ivP6BGjI7GT4KoBA8nNIdmF5ZGti-XC-gaiPvPzqz8F0fEJfpArvGZ0qALdVOR3Jh2TkCpu/s1600/DSC02629.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmP2UoHhmL-QX8IPzVup7KwdLvNcE50le9d1AXT_r4X2B6P-kp5c5nhcH6rcY_6ivP6BGjI7GT4KoBA8nNIdmF5ZGti-XC-gaiPvPzqz8F0fEJfpArvGZ0qALdVOR3Jh2TkCpu/s400/DSC02629.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507880274185647906" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihx9pZlN-UQnDlr4IfAs-bl9JHuhUw_rI9cxf4ILVgEnDs8n7zXyUz6mXi4gCsYzpI6Sqz2933hCRawtr2nD7Dr2p_A5po0ofjeUPb7ubizGb5fFygI_IBjrr3_LQrRCllOLKi/s1600/DSC02630.JPG"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTrwJxr8QpGXPdzJgCUgEk34rjXqhRcCXHp4iWyqXEhxm5XkUDNfPXCfHNkV4kJU0ypdWcXQw9vYKc4P8BNJ-FAnhOvnv-h27rDlY-HRhxqyNil7VO4r5XnSbLD2PU2_U2liGO/s400/DSC02638.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507876141476129426" border="0" /></a><br />Pay no attention to the woman behind the picnic table:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWqRUllPFNLnxuY7lhFEQ31TCpnACKaON0Nwh_JIWqErEJERPfMlS8-0ujJ3z7JSZRMatNJSy-7SeqFHO3gXJfCgDtS6e2wSCxd2CHCp9r0rmf3gEaog74ueXW1I3O8RxVAKJT/s1600/DSC02637.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWqRUllPFNLnxuY7lhFEQ31TCpnACKaON0Nwh_JIWqErEJERPfMlS8-0ujJ3z7JSZRMatNJSy-7SeqFHO3gXJfCgDtS6e2wSCxd2CHCp9r0rmf3gEaog74ueXW1I3O8RxVAKJT/s400/DSC02637.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507876151414943618" border="0" /></a>My Lemme Leopards, wearing their new shirts:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOzO6Dd6EhSQkBly_0FD9pDwi5B1a_Q8R4XOrQ2OrT4qQV-H8tjcEAc-HP_b5buSb0-DjG_EoGgSsBM4BSFs1_5gomI0neJ71D-v2WY7ozhaXLZnH4gZcTIlOPlZxNGrbHiy3U/s1600/DSC02642.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOzO6Dd6EhSQkBly_0FD9pDwi5B1a_Q8R4XOrQ2OrT4qQV-H8tjcEAc-HP_b5buSb0-DjG_EoGgSsBM4BSFs1_5gomI0neJ71D-v2WY7ozhaXLZnH4gZcTIlOPlZxNGrbHiy3U/s400/DSC02642.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507876135512019954" border="0" /></a>My preschooler, wearing his Buzz Lightyear backpack:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDUkSuOQILlGko5qO2iCuHlUlKW1uO6yfEgEC1kgPhe234KPqATwf1Y5wr44xgU-HBwQoQL_RhrsqL2OvAIqCdPzaEGVgfxbpzYV6aezHxEzudk1hdlzLr-1caKEO9l2rtehD3/s1600/DSC02643.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDUkSuOQILlGko5qO2iCuHlUlKW1uO6yfEgEC1kgPhe234KPqATwf1Y5wr44xgU-HBwQoQL_RhrsqL2OvAIqCdPzaEGVgfxbpzYV6aezHxEzudk1hdlzLr-1caKEO9l2rtehD3/s400/DSC02643.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507873526321476018" border="0" /></a>He is READY. To. Go!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUDLy6LepmQYtAvH7xF7YLjBAGQUN3bBPdFUNQILots7CoFfuS0wv93yKUtOf7g1ELyP2xW7QcfAHEo1qhUVE6LCigWZsME6zIh3ZoTwv3LQOFzASKqWDVQO2_dg4aspq7dyDC/s1600/DSC02645.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUDLy6LepmQYtAvH7xF7YLjBAGQUN3bBPdFUNQILots7CoFfuS0wv93yKUtOf7g1ELyP2xW7QcfAHEo1qhUVE6LCigWZsME6zIh3ZoTwv3LQOFzASKqWDVQO2_dg4aspq7dyDC/s400/DSC02645.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507873513502573154" border="0" /></a>Getting settled in:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3QQciKNqIHsgz1StQiH4Ymtw0gygQvmMrbrtjRYmdoh3KFJr8hfcq7XT7ecrqEGz1lCm6siEXvlaKVeQi7eZePtMAJgwRs9jYzCsNawODEZKG3INibVX1C4I_Aw8z6vYQId8I/s1600/DSC02646.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3QQciKNqIHsgz1StQiH4Ymtw0gygQvmMrbrtjRYmdoh3KFJr8hfcq7XT7ecrqEGz1lCm6siEXvlaKVeQi7eZePtMAJgwRs9jYzCsNawODEZKG3INibVX1C4I_Aw8z6vYQId8I/s400/DSC02646.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507873506505013826" border="0" /></a>THE BROWN BOYShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02268907116504765568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36906466.post-39675753764928873122010-08-15T15:37:00.001-05:002010-08-15T15:38:38.084-05:00Music Can Convey so Many Emotions<object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iKccTs-ZxFw?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iKccTs-ZxFw?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="385" width="480"></embed></object><br />This is Twinkle Twinkle, in case you were wondering.THE BROWN BOYShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02268907116504765568noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36906466.post-74696432974632562532010-07-06T11:14:00.002-05:002010-07-06T11:16:47.467-05:00Water Slide<object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_oV8dQwCgv0&hl=en_US&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_oV8dQwCgv0&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="385" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br />Doesn't work as well as we'd hoped - if you're little you tend to fall right off!<br /><br />If you're bigger, and you get a big running start, you'll probably be ok. <br /><br />My review is it's not worth the money, but the kids had fun anyway.THE BROWN BOYShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02268907116504765568noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36906466.post-57588790817015441882010-07-02T14:35:00.009-05:002010-07-02T15:23:34.355-05:00Washington's Sunset ParkLast week we made a trip down to Kalona to have lunch with Damon for his birthday. Afterward, we went to Washington, Ia to check out a little shop called The Village because they want to feature some of our artwork. Not the best thing to do with 3 boys, but oh well! While we were there, we HAD to stop at Sunset Park. It was a beautiful day, and the boys had fun exploring.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">dinosaurs and dragons!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHfJGr0HEGDePJbbDXv6myIuE6XFdy7pcj73jwW_gY_DdhxGXb-GRlPmE7nYHqMGIobpatvFMh8ocTU4LTahNHuJInda-lvfoj0Y6zKf77Doa-WhGxzwWIDevhT_O9ZomxTFvh/s1600/DSC02044.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHfJGr0HEGDePJbbDXv6myIuE6XFdy7pcj73jwW_gY_DdhxGXb-GRlPmE7nYHqMGIobpatvFMh8ocTU4LTahNHuJInda-lvfoj0Y6zKf77Doa-WhGxzwWIDevhT_O9ZomxTFvh/s400/DSC02044.