Snoozing Trouble (Toddler)

If you’re a parent you’ve likely heard the joke title to the book “Go the $&#% to Sleep”. It’s a very real situation.

Thunderer just didn’t want to sleep, but eventually she had to give up and pass out.

-FF

Chip Maker

These were made with a really neat microwave chip maker.

The one or two helpings we were able to make before it melted in the microwave were awesome.

It’s a shame it didn’t stand up to the directions to making fruit chips. I would get it again, just never to use it for fruit.

-FF

Apple Time

A much more welcome visitor/sight is the baby apple on one of our trees.

Spoilers: it eventually fell off before it fully developed during a storm. Probably better for the tree this way, give it another year to grow.

-FF

Jerk Visitor

It was an interesting visit from this wasp, but also an unwelcome one.

Landed on one of windows and just hung out for a while. At least it was a neat learning opportunity for the kids. The got to see one up close but from the safety of a window between us and it.

Happy Birthday Nana!

Nana joined us on Superman’s birthday for a trip to the zoo.

We’re not quite caught up to those pictures yet, but I wanted to take her birthday to thank her for joining us again and wish her a happy birthday. 🙂

For those visitors who don’t know, their Nana is the one on the right. Aunt A is next, and then me.

Redflare strategically placed herself behind the camera for this one. 😉

-FF

Ready to Ride and Play

I guess we’ll do this latest park visit slightly out of order and capture the smallest of them in the stroller ready to go first.

And yes, this nicely shows off that Newbie matches her other sisters too.

Meanwhile, Thunderer seems to think this is the face one makes when saying “cheese” for a picture. :p

Once at the park, they’re ready to go climbing!

-FF

Matching Sisters

Yes, that’s right, Little Miss and Thunderer are wearing the same shirt.

Thunderer wanted to swing in the bigger swings, but she isn’t big enough. Little Miss helped her accomplish her goal.

-FF

Wild Teen

Here we have the rare “happy teen” in his natural habitat.

Nobody has recently told him no and he isn’t being asked to do anything really.

Why he’s hiding his smile? Not sure. He’ll be more confident in it eventually with the right encouragement. 🙂

-FF

Confidence

Meanwhile, on the merry-go-round, Thunderer appears to have claimed it in the name of toddlerhood.

Based on her body language, if you question her authority, she will set the record straight!

-FF

Park Battle Wounds

Visiting the park isn’t always fun and games.

Superman here is showing his ‘slide burn’ from doing an uncontrolled face first slide down the slide.

I’m not sure what his original goal had been, but after some consoling he was back on the slides and equipment, only slightly worse for wear.

-FF