Faces & Conversations

The Many Faces.........

A boy's gotta keep his map handy!

Conversation about motorcycles.....

W - Only BOYS ride motorcycles!

E - THEY do not!!  Girls ride on the back!

D to W - Will you ride a motorcycle when you grow up?

W - Yaaaa!  And have grown up parties too!!!

D - Oh.  What do grown ups do at their parties?

E - They don't do FUN stuff like kids do!!!!!!!!!

D to E - What do you want to be when you get older?

E - A Dresser!  Mommy isn't a Dresser.   She is still a cooker though!!!!

D to W - What are you going to be when you get older?

W - Going to be a ballerina Man!!!!!

D - A ballerina Man???

W - I even KNOW HOW to be a ballerina!

D - Where did you learn that?

W - I didn't.  I just know.

Last Thursday

Emily said, "Wyyyaaatt.  Ambrose won't marry me - will you???"

It was such an active day I didn't even get the camera out!  The kids were so excited to see each other that they were running around like crazy!  They probably only slowed down long enough to eat!  They had fun though!!  

Wy Wy

One Man Band

Chillin' eatin' his "flies"

Cool guy hangin' out

Camp-out

The "Girls Only" Tent!

The Boys Tent!

Em's Giraffes.... no, they weren't camping.

Kung Fu

Oh My!  WHERE? oh WHERE? do they get their energy from?!  I want some!!  It was a full on, high voltage energy day!  So, of course, that means refueling from time to time too!

The boys sittin' close, side by side at the snack table.

Is she giving him a look??

And then.............. it was time for some Kung Fu Fighting!  I laughed so hard when the kids started doing this!  The twins don't do this yet so to see what was to come was just hilarious!  Wyatt was sort of on the receiving end of things and from most of pics I snapped it looks like he was being beat up, but he really wasn't.... I don't think!?  There was never any crying or complaining just a whole lota movement and laughter!  I just wish I could have got a pic of Em in her fighting stance!!!

Em's Karate Roundhouse kick???

I'm done!  I need a break!

Puppet Show

Emily put on a fantastic puppet show for us all today..... well, most of us.  At first she didn't have her brother's name down on the invitation, however, she did add his name to the list a little while later.  Em was very thoughtful and organized in her presentation and started the show with introductions and thank-yous to all involved.  Oh, and she made sure she reminded us to turn off our cell phones and not to use our cameras!

Uhh, sorry.....  I don't remember the story!  :-(

Outside

Today we had alot of fresh air today which was good because I think it balanced out the time we spent watching a movie (a Bugs Life) today!  Wyatt was a fast target so not so many pictures of him, but Em was a perfect model!  :-D  I love the blowing dandelion fluffs!  I could do that all day too!  Wyatt is such a confident little bike rider that I am sure it won't be long before he is laying tracks with Dad!

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Rainy Day in May

Today's fun thing was to make a Robot or anything you want with hinged arms and legs (using metal fasteners) that swing and move.  I made a little sample one to show the kids what it would look like and how cool it was that the arms and legs could move.....

This is how it started...

Wy working on it...

All 4 of them thinking and creating...

(see the fasteners in the middle of the table?)

Em putting it all together...

TaaDaa!  The end result!  Aren't they cool?

This WAS the kind of look I was going for!

Using these things!

I am so thrilled at what the kids made!!  I loved watching them.  There was no hesitation in what they were creating they just went to work!  Even though I reminded them that we could use the fasteners and that I would help they just wanted to glue and use the pens and do their own thing!  It was awesome!  It just goes to show once again that with kids nothing goes as planned!  LOL

I hope you don't get sick of seeing the blocks because I think I will have a picture like this every week!!  I LOVE seeing what the boys have created with these random sized wood pieces!  It is so fun seeing what creative and imaginative structure they come up with next!  And it is so neat (I know I have said this before too!) that they work together so well and that neither one is dominating or controlling the project.

WHACK the Flu!

What does WHACK mean?

W ash your hands often
H ome is where you stay when you are sick
A void touching your eyes, nose and mouth
C over your coughs and sneezes
K eep your distance from people who are coughing and sneezing