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489403214227922290" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV93p_EeoGcH4e5zBOXD6KvCFg9cJ4q-ux5N_PYFqqVGhXl_HOi4-qVvJrWilt8A0Ujy7VIwkChffFEwF9bjW4xgygCsBCJ0Nvcl8H7J7_BWGi7-ubK4WOTzdIgBdeLq6lOuEW/s1600/DSC02043.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV93p_EeoGcH4e5zBOXD6KvCFg9cJ4q-ux5N_PYFqqVGhXl_HOi4-qVvJrWilt8A0Ujy7VIwkChffFEwF9bjW4xgygCsBCJ0Nvcl8H7J7_BWGi7-ubK4WOTzdIgBdeLq6lOuEW/s400/DSC02043.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489403225800408946" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Aww....brothers!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY_QII3yZRsS6_9cGnkRc_vmtzAF2cSmh_OszgJ5fQ6D14GsdOruW31ZzmQg4AxmZd3uCgBaaStax-NJEV-PiAoqUb-n71M13DNqb8u4XksOyWSU0kLXxMlY2RP0tbK43z2DbZ/s1600/DSC02046.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY_QII3yZRsS6_9cGnkRc_vmtzAF2cSmh_OszgJ5fQ6D14GsdOruW31ZzmQg4AxmZd3uCgBaaStax-NJEV-PiAoqUb-n71M13DNqb8u4XksOyWSU0kLXxMlY2RP0tbK43z2DbZ/s400/DSC02046.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489402105824416338" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">awww.....brothers helping brothers!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5CJXg6hQQba4SDBI7zVPRMZvnJ6-1oZLSQg7FwafW7nJrrr5Rly04X6qgpwkGEs4hg3SNqB2hGWtUa48PLyntenvDTfSyDGITSQ0ZzEnGtopYFmRGBHpWN7DQxi_dFED7UQ2q/s1600/DSC02041.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5CJXg6hQQba4SDBI7zVPRMZvnJ6-1oZLSQg7FwafW7nJrrr5Rly04X6qgpwkGEs4hg3SNqB2hGWtUa48PLyntenvDTfSyDGITSQ0ZzEnGtopYFmRGBHpWN7DQxi_dFED7UQ2q/s400/DSC02041.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489403249931631346" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">faces:<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA0r_XjstAXanQa5keFpUjbCYixHOFjqtSyku885OH7VvdQRBp25LVItP555K9rTL7HMKtERQMNNtw7L7cmhVgKwkW81RzLarwKZ3i-_LBds0KErjhsKP2YkmKApQsPCB-XPk6/s1600/DSC02049.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA0r_XjstAXanQa5keFpUjbCYixHOFjqtSyku885OH7VvdQRBp25LVItP555K9rTL7HMKtERQMNNtw7L7cmhVgKwkW81RzLarwKZ3i-_LBds0KErjhsKP2YkmKApQsPCB-XPk6/s400/DSC02049.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489401231858880594" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Peeking:<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb83TT7P2GmswY42NjknjRAEGnoDqlImMYDRgppajcOm3ejUbRSsZyUbEpJy3LlKuS03wrNK53C7VfcbDcD85nHEKK_QSVTF01keu6Rls2ef6VUTon6Nt4KnjRl9tlu7lndqrm/s1600/DSC02050.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb83TT7P2GmswY42NjknjRAEGnoDqlImMYDRgppajcOm3ejUbRSsZyUbEpJy3LlKuS03wrNK53C7VfcbDcD85nHEKK_QSVTF01keu6Rls2ef6VUTon6Nt4KnjRl9tlu7lndqrm/s400/DSC02050.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489401220720497762" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvec-LLNCh9pI7XDIaxqC1E2DSvSlHzb7P9yGV_yxAlis2536lLgaPzt30iX7mnsYoUc-mvpVDSbI_qxHg_bCHJWCGYep-n65bODDB96k4N4xHMIGseMqCJYjSbTUHZZNnHhG-/s1600/DSC02036.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvec-LLNCh9pI7XDIaxqC1E2DSvSlHzb7P9yGV_yxAlis2536lLgaPzt30iX7mnsYoUc-mvpVDSbI_qxHg_bCHJWCGYep-n65bODDB96k4N4xHMIGseMqCJYjSbTUHZZNnHhG-/s400/DSC02036.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489406369818546626" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg__Bb7rrkJCv4x0LbNxsdPXp0iZGaZiz7-GrKoU45imMenEtIpGh0Gy-GrAKJavBCWqyKQIgafapaDsk5XEzN5RAhVen-8R_gDUKaKJH9wtYdMiXyNCX30plE2aAoZHRiO4BDI/s1600/DSC02032.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg__Bb7rrkJCv4x0LbNxsdPXp0iZGaZiz7-GrKoU45imMenEtIpGh0Gy-GrAKJavBCWqyKQIgafapaDsk5XEzN5RAhVen-8R_gDUKaKJH9wtYdMiXyNCX30plE2aAoZHRiO4BDI/s400/DSC02032.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489406384988630466" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">shady places to sit:<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj98U4XtyLoG4hpDdAGva-Ji6sfNg3NtV9CRUDo5XwJ_Keh0srWO6w7B6bUPGpPfITyKKOfeBA2fS6AQUzgFAuirJOkblvQ-oF7BPZSx8doCkEN3FDhjo3GnuEYg7X_0qpHSESz/s1600/DSC02054.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj98U4XtyLoG4hpDdAGva-Ji6sfNg3NtV9CRUDo5XwJ_Keh0srWO6w7B6bUPGpPfITyKKOfeBA2fS6AQUzgFAuirJOkblvQ-oF7BPZSx8doCkEN3FDhjo3GnuEYg7X_0qpHSESz/s400/DSC02054.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489401207017687138" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">little crawl spaces for little hiders:<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhymG4CRfIjZ1r79C9FUnyFRLEa11EOWqp6XlSjXa2VhamT2n-TEGfxSgb6i9oDnowtTTjIRLj2ReYRKZiJhgUhN7TLAP2GqvVu92J2ECAkXb-McW4YYMBYoyDKjBttn9nG30e1/s1600/DSC02057.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhymG4CRfIjZ1r79C9FUnyFRLEa11EOWqp6XlSjXa2VhamT2n-TEGfxSgb6i9oDnowtTTjIRLj2ReYRKZiJhgUhN7TLAP2GqvVu92J2ECAkXb-McW4YYMBYoyDKjBttn9nG30e1/s400/DSC02057.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489400251560025170" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">scallops are my favorite:<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI5K4qWxTQ0qHTB1IT-dyMi3ibALNCGJle9BOQ4SMuCst0Y4kfVFu6roSpvnysT7EvQ06J94PZ57hygSR6TkvK0x0qbxc-qJ_4_zKd_PZYL5Rb8hc4y2pO6U1AYhjjw6vz0uNO/s1600/DSC02058.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI5K4qWxTQ0qHTB1IT-dyMi3ibALNCGJle9BOQ4SMuCst0Y4kfVFu6roSpvnysT7EvQ06J94PZ57hygSR6TkvK0x0qbxc-qJ_4_zKd_PZYL5Rb8hc4y2pO6U1AYhjjw6vz0uNO/s400/DSC02058.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489400243240263458" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdQQkwyKPl49NPWFBwaygmVxkZvFwIwg5CHDMxc59VsGav2JO2LFBeaJATKz0PCDTRgGbJTvM8MBGJUPsCaYb2VCmSJhCMKOlA_ZcA19viD8cQJGzwDo8e-v3gaNmfrTfcrBSR/s1600/DSC02045.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdQQkwyKPl49NPWFBwaygmVxkZvFwIwg5CHDMxc59VsGav2JO2LFBeaJATKz0PCDTRgGbJTvM8MBGJUPsCaYb2VCmSJhCMKOlA_ZcA19viD8cQJGzwDo8e-v3gaNmfrTfcrBSR/s400/DSC02045.