Some words (videos) from the kids to start off your year

Nathan

Yeah, there's a door to get in. Daniel's shoving the door. Uh oh, you're knocking the thing Daniel. You're kind of shoving it!

Melanie

(I had asked Melanie what they had made.) Nathan's! A car world!

Matthew

(I asked Matthew pretty much the same question as Melanie.) It's a hill for they to go down!

Daniel

Mommy, what is it?

Walking!

Hard to catch this guy in action, he's not the posing type.

But he is the multi-tasking type. Amazing little guy! (I'm not sure I know of any other males who can suck their thumbs AND learn to walk at the same time.)

Clean start

After being dirty and stinky all week, it's good to get cleaned up for Sunday, to get a fresh start to the new week.

Daniel thinks baths are so much fun! He was very offended that he only got to share a bath with Matthew, and was not allowed to join Melanie later. And he was even more offended when he wasn't allowed to join Nathan either!

Tub time with Matthew and Daniel is usually a combination of splashing and doggy piles. They seem to mutually enjoy their bath experience.

Matthew loves the water too. He had been so disappointed that he was too young for swimming lessons this summer, but fortunately he is good at improvising, and he carried over some of the skills he saw Nathan and Melanie learn during his tub time.

He also likes pointing out his wrinkly hands. He's made the word "wrinkly" even longer ever since his Dad pointed out that he was saying it incorrectly.

Ready to run!

I tried this toy on Daniel a month or two ago, but he was no where near ready for it then. But today he is very eager.

Soon there will be no keeping up to him!

Crawling!

Behold a deadly combination of cuteness and speed:

Maybe we can get warranties that cover crawlers?

Snake

Here is the only snake I've seen who removes his tongue before slithering:

I suppose it's the latest safety feature.

Video of Daniel

Hopefully this works.

Schooler video

Presenting:

Nimble Nathan

Preschooler Video

Presenting:

Melanie 'Membering

Toddler Video

Presenting:

Mumblings of Matthew

Baby video

Presenting:

Daniel the Dancer

Daniel says

Can you hear me Mommy?
Are you listening to ME?
(What a noisy house we live in!)


Mommy, please take me away!
We could go somewhere quiet.
Just you and me, Mommy.
Please?

Almost silent videos

Here is a rather amateur tribute to Charlie Chaplin done by my less than professional offspring:

Mommy monster

Run while you can!

Park day

After such a busy week, it's time we took a day to relax at the park. They never seem to object to that...

It's sure nice having a giant sandbox as part of the park!

I did have to break up three fights over Nathan's special big shovel, though. Too bad for them we don't have three of them...but hey, learning to share is something that might just maybe possibly perhaps come in handy one day in the distant future for them. Either way, it's banned from coming next time. Poor shovel.



Maybe I can retire from swing pushing permanently? Too bad he can't lift her up onto it too!


Since our camping trip, Matthew's been much more willing to walk on "rugged" terrain. That is, on anything that isn't perfectly flat. He does the sand in the park fantastically now!

And he loves the hill! It actually has a pretty good incline--which the photo doesn't capture. He knows how to do the up and the down. What a big boy! (sniff sniff)


It is so much fun to run!

Julie

As per request here is another talking videos, plus two extras. Email didn't work...maybe the files are too big. Oh--and if you were to give the kids a demo of a longer talking video, they might figure out how to blab a little more. MIGHT. Kids can be clueless sometimes. :p









LESS THAN FOUR WEEKS TO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Long videos

Perhaps not as much talking as desired...but you'll have to wait until a chattier mood is here.

Three Thrillers for Thursday

Horror:

Defiance in a 16 month old.
(To intensify the horror, imagine what this will be like when he's 16 years old!)

Comedy:

Drama queen entertains the masses.
(Please note that humour in a two year old is generally vastly different from that in an adult.)

Drama:

Four year old struggles with a life of excess camera time.
(Times can be trying when the camera doesn't know how to listen.)

The irony of wonderfully wet Wednesday was that an hour after I posted, our water was turned off 'til sometime after lunch. I managed to get 2 inches of water in the pool for the morning round, and had it brimful in the afternoon just because I could!

I am the cheese

The real cheese.


This child would have the camera instead of the nurse. I guess he's a misfit. :p

(Thanks for lending me your book, Lulu. :) )

Haha

Personally, I think four years old is a bit young for lame jokes.
He could wait 'til he was forty...or whenever he's moved out of the house.


Say "cheese!" (or not).