The K Company Blog

This week

2012-01-20T12:03:00.000-08:00

The thing that's taken me away from blogging. It was a very busy week. I. am. tired.

Nat bounces off the walls

2012-01-15T16:42:00.000-08:00

Miss Tia Flips

2012-01-15T16:33:00.001-08:00

Just another lazy Sunday afternoon.

Sunday afternoon bouncing

2012-01-15T16:31:00.000-08:00

With Kira and Mommy.

Friends

2012-01-14T20:55:00.000-08:00

This was taken a couple of weeks back... They all do like each other. The new boys are a little scared of the girls because they were used to living with other kitties and a quiet lady. They are adjusting to the noise and activity level.

My what big kitty eyes you have.

2012-01-14T12:52:00.000-08:00

Right after Christmas... The girls and the kitties got a kitty tree for Christmas and they all love it!

Chip off the old block

2012-01-14T00:17:00.000-08:00

Nick is showing the girls how to program. Using Scratch, the girls can make an interactive game or a presentation. Kira made a game! We'll have a link to the online version of Kira's game very soon. (It's online, so if you want to see it, email and ask. It just is in a place that we can't link to from here for social reasons, not technical ones.) Nat's working on her first game, too. We're also using Picoboards to explore the world. Stay tuned for more updates on computational thinking!

Nat and Judi learned about Picoboards when they went to MIT last fall. (Oh, and Judi still needs to share pictures from that day!)

The girls are really enjoying this new project with Daddy!

Before and After

2012-01-12T21:36:00.001-08:00

Kira and Tia took an ice-skating lesson today. Kira read an American Girl Doll Book about a girl who loves to skate and wanted to try it. Tia is always game for new adventures.

Before

After

Despite (quite) a few falls, they loved it. We signed up for a series of classes at the end.

Fences

2012-01-07T19:20:00.000-08:00

Sticking with the New Year theme...On New Year's Day, we went on a hike. Afterwards, the girls sat on a fence. Nick snapped these pictures from afar, so they have an interesting grainy quality. I think the quality is fun and I like the pictures.

Happy New Year!

2012-01-07T13:39:00.000-08:00

What, you say it's the 7th already? Oops...Yep, it's busy around here. Judi has a big project until January 20th. Then another big project until February 15th. And then she plans to take some time off work. Really.

In the meantime, we've been notified by one of wonderful cousins that Shutterfly sent out the wrong Holiday Card in our name. If you received a card from us with a picture on the front other than the one above, let us know! Our cousins in Texas received The Cunningham family's card.

Look for pictures of a girl who will be 10! soon!

Oh yea, and pictures from Christmas.

New baby

2011-12-30T09:11:00.000-08:00

Kira's new kitty loves to be snuggled in blankets! Kira is delighted!

Kira and Nat made this.

2011-12-30T07:32:00.000-08:00

Yesterday, Kira and Nat collaborated and made her. Pretty impressive.

Prototypical

2011-12-29T23:14:00.001-08:00

Kira created this one. I love it. It's such a prototypical picture of a house, tree, and dog.

By Judi

2011-12-29T22:40:00.000-08:00

I made this in about 1979. The girls were impressed. I still remember making the picture. I loved it. I was thrilled to find I had it and that it hadn't disintegrated.

Awww.

2011-12-28T14:42:00.001-08:00

The brothers all snuggled up in Noël's bed. Noël is the one who looks annoyed. He doesn't want to have to share with Coale.

Uncle Rob

2011-12-27T08:21:00.000-08:00

The girls had so much fun hanging with Uncle Rob on Thanksgiving! Come back soon!

Quail

2011-12-26T12:50:00.000-08:00

These guys were running around near our house on 11/18/2011 before we left for school. I love having a covey of quail on our street.

Heritage Project v2

2011-12-24T07:55:00.000-08:00

Doll by Kira (and Mommy). Second grade Heritage Project.

Here's Nat's project from 2 years ago. The dolls look like related. They are different dolls. Next year, we get to make another doll. Hrm...I wonder what she'll look like.)