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489402114658700754" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Green pointy roofs:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk6py3P0ptehQsZVPDFW9FxGeyW22GEOwb02uGc2knBVZa_JIAYHfAGcE6gNdFJIJb3PBvftj3RuzYI3PDd1-SAtImriPciGIusdyyyIqcR15MAQQyn0XHxwmQ-vN6X4_fUvB9/s1600/DSC02059.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk6py3P0ptehQsZVPDFW9FxGeyW22GEOwb02uGc2knBVZa_JIAYHfAGcE6gNdFJIJb3PBvftj3RuzYI3PDd1-SAtImriPciGIusdyyyIqcR15MAQQyn0XHxwmQ-vN6X4_fUvB9/s400/DSC02059.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489400225366491570" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-aUVukjrdmzEVxqHW8wl2v62oM0hvQWSccCpNt7WzPiUZvNzC6adGA95680fgA9k1yoP5kmrgINW50FkByk5Zq7SvJuzRyO6UGxQjAis0cUSeOyPouOnZ466ZJdR5nv83BRXU/s1600/DSC02048.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-aUVukjrdmzEVxqHW8wl2v62oM0hvQWSccCpNt7WzPiUZvNzC6adGA95680fgA9k1yoP5kmrgINW50FkByk5Zq7SvJuzRyO6UGxQjAis0cUSeOyPouOnZ466ZJdR5nv83BRXU/s400/DSC02048.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489402093777988402" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYz-KFUZSXqtlvzbXCeJuFk2kWLycqrYu396YbfkPqwQixo44DQMXP6T4XDAnD50fkTtZon4XzzBzYaBtNuRyEmzZoKRfUcBRt-WFySg7YC0yNPxciNbbJWK-oaCJGl5s3rlG7/s1600/DSC02064.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYz-KFUZSXqtlvzbXCeJuFk2kWLycqrYu396YbfkPqwQixo44DQMXP6T4XDAnD50fkTtZon4XzzBzYaBtNuRyEmzZoKRfUcBRt-WFySg7YC0yNPxciNbbJWK-oaCJGl5s3rlG7/s400/DSC02064.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489398422716396162" border="0" /></a><br />Blue skies!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTxeBbuNG2BTc9w5FNtKnOjLgYwyq5SVxvxWQAhdVElZvzbuPs2YU5Wkmv-Kff9u2N-WHy0oPH-gR1HbxqhOukym5qZQkHUhNqhRqGvOEyTEExhDfnBu8O3YjV5suWHwkMk0qO/s1600/DSC02065.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTxeBbuNG2BTc9w5FNtKnOjLgYwyq5SVxvxWQAhdVElZvzbuPs2YU5Wkmv-Kff9u2N-WHy0oPH-gR1HbxqhOukym5qZQkHUhNqhRqGvOEyTEExhDfnBu8O3YjV5suWHwkMk0qO/s400/DSC02065.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489398416909728306" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Train!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKEuYZYolOMrgfxAL4bYjduIuPKd-B9KDAYq98_SEycTZkHmL9BzY3PgPq8LcUMkFNyfYKnDzGsMQQAa-lfoezsovbyLI4BzPOZ_8oNOLylII88uuJ1Wb9JqI8xwYcWuOc7r4X/s1600/DSC02061.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKEuYZYolOMrgfxAL4bYjduIuPKd-B9KDAYq98_SEycTZkHmL9BzY3PgPq8LcUMkFNyfYKnDzGsMQQAa-lfoezsovbyLI4BzPOZ_8oNOLylII88uuJ1Wb9JqI8xwYcWuOc7r4X/s400/DSC02061.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489398439336168082" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Boat:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC93FRPfl7GQfDq-9U74_F3WWpkkU8_Dw9orMcN_kCnlUNeS3xm68maRtlzejiJR-e3reU4Znng2sBYzRhKKquTDm6jXP-ZlX7ANs4XAVRM2fMRISTNZ0w2OiQ4AQPT7FbJgqc/s1600/DSC02037.JPG"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1l6oLJy9me1QpjOpab43FWLfvZ7JJ0Sj9mNMO5VDkOJsMWXIj8cwBad1oM7GFQECUWQnWfhPoUc5yb46hwf79llbItueN45E2LCpNT8HKy-RKraZvrb86mCHD-Pm8hVgK8wUY/s400/DSC02066.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489396769682247410" border="0" /></a><br />This is how far Sam made it:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbQOKlNHRwwrgYb-6go4wPnaiqbXR1N92TQKzGZ7vdZZiOUfjy5nqYTXdAwvEG9-PueCUBHaus_5HdRrbXKkraJw7yz4M4_dl1N0dfVcSGRHyB63OuqoSUs_qeFSNuhyphenhyphenAnc5n3/s1600/DSC02068.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbQOKlNHRwwrgYb-6go4wPnaiqbXR1N92TQKzGZ7vdZZiOUfjy5nqYTXdAwvEG9-PueCUBHaus_5HdRrbXKkraJw7yz4M4_dl1N0dfVcSGRHyB63OuqoSUs_qeFSNuhyphenhyphenAnc5n3/s400/DSC02068.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489396756554626658" border="0" /></a></div>THE BROWN BOYShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02268907116504765568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36906466.post-84330437641363032612010-06-25T17:17:00.007-05:002010-06-25T23:21:23.577-05:00Max Outside<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpU13WdX9V3usJkLAn3HPMiK0Y9JBak8DgLVutsLNr4QOA3Zz58qPRtEPIUKTMJ9XNmePYJP74oywX0QH9L5EyXDAxR5CeQGzsX9HRcYD3V4KQLWsAOqPlAC413wCR0e7ufmWi/s1600/IMG_5480.JPG"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEDL57Z2W_iphKMu7QjzEeohkZnQyPXdOHTGkrwu5ql1f63d4Zq4erze4deGk3Type0OvCQxru0FgehJ6SQmFm99bb8dVAYA4nX2TpX3nHERgx4ah83l1jqqDkDauvOcttgjOI/s400/IMG_5507.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486909598065303778" border="0" /></a>When that doesn't work, he wants ME to put them back together.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-YhyusGrr6L6qBXGzyPwBqieGbsTMDTajTuprj3XHNX7J1KfEPLowfmCNyi2tXays3RCCCcy5AO9QElcBizY_DwTTzcYgSV2bt_47jdkqgnmT0rGIdMrW3_Tb8wBkogMA7_KV/s1600/IMG_5510.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-YhyusGrr6L6qBXGzyPwBqieGbsTMDTajTuprj3XHNX7J1KfEPLowfmCNyi2tXays3RCCCcy5AO9QElcBizY_DwTTzcYgSV2bt_47jdkqgnmT0rGIdMrW3_Tb8wBkogMA7_KV/s400/IMG_5510.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486909589472848834" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTpIgwiDJVJLIZuVic3k6kqX2DD9pc2ubmzwJwugjd618CMDnInhnchAp93yj-LtQ0rpVnWAVnZ6VDLGa8EF3HpXhQrj2QX_wx4NlXOhyS90K163WYZgwkPnEL0GaB3fB5v0kd/s1600/IMG_5512.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTpIgwiDJVJLIZuVic3k6kqX2DD9pc2ubmzwJwugjd618CMDnInhnchAp93yj-LtQ0rpVnWAVnZ6VDLGa8EF3HpXhQrj2QX_wx4NlXOhyS90K163WYZgwkPnEL0GaB3fB5v0kd/s400/IMG_5512.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486909579170625202" border="0" /></a>then he gets really mad!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqnAw-9honIIqQCySHq-n6JUa1l04nteTyXlS7puYkMl9h8Uey2LgOatFrzFlyBII5ZHkEy6SrHVpZpq10DzAJhgmv783Ks5-l9pexsXAv0leLGM9uFdEb0bRP3jE_SmGyX_sG/s1600/IMG_5515.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqnAw-9honIIqQCySHq-n6JUa1l04nteTyXlS7puYkMl9h8Uey2LgOatFrzFlyBII5ZHkEy6SrHVpZpq10DzAJhgmv783Ks5-l9pexsXAv0leLGM9uFdEb0bRP3jE_SmGyX_sG/s400/IMG_5515.