Real Conversation

Grant is crying

Me: Grant what happened

Spencer: Well, we were throwing shoes and one hit him in the face

Me: Go put away the shoes

Spencer: I was afraid you might say that

Both kids ran off happily and put away the shoe.  I am counting this as a win in the good parent column despite the shoe throwing.

Staycation Day 7-gone fishing

A new method since the previous one wasn't working

The end of this staycation...We will start another Staycation on August 9th...stay tuned.

Staycation Day 6...The Zoo with Daddy

Will finally had a day off to join us on our grand adventures so we headed for the zoo.

This is what you find at the end of the zoo train

I asked them to stand together so I could take a picture and this is what I got...
Spencer is pouting, Grant is spinning in circles....boys!

Train ride

Daddy, Don't feed me to the T-rex!

Digging for dinos

Staycation, Day 5...SAFARI

This place is awesome!!!  

Spencer is a lamb

Grant is a goat?

Zebras in the road

Buffalo babies look like cows

Car seats Optional

Look a Bear

2 bears really really close

Staycation, Day 4

Today we spent the day at the park, went home for naps and headed back to the park

Tomorrow...

Staycation, Day 3

A bike ride to the park then I went to work my only shift this week. 

Just keep swimming

Pictures from swimming lessons yesterday...

Staycation, day 2

A hike, papa's pizza, swimming, and BR 31 flavors

Staycation, Day 1

Ahoy Matey!

Don't mind the underpants shot...
we are potty training this week.

Petal to make the train go...very cool...

Not quite tall enough for NASA. :-(

Wordless Wednesday

Edit me

I wanted to do something with the space to the left and wanted to really draw out the features of this darling boy.
I changed the photo to black and white made it a bit smaller so that when I added the color portions back in they would
jump out a bit more.  I should have muted the detail in the background image a bit so the quote would stand out.  

SOOC

 

Happy birthday Spencer...take 2

Birthday at home

Daddy got him a fishing pole, Grant helped Open it

Showing Grant his new DS Lite

ICE CREAM CAKE from DQ!!!

Mother's beatitudes

· Blessed is the mother who understands her child, for she shall inherit a kingdom of memories.
· Blessed is the mother who knows how to comfort, for she shall possess a child's devotion.
· Blessed is the mother who guides by the path of righteousness, for she shall be proud of her offspring.
· Blessed is the mother who is never shocked, for she shall receive confidences.
· Blessed is the mother who teaches respect, for she shall be respected.
· Blessed is the mother who emphasizes the good and minimizes the bad, for in like manner the child himself shall make evaluations.
· Blessed is the mother who treats her child as she would be treated, for her home shall be filled with happiness.
· Blessed is the mother who answers simply the startling questions, for she shall always be trusted.
· Blessed is the mother who has character strong enough to withstand the thoughtless remarks and resentments of the growing child, for, in due time, she shall be honored.

Credits: Leonora Zearfoss

I came across this here and couldn't resist reposting.

http://library.adoption.com/articles/a-mothers-beatitudes.html

Edit me

This one was fun!  The moment I saw the picture I knew what I wanted to do with it.  

A few months ago my Grandma e-mailed several poems that my Grandpa wrote as a young man.  This one is written about the town he grew up in...(eventually raised his family in this town and my folks stuck around and I was raised there too).  I thought it was a fun addition to this old time photo.

 Here's what I did:
Brightened the photo a bit and shifted the colors a bit more to the warm side
Straightened it up a bit
And of course added grandpa's poem

Hope you like it

SOOC

 

Omaha Zoo with Cousins