Week 46

2011-12-23T22:39:00.000-08:00

Sweet little Kira age 4 (photo of the week 49/52)

2011-12-23T21:55:00.002-08:00

Here's a picture of Kira taken at Katie's wedding. I only have a hard copy of it, so I took a picture of it (with my iPhone). It's one of my favorite pictures of her. I wish I had the (original) soft copy. I must remember to ask Katie!

Art by Kira

2011-12-22T16:32:00.000-08:00

Meet the new boys! (photo of the week 50/52)

2011-12-17T19:47:00.001-08:00

They arrived, today! We met them on Tuesday. Kira's kitty is in back looking more chill and Tia's is in front looking a little scared. We think Kira is naming her kitty Noel (as in Christmas in French) and that Tia is going with Coale (pronounced coal). Of course, this could change. We'll keep you posted.

Buddy's doing "okay" with the situation. Buddy and the new boys haven't officially met yet. The new guys know about Buddy (or rather Noel does, whether he's shared the info with Coale is unknown), and Buddy knows there's at least one new kitty around here. The new boys are adjusting in the bathroom. We're glad Coale came out from behind the toliet! Making progress.

More g.p. love

2011-12-09T17:07:00.000-08:00

Again, photos by Nat's teacher. (One of them may turn into a photo of the week 'cause she takes pictures on her iPhone.)

Photo of the week 45/52

2011-12-07T08:25:00.000-08:00

I wish the lighting were a little better on it. Now, (below) I lightened it up a little. What do you think?

Love

2011-12-06T22:08:00.001-08:00

Awwww. Natalie and the new class pet, Patches the guinea pig. Her teacher (wonderful Miss W.) took the picture! Thanks, Miss W!

(I am almost ready to finish up Boston.)

Mom-ba

2011-12-02T22:37:00.000-08:00

We'll be back to our tale of Boston soon. (I have to get all my photos in the right place, first.) Today, we'll do a tale of veggies. You may know that Kira has no love of vegetables. For a while, she called them vengetables--she didn't even know what venge meant, but it worked so well as a word. She's outgrown calling veggies that, but she still doesn't like them. Imagine my surprise when she asked for a green smoothie. She tried peas blended with strawberries and bananas and liked it "okay." I suggested she try fruit with spinach. I often drink spinach in my own smoothies so I know from first-hand experience that spinach has a very mild flavor when blended with fruit.

We invented "Mom-ba." Not to be confused with Mambo or Jamba. We've been drinking the veggies for about a month or so. Kira still loves Mom-ba. However, she wouldn't let me take a picture of her drinking them. Tia would though!

I managed to get one of Nat, but it's blurry 'cause she was trying to not get photographed.

Musical interlude

2011-11-30T10:58:00.000-08:00

I think I told you she's started to play trumpet.

We will come back to tales of Boston soon.

Red dress (Photo of the week 47/52)

2011-11-26T12:48:00.001-08:00

Boy am I behind. I owe you Friday in Boston and lots of other stuff. Right now, this is Saturday (11/26) in Chinatown. (My brother Rob came to visit for Thanksgiving. We played tourist with him.) Kira loves her new red dress.

I think one of this is photo of the week. I think I might like the second one best. What do you think?

Nat eats a brownie marshmallow sandwich

2011-11-21T19:23:00.000-08:00

Thursday I was with my class. Natalie had to amuse herself all morning. She joined us for lunch; then, in the afternoon, the class went to the Boston Museum of Science and Natalie came, too. (Hrmmm...I think I have some photos from the museum. I'll see if I can find them and post them.) After the museum trip, the class went back to work until 7 pm.

When I was finally done with the day, I gave Nat her choice of where to go for dinner-- she'd earned it! She was very good all day--made me proud. She chose the chocolate factory (where we'd gone on Tuesday for dessert).

She and I ate dinner, then had fondue and roasted marshmallows again. Here she is eating a marshmallow between two brownies. Heee!