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486839752806868194" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgho70veENCDV6tMGncBGxj0LiAaGYpPR76zanvKAu8wEVPlaw-3DptIOdzJg3heVjzjKze1-0GwRyEH3BDeWNmo9FeFtXFN-Nt3mX7tvy3lKDXgBZQmXS5I02ja8FZaqde3sSh/s1600/IMG_5516.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgho70veENCDV6tMGncBGxj0LiAaGYpPR76zanvKAu8wEVPlaw-3DptIOdzJg3heVjzjKze1-0GwRyEH3BDeWNmo9FeFtXFN-Nt3mX7tvy3lKDXgBZQmXS5I02ja8FZaqde3sSh/s400/IMG_5516.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486839744707664690" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGZy00IfF5SfcZyTRjzZbGSjx1qHmfih74CpZVfvpIJ5y-eAtRe1atYljJHi4DyeKIoAeVMZxwgpbt9FtGC6FjlTvETeRfuFjIBvXWtQjyKHPNh5dNShJP_5XMlyMg_WOjFm73/s1600/IMG_5518.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGZy00IfF5SfcZyTRjzZbGSjx1qHmfih74CpZVfvpIJ5y-eAtRe1atYljJHi4DyeKIoAeVMZxwgpbt9FtGC6FjlTvETeRfuFjIBvXWtQjyKHPNh5dNShJP_5XMlyMg_WOjFm73/s400/IMG_5518.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486839730036490834" border="0" /></a>THE BROWN BOYShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02268907116504765568noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36906466.post-21235315904563150202010-06-25T11:09:00.000-05:002010-06-26T00:23:59.879-05:00Happy Birthday to Damon!We took Damon out for lunch at work and surprised him with this giant balloon which we made him keep there, and carry home! :-)<br /><br />The boys got a kick out of wearing their visitor badges at CIVCO. Max carried the balloon which kept getting tangled up with his badge. But he insisted on doing it all himself and wouldn't let me help him. at all.<br /><br />Here's a really bad picture from my phone:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTTxwRaBZRCOIeEvNjK8OtQVuD8WUg5LakqTOxpsWRqmJeIxjvWa85lKgOr0D_3j0UERJvMVV2V4tvb-GzRQl-GD-BLoa1FlOITIoWw4gKitDk3fyikCbijsnljMjpsCucFP8O/s1600/IMG00055.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTTxwRaBZRCOIeEvNjK8OtQVuD8WUg5LakqTOxpsWRqmJeIxjvWa85lKgOr0D_3j0UERJvMVV2V4tvb-GzRQl-GD-BLoa1FlOITIoWw4gKitDk3fyikCbijsnljMjpsCucFP8O/s400/IMG00055.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486945837151420978" border="0" /></a>We ended the night with Will's baseball game and a little dinner and cake celebration at Godfather's with all the grandparents and the McC's.<br /><br />Love you Damon! thanks for being the bestest, bravest, sweetest, funnest, sexiest daddy and husband ever!THE BROWN BOYShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02268907116504765568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36906466.post-17435704727935811192010-06-24T14:33:00.011-05:002010-06-24T17:30:24.226-05:00Highlights from the Blogging SilenceWow! It's been a long time since I've updated here. I don't know where to even begin! Since I last posted, we've had a long visit from Aunt Emily, some extended family birthdays, a piano recital, end of the year school craziness, 3 art shows, VBS, baseball and t-ball, Things With Wings got 'hounded' by the press (HA!) and now we're on to summer vacation and swim lessons and the long awaited end of the baseball season!<br />In my effort to summarize, (something you KNOW I don't do well - it's much more interesting and dramatic to drag things out) I'll attempt to post only one picture that summarizes each of the above events. "Can't be done" you say? Oh, I'll do it, alright....just watch me.... I never back down from a challenge.<br /><br />Unless it involves like dancing or something like that.<br /><br />Here's the picture that summarizes Emily's visit:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Rpq-funAAdqPzM85LaljEfgOQRENPC6gyM8ni6-lp2IwObELAbhfpoHKwoKH2IxYD6L6l8zJy8N5GgQws_7n0e0ij3G7jij4GEKYhZYKVrjZtm-yZi17_tCuNerI7ZWTdwAK/s1600/DSC01968_2.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Rpq-funAAdqPzM85LaljEfgOQRENPC6gyM8ni6-lp2IwObELAbhfpoHKwoKH2IxYD6L6l8zJy8N5GgQws_7n0e0ij3G7jij4GEKYhZYKVrjZtm-yZi17_tCuNerI7ZWTdwAK/s400/DSC01968_2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486434261961434018" border="0" /></a><br /><br />There were several birthdays.<br /><br />Noah's says it all. No further explanation necessary:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioPNI5WARtb_vGXFQoP3Xr4TZYdFjOwP5r-zVP5xG3WCEfyDg2FFAge86mV3jJ_Xb3_ZXYWuTzVMRzHxs1d8yigqqGRbkva2QET-5ejIz_fT1lCFzOVM-tjEgsPoD3YYshtDTk/s1600/DSC01820.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioPNI5WARtb_vGXFQoP3Xr4TZYdFjOwP5r-zVP5xG3WCEfyDg2FFAge86mV3jJ_Xb3_ZXYWuTzVMRzHxs1d8yigqqGRbkva2QET-5ejIz_fT1lCFzOVM-tjEgsPoD3YYshtDTk/s400/DSC01820.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486453206204903010" border="0" /></a><br />Then there were my sisses'. I don't know what they were doing here. Perhaps they were discussing their synchronized strategy for blowing out a large, random number of candles:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBgr7XCIWcDPgSealC3cHYZvLXBAOhj4itvw8lPz0vqzX6gf4lu3j1nTG8p1QMEd8rsoWJCySHVOylkoabOADGvej1oX909Vq8ar2IppAmhWjd0spZ8KiN2ixsEhnTJ2AVDe2m/s1600/DSC01920.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBgr7XCIWcDPgSealC3cHYZvLXBAOhj4itvw8lPz0vqzX6gf4lu3j1nTG8p1QMEd8rsoWJCySHVOylkoabOADGvej1oX909Vq8ar2IppAmhWjd0spZ8KiN2ixsEhnTJ2AVDe2m/s400/DSC01920.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486455213394001394" border="0" /></a><br />Shelly, Lily and Jared had birthdays as well during this time. But I don't have pictures of any of those. So imagine a pretty princess, a firefighter, and a beautiful woman who will always be young at heart - and I'll let you all figure out who is who. :-)<br /><br />Will's first year of piano ended with a recital where he performed "Zippity-Doo-Dah" and "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." He did a GREAT job and we were very proud!