Catching up with SM

Assortment of occurrences with SM.  This is how she wears sunglasses...

This is what happens when dad dresses her...

This is her reading...

This is her helping put away laundry...

This is her cooking...

This is her outfit for the rodeo...

And this is her eating a cupcake...

Nebraska Marble it ain't!

Oh no!  It appears that green lawns don't grow on their own in the LOE!  A yard full of goatheads?  Not on my beautiful momma's watch!  Roto-tilling and then manuring and then rototilling and then peat mossing and then tamping leads to ....

It is a flat, stinky, dirty, well-fertilized patch of dirt.  So then lay the sod...

Water profusely and wa-lah!

You can't do this on goatheads!

My parents felt so confident now with sod that they plan on building us a sod-home instead of a tree-house!

Take Me Out to the Ballgame...

Another Tee-ball season has ended in the LOE.  Under the tutelage of my dear old dad, JC took his first live hacks...

With two seasons under my belt, you can see that my ball traveled farther before nosing into the dirt...

JC's run to first base presents an excellent exhibit of the organized chaos that reigns...

Here is JC in the field.  He enjoyed offense.

Here is M in the field.  She also enjoyed offense.

 In the dugout and ready to bat...

Thanks for the season, dad!

Let's Go Fly a Kite!

With tuppence for paper and strings
You can have your own set of wings
With your feet on the ground

You're a bird in a flight
With your fist holding tight
To the string of your kite

Oh, oh, oh!
Let's go fly a kite
Up to the highest height!
Let's go fly a kite and send it soaring
Up through the atmosphere
Up where the air is clear
Oh, let's go fly a kite!

When you send it flyin' up there
All at once you're lighter than air
You can dance on the breeze
Over 'ouses and trees
With your first 'olding tight
To the string of your kite

Oh, oh, oh!
Let's go fly a kite
Up to the highest height!
Let's go fly a kite and send it soaring
Up through the atmosphere
Up where the air is clear
Let's go fly a kite!

Okay!  One more time from the top!  Hey!  Oh blast!  Who gave them a sno-cone?

Proud Parents of a Graduate

Yes, I, JC, graduated from pre-school.  I did not graduate with honors like my beautiful momma did. But I did have a lot of fun. 

Here I am in my line-up of classmates.  Those without the black hat had to repeat!  Can you spot SM?

My dad was the only adult male to attend this gathering - what a dad!

My parents' next goal?  Get SM graduated!

Happy Birthday JC!

Do you remember when you turned five?  I do, because it happened last week for me.  Here I am with my annual birthday pancake tradition...

That '5' looks misshapen.  I wonder what would happen if you made it out of cake?

I had a great friend party...

My friends are such light-weights, I had to have a family party, too.  There was no cake left after SM and my dad got to it...

Another year and another retro-book...

Look at all the gifts I received.  What a wonderful day - why do I have to wait a year to have them?

Thanks to everyone from your favorite five year old!

One Quarter of Our State is Better Than Delaware Part III

Hello intrepid voyagers.  Our blog is both a powerful and influential medium.  All this making fun of the pathetic state of delaware caused none other than National Geographic to publish a piece on how 'awesome' delaware is...good thing our blog receives more daily views!

Our last leg of our spring break trip involved visiting the White Sands...

 Aunt J was there.  Where you ask?  Well "X" marks the spot.

Miles and miles of white sand that is both cool to the touch with the consistency of snow.

 Don't let this picture fool you.  My dim-witted dad sunk like a stone into the hill side.

 Where was SM?  She found her place - in Minnie...

We went to the NASA space hall of fame and built our own robots...

We did the hotel pool to cool off...

On our way back home we stopped by the zoo and then the World's Biggest Pistachio!  We had pistachio ice cream and picked up a jar of pistachio mayo.  Take that delaware.

Thanks for visiting Aunt J!