Wednesday in Boston

2011-11-20T08:11:00.000-08:00

A little less busy of a day on Wednesday. KJ and her kids went home and Nat and I hung out. Wednesday morning, we ate breakfast with one of the professors from the University. We had a late breakfast and hung out talking until who knows when. Then we went for a walk. We went to Boston Public Garden. We met some very friendly and hungry squirrels. (They were very fat--getting ready for winter!)

They liked the fruit and nut pack we brought. They were used to people feeding them because if they saw you had food, they'd come bounding up to you. They looked like little dogs running for a treat!

So did the birds. Nat had fun throwing a nut or seed and watching them all fly towards it. An explosion of birds is what it looked like. It looks like Nat might be cold, but it was a GORGEOUS day. It was around 65. I'm not sure why she had her hood up.

More park and squirrel pictures

I love the make way for ducklings statues!

After our relaxing afternoon stroll in the park we went back to the hotel and said hi to my class. Another professor was teaching and we just waved. Then! My friend Linda D from High School came up to the hotel with her 3 kiddos and we swam and had dinner. I only took photos at the pool and they are a little blurry with kids moving quickly.

It was super to see Linda. Both she and KJ both live near Boston! It's a little crazy, my two best friends during h.s. both live on the east coast--go figure! (KJ actually arranged to surprise me with Linda coming up to the hotel on Monday night when I arrived. It was a super surprise! I'm so glad she did it! Yay, KJ!)

And that was Wednesday.

More Tuesday

2011-11-19T21:32:00.000-08:00

Okay, we're still on Tuesday. I had planned to blog each day this week but WOOOOSH, the week went by. Here's the rest of Tuesday. We ate dinner at a fun Italian restaurant in the North End. Here's Sam and Nat at dinner. Nice picture, eh?

Then we went to the Apple store because we LOVE Apple.

They had this cool spiral staircase made of glass.

We took pictures on it!
KJ even bought something!

Then we went to a drugstore to buy some stuff... (cough syrup and toothpaste I believe). No photos were taken.

Next was a chocolate factory restaurant for dessert. Fondue and flames. The kids roasted marshmallows at the table. Nothing is better than a kid with a flaming marshmallow on a stick (quote of the day by KJ).

They even had syringes full of chocolate that you could squirt into your mouth... (You can see how Happy Sam was with his!)

After this, you'd think we would be tired, but then we went back to the hotel and went swimming for a second time. And that ends Tuesday. W-F soon.

Tuesday (or Tourist day) in Boston (part 1)

2011-11-13T23:04:00.000-08:00

This is a long one! We hung out with my friend KJ and two of her four kids. We crammed a LOT into one day and this is just part 1 of the post. Super fun crazy day! Thank you for coming to see us in Boston, KJ (and Sam and Lily)!

We're at the top of the Prudential building looking out at the view. The building lets you see 360 around Boston from about 700 feet.

Then we went on a Duck Boat Tour. We learned a ton about Boston in 90 minutes. Our guide was great.

We saw beautiful leaves....

the statue for the 54th Regiment

The best part was when we went into the water...

and Nat got to drive the boat! (All the kiddos did!)

More beautiful views...

And a piece of the Berlin wall.

Finally, a picture of the duck boat (we're in it) in a reflection on a building.

Then we went back to the hotel and swam.

Then we rode the subway to dinner in the North End. Yummy Italian food for us!

More pictures from Tuesday coming soon because we did a lot more. Look for Part 2 soon.

At the airport... heading to Boston

2011-11-13T10:20:00.000-08:00

Nat and Judi head off for an excellent adventure and a business trip. Judi will teach her students for a day and 1/2 and Nat will accompany her to learn stuff you can't learn in school.

She's starting with a pizza at the airport in preparation for the long flight. This was the only photo we took Monday because most of the time we felt like a sardine in a tin can--oh the airlines have squished the seats together even more.

Trip was 11/7 - 11/11... We're blogging a week in delay.

We're still not done with Halloween Photos... + photo of the week 43/52

2011-11-06T08:00:00.000-08:00

Here are some from the pumpkin patch last weekend.