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhusBvZCL3qmJwr7rRYMkPnM2sz2wSTOGfNF0eWWRWmC76mY-3ITFftdXBK44_YNI0tLyn2uZjM_WI4owMyaN1gCTQyY9IIzOxHQ5vNTFXwdk736jkewJXpCsHuMgtbx3dAA1e/s1600/DSC01964.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhusBvZCL3qmJwr7rRYMkPnM2sz2wSTOGfNF0eWWRWmC76mY-3ITFftdXBK44_YNI0tLyn2uZjM_WI4owMyaN1gCTQyY9IIzOxHQ5vNTFXwdk736jkewJXpCsHuMgtbx3dAA1e/s400/DSC01964.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486456740561204018" border="0" /></a><br />Here's a picture to summarize the end of the school year craziness: An all school picnic that involved snow cones, bubbles, music and a huge "parents vs kids" kickball game. Yes, all these kids are on the same team! Will and Sam (over on the right in yellow shirts) in the outfield:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuJLFc_QVAfV471Dk8yKeYIsMCCf563_eX9H-AqNLLmUSg_VoaYumuWtC6u_qZrsyK11PuyffiXjetBOuMDuNMCWgTNrU6eJ6pviddsgQ_OGwhXdd-CvInkDCD-4VIXQocIWCg/s1600/DSC01900.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuJLFc_QVAfV471Dk8yKeYIsMCCf563_eX9H-AqNLLmUSg_VoaYumuWtC6u_qZrsyK11PuyffiXjetBOuMDuNMCWgTNrU6eJ6pviddsgQ_OGwhXdd-CvInkDCD-4VIXQocIWCg/s400/DSC01900.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486455225929295266" border="0" /></a><br />Art shows a-plenty, in Stillwater, MN, downtown Iowa City Arts Fest, and Snake Alley in Burlington, IA:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwzJavR8WU6Nl9LFo458arlfSM7E_ttTAN8fgSWm2VRHi1s69wHL8gv0ngD2gzuaZ06H-14bQV1KQEUQy5yNig0Cy8FbBjWeK5dboRTi1SqTq8bR5vSYDKfoasGss8DDwBYAJH/s1600/DSC01761.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwzJavR8WU6Nl9LFo458arlfSM7E_ttTAN8fgSWm2VRHi1s69wHL8gv0ngD2gzuaZ06H-14bQV1KQEUQy5yNig0Cy8FbBjWeK5dboRTi1SqTq8bR5vSYDKfoasGss8DDwBYAJH/s400/DSC01761.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486461010823319618" border="0" /></a><br />VBS passed by like a whirlwind without a single picture being taken by me! GASP! And even though the camera was in my bag, we were so busy all week working on the Craft Team that there really wasn't time! So, gosh! I guess you'll have to use your imagination there too! Imagine hot glue guns, LOADS of cutting, and weapons, I mean walking sticks, that mothers I'm sure were not happy their kids got sent home with.<br /><br />This next picture summarizes our general feelings about attending so many baseball and t-ball games:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0liUbmhdQ2rMcxaSNzw5IR8Xf4h4M3MQJVApC466xk6EiVffaEiAIuKtjQR498iBQNjjoF6ELRBGyVMA1O9nZp1gr8VAXKbq3glAlFFNXayATk1y78PrPy0sNWgJrFxkpyHAK/s1600/DSC01841.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0liUbmhdQ2rMcxaSNzw5IR8Xf4h4M3MQJVApC466xk6EiVffaEiAIuKtjQR498iBQNjjoF6ELRBGyVMA1O9nZp1gr8VAXKbq3glAlFFNXayATk1y78PrPy0sNWgJrFxkpyHAK/s400/DSC01841.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486457865562151970" border="0" /></a>Just kidding! Grandma and Grandpa were always happy to be there and so was Max. Me and whatever other boy wasn't playing were the ones that got a bit grumpy at times. Grandpa was just making silly faces for all of the MANY pictures that I let Sam take in order to keep him from getting bored.<br /><br />I still don't know why or how, but hey, I'm not complaining....Things With Wings had some opportunities to share what we do with some local publications! You can read more about all that here:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.readoz.com/publication/read?i=1026695">Hoopla Jill</a> (p. 14)<br /><a href="http://www.readoz.com/publication/read?i=1027079">Hoopla Connie and Laura</a> (p. 17)<br /><a href="http://www.press-citizen.com/article/20100624/GOIOWACITY/6230335/Meet-Jill-Brown">Press Citizen Go Section</a> 6-24-10<br /><br />Well that about brings you all up to speed! I promise it won't be so long before I update again. That was a little ridiculous!<br /><br />(I think I did pretty well controlling myself with the picture posting, don't you?)THE BROWN BOYShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02268907116504765568noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36906466.post-61069240906060487482010-04-28T15:26:00.002-05:002010-04-28T15:30:01.033-05:00Finger PuppetWill's exact words: "Mom! I have a surprise for you!"<br />(pulls this out from behind his back:)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgarCrJ61O8rSfRpNwl0QMbYJ-qhakiYMy8ll-QuRMkvgmkuIW5Gokmv2EH6uoIil7loqqdFbkHKGmKlOsLBGI3dpcYwl1w-yUxWWW1PSStEt3RXpVAMNEFNGyfl5xOb7DMLuk1/s1600/IMG_5101.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgarCrJ61O8rSfRpNwl0QMbYJ-qhakiYMy8ll-QuRMkvgmkuIW5Gokmv2EH6uoIil7loqqdFbkHKGmKlOsLBGI3dpcYwl1w-yUxWWW1PSStEt3RXpVAMNEFNGyfl5xOb7DMLuk1/s400/IMG_5101.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465287716028805394" border="0" /></a>Will: "It's a poorly-made <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">chihuahua</span> finger puppet!"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK37k-I8noRWCS9U3D_vPyY2_rkBmoJaCCYioM21g8B-Muq-KwcMLSFKhSm2INAE9ip5jaB_-cfXpHkWAlXle4ILJ6jrwaAcJ1coKwNjPmNJ7k4kAlQ3nNRbIdNBziCXkhKRgR/s1600/IMG_5103.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK37k-I8noRWCS9U3D_vPyY2_rkBmoJaCCYioM21g8B-Muq-KwcMLSFKhSm2INAE9ip5jaB_-cfXpHkWAlXle4ILJ6jrwaAcJ1coKwNjPmNJ7k4kAlQ3nNRbIdNBziCXkhKRgR/s400/IMG_5103.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465287724944048914" border="0" /></a>THE BROWN BOYShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02268907116504765568noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36906466.post-32996027651968806572010-04-14T19:23:00.000-05:002010-04-14T19:24:02.236-05:00Animal Sounds<object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tDc0BFtst9s&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tDc0BFtst9s&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="385" width="480"></embed></object>THE BROWN BOYShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02268907116504765568noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36906466.post-48382133199536345602010-04-13T19:28:00.002-05:002010-04-13T19:32:49.784-05:00Sleepy Head<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjczmbk7TXZUlHd-8G9fQpFaG3471kkd7aGbFtRbT3J2L6HY94LESOpgAI0jk_bLzDXWeaJTI2XdKcctDFYp1S0lVP9GOA6PsEVq2EIG-EImf_zr7TfcPTQJIdB5TsHtcoREear/s1600/DSC01719.