Apple Napper Cuddles

Fireball loves to watch Newbie draw, especially on my tablet. Here she zonked while cuddling and munching on an apple.

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Summer Note-taker

After toddling around she found Redflare’s pen and stole a piece of paper from her journal and started taking notes of the events going on elsewhere in the yard.

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Toddling Toddler

The title really says it all. At this point when it was recorded late August she had only been walking for about a month and a half.

She certainly gets up and goes with confidence though!

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Little Ladies

Eldest daughter and youngest daughter, eagerly waiting for it to get dark enough to use sparklers and in the meantime throwing those pop-it packs.

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Arting Child

Look at the blur on that marker! She’s in the process of making something… and then moving on to draw on herself afterward, naturally.

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Cuddled Sisters

Most days I wake up part of a baby sandwich.

After extracting myself this time, and going and checking on them, I found this beautiful scene instead.

The joys of summer mornings when the kids can sleep in.

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Just… One… More… Turn… (Happy Birthday Civ!)

Welp, thanks for making me feel old…I started playing Civ from Civ II with a demo.

Sometimes seeing how fast I could “beat” the demo (by discovering gunpowder) and sometimes seeing how long I could avoid beating it (by avoiding gunpowder at all costs). Alpha Centauri, a spin-off game, saw a full play-through the night TJ was born because Redflare was in the hospital in a shared room so I couldn’t stay over and be with them.

Too excited to sleep, I spent the whole night from turn 1 to victory playing that game, waiting until visiting hours were available so I could go see them again. Through the years, Civilization games are my default go-to when I’m pinned down holding a sleeping baby. From TJ and Little Miss to Fireball and Potato.

I believe I held Superman while playing Civ IV, for example with Newbie likely sleeping with Civ V and Thunderer while playing “Beyond Earth” (another spin-off).

Hard to believe the game now celebrates its 30th anniversary.

So off we go now, for just… one… more… turn…

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Release the Poppers!

While we waited for it to get darker, naturally that’s the perfect time to break out the snap poppers.

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Stardew Nesting

I was slightly torn on if I should schedule this on a caturday for obvious reasons or keep going as normal. I ultimately scheduled it as normal because the highlight here is little sleeping Fireball, nested securely, so that Little Miss and I can play Stardew Valley and keep an eye on this little restless sleeper who so desperately wanted me close.

Much more comfortable for both her and me than letting her sleep in my lap and us game.

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Drool Hard

Behold the Fireball.

Zonked.

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