We're making this one of Kira and her pumpkin Photo of the week for week 43.

Nat versus her cat

2011-11-05T17:17:00.001-07:00

Vote for Photo of the week for week 44...

the bottom one in this post

or

this one of Nat carving her pumpkin.

At the dinner table, the fourth kid

2011-11-05T16:13:00.000-07:00

Doesn't it look like it's HIS chair and he's waiting to be served?

I think I might like the photo even better with this iPhone effect on it. (Clarity from Camera+)

Pumpkin fun (Photo of the week 44/52)

2011-11-05T11:34:00.000-07:00

I probably should have posted this before the already carved photo.

Antlers

2011-11-03T17:10:00.000-07:00

In the neighborhood. There were two of these bad boys. They both had big antlers.

Pumpkins

2011-11-02T21:07:00.000-07:00

Designed and carved by the girls. Pretty impressive! (We are still finding random pumpkin bits everywhere in the kitchen. Next year, CARVE OUTSIDE!)

Halloween at School

2011-10-31T16:57:00.000-07:00

Hermione...

Tia was Ginny, Ron Weasley's little sister, but she didn't want red hair, so she looked a little like Hermione. (She didn't have on a Hermione skirt, though.)

Nat was a cat and her teacher, Miss W., was a Goddess.

These were taken Friday. (Halloween was Friday at chool; there wasn't any school today!)

Mmmmmm... banana

2011-10-30T08:44:00.000-07:00

Can you spot the cute little monkey? She's usually a climbing cat.

Photo of the week 40/52

2011-10-29T17:39:00.000-07:00

We're making http://thekcompanyblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/hunting.html photo of the week for week 40. Buddy is so proud.

(We are also all caught up (until midnight tonight) with photo of the week. W00T!)

Hike (10/16) (Photo of the week 41/52)

2011-10-29T08:54:00.000-07:00

We're making this one photo of the week for the 10/9 - 1/15 even though it was taken on 10/16. I had a cold this week and didn't feeling like doing much of anything. I was better by Sunday so we did a little hike. The judges are forgiving and let Sunday pictures count in the previous week when there's a good reason. This whole fall has been a little wacky; thank goodness the judges are kind and also accept photos taken by Nick on iPhone.

sliding fun! (Photo of the week 42/52)

2011-10-28T11:42:00.000-07:00

By Nick.

Grandma and Grandpa K visit

2011-10-27T22:30:00.000-07:00

Back in September! Super fun! Stay longer next time!

Harvest (Photo of the week 39/52)

2011-10-23T11:23:00.000-07:00

This was a few weeks back. 5 beautiful peppers!

Photo of the week (35/52)

2011-10-23T00:12:00.000-07:00

We're calling this one the Photo of the week for week 35. (Photo by Nick.)

Hunting

2011-10-22T19:22:00.000-07:00

He's got them in his sight. (Click on the picture to make it bigger and then click again to get it even bigger.) If he could only figure out how to get out there he knows he'd have good eating for a month or two.

(Photos by Nick)

Anniversary

2011-10-20T20:08:00.000-07:00

The girls made us this sign for our anniversary. However, they forgot to clean up the kitchen. Heh. 10/10 was the best day in 1998 and it continues to be our favorite day.

Flowers (Photo of the week 37/52)

2011-10-18T10:46:00.000-07:00

These are beautiful and they are from beautiful people (my students from 2008). I just wished I hadn't had the need for sympathy flowers. Love you C14!

Photo of the week (36/52)

2011-10-17T12:08:00.000-07:00

We're going to make this photo photo of the week for week 36. It was taken by Nick. I was so busy that I had to outsource my photo taking.

Mu-wah! Photo of the week (38/52)

2011-10-17T08:04:00.000-07:00

Sunday afternoon

2011-10-16T22:27:00.000-07:00

(8/28) Kira wears the dress I wore on the first day of 2nd grade, Tia wears the kindergarten dress and Nat wears a blue dress that I never wore. Grandma F would have loved to see this picture. Hopefully, she still has access to a Mac and the Internet.