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjczmbk7TXZUlHd-8G9fQpFaG3471kkd7aGbFtRbT3J2L6HY94LESOpgAI0jk_bLzDXWeaJTI2XdKcctDFYp1S0lVP9GOA6PsEVq2EIG-EImf_zr7TfcPTQJIdB5TsHtcoREear/s400/DSC01719.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459784193884000242" border="0" /></a><br />This is what happens when a 2 year old decides to not nap anymore. It catches up with him, and pretty soon he's a goner.THE BROWN BOYShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02268907116504765568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36906466.post-13152190428119889082010-04-13T19:18:00.003-05:002010-04-13T19:21:45.339-05:00Water Proofing<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRH_6xrTl9ucCe2SbYhzVWf_Qof0g-dk6eUHfh0PZI59kKvemV3J1GHtl0vUirx1gObj5NoJahM56UEk94JHYnlaU0rPPq3a_Uy9qdUPgZtnI99i_ATfRyqyZKdgElmtnBbLAY/s1600/DSC01720.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRH_6xrTl9ucCe2SbYhzVWf_Qof0g-dk6eUHfh0PZI59kKvemV3J1GHtl0vUirx1gObj5NoJahM56UEk94JHYnlaU0rPPq3a_Uy9qdUPgZtnI99i_ATfRyqyZKdgElmtnBbLAY/s400/DSC01720.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459781647316109714" border="0" /></a><br />This is the test to see if your water proofing job worked, I guess. Max, Sam and the neighbor girl got inside to see if they got wet. The tent passed! No wet kids!THE BROWN BOYShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02268907116504765568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36906466.post-57539818603913020732010-04-06T14:13:00.002-05:002010-04-06T14:15:31.550-05:00Yogurt<object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7TB4SsNWv7A&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7TB4SsNWv7A&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="385" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br />Did you notice the fake eating sound effects? This slurping noise accompanies anything that Max finds particularly delicious. And he CAN say "excuse me," he's just choosing not to, the little booger.THE BROWN BOYShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02268907116504765568noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36906466.post-46773027212427108042010-04-06T13:16:00.005-05:002010-04-06T14:11:23.848-05:00Easter MornLook who's all Snuggly Wuggly:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl63bIt0W93S9E6_CWrIAoo0M8mRBxxZ-imYq437rIu9wvDbhjyhR6LihvlZd3T7fBMEKhwxKeWYBfzZBHo9sQYl-bf4Ipg1VjcQWZRJWzAIpNNyzToL5jMztAA7CXDfEmEXvY/s1600/DSC01666.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl63bIt0W93S9E6_CWrIAoo0M8mRBxxZ-imYq437rIu9wvDbhjyhR6LihvlZd3T7fBMEKhwxKeWYBfzZBHo9sQYl-bf4Ipg1VjcQWZRJWzAIpNNyzToL5jMztAA7CXDfEmEXvY/s400/DSC01666.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457097110313226930" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsXYJrm4hUM5wSeGhdZ0mPdfeqrZfZITqa3ffvvnutu1p2tFhrxELj9RVoM6MMCDXtAdGnKW0JIeDl0-JUyvD9weapMChN-9SzV0WjaZodgW0_DE5oGOjY48psKIFiv4ZREhEA/s1600/DSC01672.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsXYJrm4hUM5wSeGhdZ0mPdfeqrZfZITqa3ffvvnutu1p2tFhrxELj9RVoM6MMCDXtAdGnKW0JIeDl0-JUyvD9weapMChN-9SzV0WjaZodgW0_DE5oGOjY48psKIFiv4ZREhEA/s400/DSC01672.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457096495913499794" border="0" /></a>candy!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-FwdpyjdObaYi-9EB0-VPtsokubmZ8reAioAF86IF0xPoJVzFa_XY3pZomqTdRpUBi8wEzjl-ZW8Kj_acLZ7JtA-GEAKXsJL0l7X2-1oBjiGzLAmB4SMNjwTYlPicen5_pqnj/s1600/DSC01678.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-FwdpyjdObaYi-9EB0-VPtsokubmZ8reAioAF86IF0xPoJVzFa_XY3pZomqTdRpUBi8wEzjl-ZW8Kj_acLZ7JtA-GEAKXsJL0l7X2-1oBjiGzLAmB4SMNjwTYlPicen5_pqnj/s400/DSC01678.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457096477158543202" border="0" /></a>Eating candy requires slurpy sound effects - plus you can hear the older two in the background smacking their jelly beans in a most obnoxious way:<br /><object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NWOYYKiQF88&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NWOYYKiQF88&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="385" width="480"></embed></object><br />Plus, what's up with the repeated head butting of the camera?! No idea.<br /><br />PEEPS!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi4AR2Y7oNODTHMgW8uLE-QgaRp5z2ghRrsyYDmtypS92RKPsEtiSbSzDLC0ziVQ5at-son3pZKgtqrXJ7Ulf4PkJYMMXwouFnQnimKbL2zAdsVGErYTjIeUEMqrfRLW2RdIgI/s1600/DSC01679.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi4AR2Y7oNODTHMgW8uLE-QgaRp5z2ghRrsyYDmtypS92RKPsEtiSbSzDLC0ziVQ5at-son3pZKgtqrXJ7Ulf4PkJYMMXwouFnQnimKbL2zAdsVGErYTjIeUEMqrfRLW2RdIgI/s400/DSC01679.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457096473775557394" border="0" /></a><br />Excitement over the egg hunt!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrupCK22dGG3nyL89bsj6HLU1gqye056Cgu1fYdl2475TXt0Spk1cM9bM1uwwqRnj9FRYVQVG1PGOHWwnk4EQM1j6p0fqhfRjuFbWw2RcnG7iZ7Q6YiOBPOH5I0zMgFTc2yxr8/s1600/DSC01681.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrupCK22dGG3nyL89bsj6HLU1gqye056Cgu1fYdl2475TXt0Spk1cM9bM1uwwqRnj9FRYVQVG1PGOHWwnk4EQM1j6p0fqhfRjuFbWw2RcnG7iZ7Q6YiOBPOH5I0zMgFTc2yxr8/s400/DSC01681.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457095078115326066" border="0" /></a>Every single egg really was this exciting!