Harry Potter meets Charlie's angels

2011-10-15T18:09:00.000-07:00

Photo Credit goes to my friend Becca who took this picture of the girls. Don't they look like they are ready to go catch criminals with their wands?

Dance Dance Revolution (DDR)

2011-10-15T09:50:00.000-07:00

Last weekend, they got up, dressed in similar outfits and started playing DDR. They've all gotten pretty good at it. At the start of the day, Kira and Tia were getting Cs and by the end, they were getting As! (Last year, a C was rarely earned by Kira and Tia. Nat was getting As last year, double As, too.) I love it when we see evidence of learning and development.

Awww!

2011-10-14T07:44:00.000-07:00

Joe holding Olivia, with Scarlett (his granddaughter) feeding her. Natalie laughs in the background. The good thing about our unexpected trip home was seeing everyone and spending some good time together.

She wouldn't want the blogging to stop on her account...

2011-10-13T20:42:00.000-07:00

I'm going to try to get some blogging-groove back. Deep breath. We miss you, Mom!

sadness

2011-09-27T18:30:00.000-07:00

We lost a wonderful member of our family unexpectedly. Mom, I miss you. The little girls miss you too, Grandma. Nick misses his favorite mother-in-law.

We wish we could have just had a party and not a funeral. No one loved family get-togethers more than you and we're sorry you had to miss this one in your honor. It was a good one!

If only we could go back in time and somehow prevent you from falling on Thursday, September 15.

oooooh boy!

2011-09-07T15:52:00.000-07:00

It's busy around here!

My online class has started.
A new project has kicked into high gear.
I'm trying to get in another Zumba class each week.
I have 3 classrooms to volunteer in each week!

It's all good. I choose to do all these crazy, but wonderful things.

Here's the other (crazy) thing we're going to do, soon.

That's ~1300 square feet of new wood for the floor on the first level of the house. (Mazda 5 included to show size.)

Goodbye ugly carpet! Hello Sydney blue wood!

Photo of the week 33 & 34

2011-09-06T08:55:00.000-07:00

Week 33

Week 34

In the neighborhood

2011-09-05T07:59:00.000-07:00

A mom with 3 deer. I couldn't get a good picture of all of them... Here you can kind of see them.

Silly monkey

2011-09-04T07:39:00.000-07:00

Laboring

2011-09-04T00:01:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, we were tossing and organizing... I got the girls to clean off a shelf that had been piled high with their school stuff. I'm not sure if them moving it to the floor is what I intended, but they sorted the stuff into a pile per girl. Now I have to figure out what to do with each pile. Re: my desk, it's almost clear! The bookshelf is organized, too! We're almost ready for the school year.

Did I tell you that we're getting ready to take out the carpet downstairs and put in wood floor? The wood arrives on Wednesday (according to the company where we ordered it). Demolition and installation should start 9/24. Stay tuned!

Face painting.

2011-09-03T08:02:00.000-07:00

Errr... Hand painting... Tia painted the green frog, Kira painted the red butterfly, and Chelsea painted the Black and White Cat.

The fanciest mud pie I ever done seen.

2011-09-02T21:59:00.000-07:00

By Kira, Tia, Meri, and Natalie

Let's go fly a kite

2011-09-02T12:49:00.000-07:00

Tia really wanted a kite for her birthday.

Here she is flying it.

It's a cat kite!

Here's Uncle Joe watching.

Here's Uncle Joe flying it!

Fluffy

2011-08-31T13:38:00.000-07:00

The three-headed dog from Harry Potter book 1. The girls had a Harry Potter Summer!

Up a Creek

2011-08-30T20:41:00.000-07:00

When Joe came to visit, we went to a park we hadn't been to before. It was a HOT day, but there was a nice cool creek. In we went!

Mother's helper

2011-08-30T17:15:00.000-07:00

A few weeks back, Natalie had her first experience as a Mother's Helper to a Mom other than me. She can be a SUPER HELPER. She went with our friends to the Kid's Museum and chased the twins. The twins have grown a little!. So has Natalie. The picture shows her face painting the twins.

Wall o' monsters

2011-08-26T11:46:00.000-07:00

It's the start of school and I'm trying to figure out the schedule. I'm guessing blogging might be a little spotty for the next couple of weeks. Just when I get the girls' routines determined, I'll start teaching and then things will be crazy, again. I'm going to try to get back into a routine of blogging, again, this week.

In Tia's class, we did a session to introduce The Monster Project. Here are some of the pictures of their first monsters.

After we told them about the monster project, we read them a description of a monster and they had to draw it.

Head: black circle, 20 red spots, alternating big blue & small orange spikes

Arms: (Left) octopus-like (Right) throwing flames.

Body: 2 triangles purple, red, white.

Legs: hairy, bony, buggy, dirty yellow.

They could add their own faces. In this project, they have to read, follow directions and figure out how to make something that fits the vague directions (be creative) all at the same time.

I love the Monster Project; it's a lot like life. Life comes with lots of instructions and people telling you what to do, but often those instructions are vague! In this introductory sessions, the kids worked alone, but as they build their real monster, they'll have to work together to figure out how to do the parts and work in teams. Okay, enough Monster Talk for one day.

Kittywood Studios: Cat Videos Incorporated

2011-08-20T08:55:00.000-07:00

We've been a little busy this week: 2 birthdays, the start of school, and other stuff. In the mean time, enjoy this very funny video about how all those cute videos about cats are made.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uBZRE5mXpc&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Birthday girl!

2011-08-18T11:00:00.001-07:00

It's super to be six!

First day!

2011-08-18T10:51:00.000-07:00

4th, 2nd and 1st grade!!!

Can you find the birthday girl?

Uncle Joe visits. He's been here for the start of school for the last couple of years.

Park

2011-08-14T17:49:00.000-07:00

Saturday afternoon--Joe visits--we play at the park

More wildlife

2011-08-14T09:43:00.000-07:00

Meet a cute, 'fraidy cat squirrel. We saw him/her last Sunday.

Just silly

2011-08-13T09:17:00.000-07:00

They don't seem to be able to be "not silly."

Photos of the weeks 29, 30, and 31

2011-08-12T08:14:00.000-07:00

Here's week 29: Horseback riding camp week (more photos coming, soon, but you already got some videos!)

Here's week 30.

Here's week 31.

And, now I'm caught up (for the moment).

Balloon animals: Another post in our Learning by doing series

2011-08-11T14:18:00.000-07:00

Back in June, we dug out a book and balloon animal kit that my friends from work had given me. (They gave it to me back before Nat was born.)

Nat's a natural. Over the summer, she made tons of balloon animals. We think she should start a party business. She's teaching Tia, too.

On 8/10, Tia made me this... ALL BY HERSELF. Natalie wasn't even home to help. Tia explained how the balloons tell you where you can twist them.

Photo of the week 32/52

2011-08-10T08:08:00.000-07:00

Yea, it was in yesterday's blog post, but I'm calling it out as photo of the week.

The one yesterday didn't have the "clarity" filter on it. I think I like the way it looks with the clarity effect.

Sunday at the park

2011-08-09T22:01:00.000-07:00

Others on the picnic

2011-08-07T10:41:00.000-07:00

Here's 4 of the 5 kids who were on the picnic. Miss Kira was sitting up there with them adding to the cuteness, but she decided she didn't want her picture taken so she hid behind the looking scope.

Don't feed the wildlife

2011-08-06T22:04:00.001-07:00

We went on a picnic this afternoon and within moments of sitting down to eat about 5 of these guys appeared to see if they could join us. They were so persistent, and not scared of us at all, that we had to move.

Friday's menu

2011-08-05T22:14:00.000-07:00

Kira very much enjoyed the week! So did Tia and Nat, but they all liked horseback riding camp better. Less than 2 weeks until school starts.