<br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9fyWBAPWK10&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9fyWBAPWK10&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />Sand toys:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsc4_N1Adw6WcgaliIaEvLgmEALiTNLw3ELSDXgsnSeRkc5NLbgi1lLTEIHd6gaYRh8ZJiDfVgQ9Hh4HCpWrRwG-ENAx9efTklxwQZqVpr9l5b9Mq6FO5csCk_AAY6Ji5xa5Ku/s1600/DSC01685.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsc4_N1Adw6WcgaliIaEvLgmEALiTNLw3ELSDXgsnSeRkc5NLbgi1lLTEIHd6gaYRh8ZJiDfVgQ9Hh4HCpWrRwG-ENAx9efTklxwQZqVpr9l5b9Mq6FO5csCk_AAY6Ji5xa5Ku/s400/DSC01685.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457095067738824370" border="0" /></a>Big balls (snicker.)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2pjr65hpnAJErbdUmTtzI3TDNQ2XvuhfgMN_CHFQVfIyknZ6ft4sS06vE_ACF1H4XePFVY9D0M4BGhaAHhCxqe_TO6_tGVoFWxJ7y7wdjXXN4fT4n5-FrjsPRMz2_yM6eYX2c/s1600/DSC01694.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2pjr65hpnAJErbdUmTtzI3TDNQ2XvuhfgMN_CHFQVfIyknZ6ft4sS06vE_ACF1H4XePFVY9D0M4BGhaAHhCxqe_TO6_tGVoFWxJ7y7wdjXXN4fT4n5-FrjsPRMz2_yM6eYX2c/s400/DSC01694.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457095062194903314" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgorcYuBw0F0o2ZXZ-4BO8Ns1ZnIKIG73WlFVXDDbQ9mDDGxuHaDInPxgO3myt6KWbXq6pgjW1Orakysh1l1llctg7-P3o4Y7rKF_mZS33fzx2kQW6UOnv3arMz_jixrSjaGVyv/s1600/DSC01697.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgorcYuBw0F0o2ZXZ-4BO8Ns1ZnIKIG73WlFVXDDbQ9mDDGxuHaDInPxgO3myt6KWbXq6pgjW1Orakysh1l1llctg7-P3o4Y7rKF_mZS33fzx2kQW6UOnv3arMz_jixrSjaGVyv/s400/DSC01697.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457091468310734882" border="0" /></a>surveying the aftermath:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJw_9_3QsXnXtVEKqiqamvj11LL-VxevUa18NsVcZGUMrJIFsX8u0hrIO-X0RuqtFBXKM_6kz4NCJC67EDFa1wV-5QyMvaDBZhHieKiZd6zU28Z3NrGZhm1iDOX9pP5rECLS3W/s1600/DSC01701.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJw_9_3QsXnXtVEKqiqamvj11LL-VxevUa18NsVcZGUMrJIFsX8u0hrIO-X0RuqtFBXKM_6kz4NCJC67EDFa1wV-5QyMvaDBZhHieKiZd6zU28Z3NrGZhm1iDOX9pP5rECLS3W/s400/DSC01701.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457091460342823170" border="0" /></a>Water squirters and a tired Daddy. Yes, there's that hooded sweatshirt again. It was like 65 degrees in the house that morning - guess he was cold. :-)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidZtCrWIZvFSzPZ-7zFOPYVjjLN7_PIZLorV6new5G0Sjl4gD_ex5GJnf3_9CbtsEYZrXWUlOaVj8mBIWGf-BwVeCuycG9eAwT8tcrGYiaboJYMAVn3CxcCN0PoLzhaTqRFpNT/s1600/DSC01704.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidZtCrWIZvFSzPZ-7zFOPYVjjLN7_PIZLorV6new5G0Sjl4gD_ex5GJnf3_9CbtsEYZrXWUlOaVj8mBIWGf-BwVeCuycG9eAwT8tcrGYiaboJYMAVn3CxcCN0PoLzhaTqRFpNT/s400/DSC01704.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457091451288773522" border="0" /></a>You'd think I only had one child, there's so many pictures of Max. Gonna have to work on fixing that.<br /><br />It was a relaxing day!THE BROWN BOYShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02268907116504765568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36906466.post-52944656586118175872010-04-04T11:03:00.006-05:002010-04-04T12:22:16.718-05:00Saturday BrunchYesterday we had brunch and an egg hunt. Every found egg was exciting:<br /><object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7-oAHJA-eAQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7-oAHJA-eAQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="385" width="480"></embed></object><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ot89zOdy-xw&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ot89zOdy-xw&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN87cwUykL-ahr0fTLly3x9EKAd0BR-erHNTHpL-qIR90kUjx7fpjMonGzfO7ykSThcbilL6bcf2_XZXQ7QJle6km2wYqQC0KnC_EsJJ4EOdKGrUHR7wCenutSrN_VBGD1JD-K/s1600/DSC01601.JPG"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCVAiYPUl_xS9G3nFIXVU9oChID44RCikHamb0l40Vhjbb1y9zmN0NQD8CsnL79p2tlNhyvsGoqb0hkp4FGhT_J8-s780jO_rLgUJsfZJ8-Bidd73BOoHQY69iPo-Emm793c7x/s400/DSC01608.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456323934200895458" border="0" /></a>Damon and his parents:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-jkssWwBiRDeIy2C95HxaOMXSyBEhwqJjSSP3-ucD2PttKTTDf7CA08dE2UxS5Q-a470_HB0-PagZ7UNh4Dv48plM7mHsR88uLuUmg0T5C6J5UnUec0dUHOeICMQP2lreOySi/s1600/DSC01609.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-jkssWwBiRDeIy2C95HxaOMXSyBEhwqJjSSP3-ucD2PttKTTDf7CA08dE2UxS5Q-a470_HB0-PagZ7UNh4Dv48plM7mHsR88uLuUmg0T5C6J5UnUec0dUHOeICMQP2lreOySi/s400/DSC01609.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456319287780101986" border="0" /></a>Looking hard:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqqfjv4VaEY4Wmvv9P8TVvO-s5Y5lJeTSGYVDL8kkFmpQ6E9WoSI-eXgdZtysTDZVIrDcsl3grcG12srzpKREG7j0ebGtDJM9zIQY0s6gzwQo_OfwNBcV3FYxzcwut4qtgdGd6/s1600/DSC01610.JPG"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh8NF5I9o_IMw1IEj9lCnXL3dLc0S8-8aAZpgkUtpvEQV4xUYuiD-UP3DqXpxvX2f4qlVuxslaWNSBTNgZ3nv4Xifhl9-qVjbDQ6m0ky_7hX_x1J4BAtomY9Zhyphenhyphencf_0kfKvvn3/s400/DSC01622.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456316485246650274" border="0" /></a>Counting to see if we'd found em all and a quick nap, I guess. Jack was tired because we'd made him get up early - (10:30.) There were over 150 eggs to find! Some how we ended up with more than what my mom thought she'd hid. :-) Sometimes I wonder about her....or else they were still out there from last year!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ciiwPzBL1owBCVRDthMNdoFWLBKe-SuB16EQsuFoziF0QOmLiHSHODgZyfLyAkBPfuSnqdx5TarWD_pwyKQaLmbWHtFeOGLllrk0IDXkgya6szlAli4wO-JXzWgmfkjHDTBk/s1600/DSC01623.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ciiwPzBL1owBCVRDthMNdoFWLBKe-SuB16EQsuFoziF0QOmLiHSHODgZyfLyAkBPfuSnqdx5TarWD_pwyKQaLmbWHtFeOGLllrk0IDXkgya6szlAli4wO-JXzWgmfkjHDTBk/s400/DSC01623.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456316474685870082" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCIPnA0S-M0I-noYtYymoFBbADnkiSg031gCSM0oA79Onc5rauXvhwSTyfPlcwuKp7oq5HE-vR7r3v1o6tCEZZ2kTu01xysvy1wh3YacSIV7mSpJMT-xCqxC41YjeaTiBe19Go/s1600/DSC01626.JPG"><img style="display: block; 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They were a big hit:<br /><object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wqiD7sB6dzM&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wqiD7sB6dzM&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="385" width="480"></embed></object><br /><br />So glad that my innocent little two year old could be the source of entertainment:-)<br /><br /><object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vRKtpAU34pY&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vRKtpAU34pY&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="385" width="480"></embed></object>THE BROWN BOYShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02268907116504765568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36906466.post-59458279330809208602010-04-03T22:37:00.004-05:002010-04-03T23:21:45.746-05:00Eggs<div style="text-align: center;">Dyeing Easter eggs at my sis's house earlier this week:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgmZPJ0K6yR13zu3kiqMFyiZUVgLmJwoNPLRrzemuib5rYVgz7jVCeuISI-XOvSMrUEKBPTZyrd6XsR2WhASIj4G9LQMbCam0F7E120LehMAuPdE2IRAB5hUurgWRWu-EbvWqD/s1600/DSC01588.JPG"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnf5gVZe831YJatTuq1BXQZQAziXnUfVhL1p_Nn10Wh7AFAq_Q5aYAlYMKSQcFk6koQpK2FbnH8O9gcspEUl4ZS9t4cPX9xRUN0v-xd-r_65ReKq5rpix3n2rtRcdh6R3Suujz/s400/DSC01592.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456126142946928226" border="0" /></a>Abraham Lincoln:<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYXnaA6SY2TMGRTh8BslaQrp3MVzj0Pne6aXBSdI1RWexmayW462Q2Kj-o95etKsYb6JBoa3dMGF2asX6kNT5OlCzgqxtD0ypJM4rG76ldiJwj2sea5Mh_8YPjVuc9szBbH7qr/s1600/DSC01594.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYXnaA6SY2TMGRTh8BslaQrp3MVzj0Pne6aXBSdI1RWexmayW462Q2Kj-o95etKsYb6JBoa3dMGF2asX6kNT5OlCzgqxtD0ypJM4rG76ldiJwj2sea5Mh_8YPjVuc9szBbH7qr/s400/DSC01594.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456124308015147714" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie_jbeaPQVgDWJBBxq-rzLaqdl8uR_GX0rEbat-syWePJXZyRCKyWJtdkcGFddG_yMJ_XvB6hh6V8M8xAv2Y8ak34aOb7TMEInb7tb6KqA8U60I_W7tMkub2GlHZpWxwkKHwNv/s1600/DSC01595.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie_jbeaPQVgDWJBBxq-rzLaqdl8uR_GX0rEbat-syWePJXZyRCKyWJtdkcGFddG_yMJ_XvB6hh6V8M8xAv2Y8ak34aOb7TMEInb7tb6KqA8U60I_W7tMkub2GlHZpWxwkKHwNv/s400/DSC01595.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456124295301775506" border="0" /></a> Mr. Curly Moustache and his wife:<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgit5tVEk1NJld4CuaE7P0aqpTAYYeAQZJqT4UnjSgxNtpxdYwCWwjWoIyoMpyAwvMAQRcSYh1WFTYUQJ5JuDpKIl03Wg8qU2SFOL0nBsr7BSDmsmaSYKO83J2smSEFmai3S9Om/s1600/DSC01596.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgit5tVEk1NJld4CuaE7P0aqpTAYYeAQZJqT4UnjSgxNtpxdYwCWwjWoIyoMpyAwvMAQRcSYh1WFTYUQJ5JuDpKIl03Wg8qU2SFOL0nBsr7BSDmsmaSYKO83J2smSEFmai3S9Om/s400/DSC01596.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456124284501969330" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">She's got quite the tan going on.<br /></div>THE BROWN BOYShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02268907116504765568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36906466.post-88573800363070207762010-03-31T09:22:00.000-05:002010-03-31T09:22:00.550-05:00Happy Birthday Dillon!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDzdnUuT_G8_CUIBeKY3wnFUfTRuPLJKNVkEQyoWW2okrx_WIEPYXHm66n_EgJ2npGujKqe0EiQYt8aHKFwX0uZogXDOOSvh3xICoIv7zwmc9DV3ng_HJZhxk5rbDaxKW4CFzP/s1600/DSC00317.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDzdnUuT_G8_CUIBeKY3wnFUfTRuPLJKNVkEQyoWW2okrx_WIEPYXHm66n_EgJ2npGujKqe0EiQYt8aHKFwX0uZogXDOOSvh3xICoIv7zwmc9DV3ng_HJZhxk5rbDaxKW4CFzP/s400/DSC00317.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454619120979966530" border="0"></a>We love you and miss you!<br /><br />THE BROWN BOYShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02268907116504765568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36906466.post-20328330705947601272010-03-30T15:41:00.003-05:002010-03-30T15:46:24.533-05:00"B" says "Buh"Max was playing with some blocks the other day and we discovered that he knows quite a few of his letters! We thought it was just a fluke, because he still isn't a very clear communicator but after some 'testing' we realized he really does know them! We credit these cool v-tech magnets. When you plug them into the base, it tells you the letter, what sound it makes and sings a little song.<br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/tq5roj9vRGM&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/tq5roj9vRGM&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object>THE BROWN BOYShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02268907116504765568noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36906466.post-58615941383396797932010-03-29T20:39:00.003-05:002010-03-29T20:44:58.836-05:00Rug Rats Times TwoWhat could be better than a boy clinging to your leg for dear life? TWO boys clinging to your legs for dear life, while you make robot noises!<br /><br />This solves the problem of overdeveloping the muscles of only one leg, when <a href="http://willandsam.blogspot.com/2010/03/rug-rat.html">this</a> happens. (Because I was really worried about that.)<br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mKJJDtWIXdE&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mKJJDtWIXdE&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />Man, I wish I'd gotten the camera sooner, they walked clear down the hallway like this!THE BROWN BOYShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02268907116504765568noreply@blogger.com4