Tia and a goat

2011-08-03T07:03:00.000-07:00

We went to the petting zoo.

Walk

2011-08-02T20:29:00.000-07:00

An after dinner walk.

Cooking camp!

2011-08-01T09:06:00.000-07:00

Day 1...

Kira will let us know if it's any fun at all, later.

9.5

2011-07-31T21:17:00.000-07:00

We just had the ice cream this week, only a little late. Halfy birthday, Natalie!

Annual trip to the Beach

2011-07-30T13:05:00.000-07:00

We finally got around to heading to the beach, yesterday. After our trip to Hawaii in February, it's been hard to want to go to a not-so-warm beach.

The girls didn't have a problem with the cooler temps and within moments of arriving....

Notice how dry and sand free he is?

When they were cold, they played in the sand.

There was a cool structure on the beach and the girls had a blast playing around it and "fixing it up."

Nat was trying to get warm...
Then she went back in the water and froze.

We saw dolphins playing around later in the day and we loved watching the pelicans dive bomb the water for fish!

They sleep on the way home... or do they? What do you think?

Feeling lazy

2011-07-26T22:09:00.000-07:00

There are 8 very short videos from the girls' horse camp show, last Friday. You can see them all ride! There are some other assorted videos from the talent show at school. Feel free to take a look and browse the gallery.

kid tricks!

2011-07-24T10:46:00.000-07:00

On a train

2011-07-24T00:07:00.000-07:00

On Friday, we took a spontaneous ride on the train. We had a friend visiting and she was going to the city on the train. The girls asked if we could go with her on the train up there. I said, "Sure." We did the ride up, she got off, we jumped on a return train and rode back home. They LOVED it!

The reason why...

2011-07-20T22:05:00.000-07:00

Stop, if you haven't seen the PREVIOUS post, don't read this one, try not to look at the pictures, and scroll down, and read yesterday's post first.

The reason why I had something sticking out of my ear.... Natalie made me a universal translator, or intergalactic communicator so I could understand her when she was Krypto the superdog.

The reason why I found the picture was because I opened Photo Booth on my laptop because Buddy, aka the BEAST, was snuggling with me (he was laying between me and my computer) and I wanted photographic evidence. He snuggled for 20+ minutes until I got up. Maybe he's turning sweet on us? You decide.

Mystery Photo

2011-07-19T22:02:00.000-07:00

I found this photo of me, taken by me on my computer on June 19, 2009. It took me about 10 minutes to remember WHY I have something sticking out of my ear. Any guesses? Nat, do you know why?

Don't forget the noisemakers

2011-07-18T00:12:00.000-07:00

Don't blow so hard...

Aren't you glad these photos weren't a video?

Piñata

2011-07-17T10:05:00.000-07:00

We went to a dear friend's birthday party yesterday (it's Becca, she's the person tying the blindfold's on the girls). There was a piñata. It worked perfectly, all the kids got a turn and the biggest kid, 13, busted it open on the last turn. (The girls weren't the littlest, the littlest ones were 2.)

Photo of the week (27/52)

2011-07-15T07:13:00.000-07:00

7/6/2011...I could have taken a photo pretty much like this one everyday during the week of 7/3 - 7/8. We went swimming a lot. The weather was pretty much PERFECT.... Mid to high 80s, but very cool at night.

Photo of the week (26/52)

2011-07-14T08:01:00.000-07:00

A rare sighting of an orca, a shark, and Nick in the pool. (7/2/11)

The newest Hermione

2011-07-13T11:16:00.000-07:00

She's made it through Harry Potter 1 and 2. She's working on Book 2, now. She wants Harry Potter stuff for Christmas!

Reading Harry Potter in a tent

2011-07-13T10:56:00.000-07:00

It's a Harry Potter Summer!

2011-07-13T07:39:00.000-07:00

Kira's read 1, Nat's reading 4 and I'm reading 6 and 7. Kira's started on 2 and is almost done! Go Kira! (Back when I took the picture she wasn't sure if she would make it through 1, but she did easily and loved it!)