The day after her first haircut, Anna got to visit with her Uncle Brent, who helped her make a nest for her frog and Christmas Duck. She had been wanting to do a "nest craft" and had been planning it out for awhile. Brent was immediately on board with the idea and helped her gather some tall dry grass for her animals' nest.
Duck and Frog in their nest. Side note: That frog used to be mine. I got it from my grandma Velda Dugan. So, it's likely 30+ years old.
Anna and Brent also painted together. She had a great time.
Sam decided it would be cool to wear one of Anna's boots on his hand. He threw it off with the other one pretty quickly, which he thought was pretty much the funniest thing ever.
"Surprise!"
Sammy made his first drawing ever this week. It was on a magnetic drawing board thing, but I was able to capture it, for reasons only a parent could possibly fathom.
"Welcome to The Joy of Pa-....Kinda Drawing a Little Bit" Proud moment and a milestone for him to purposefully make marks on something.
It doesn't look like much, but it is his first purposeful drawing. Well done, Super Sam.
On an unseasonably warm Wednesday, we dropped all our plans to make sure one of us was able to take Anna to a nature park or a playground. She dearly loves going on an adventure. Since days over 50 degrees are, well, pretty rare this time of year, we opted for a playground. I would've taken Sammy too, but it was unbelievably muddy, and he still crawls about 60% of the time.
It's a...............one of those. The weirdest looking little bouncy animal thing I've ever seen in a park resides in Jamestown. I've never bothered to take a picture of the thing before, but I assured a client who called that I would send a picture. I'm fairly sure it is supposed to be a lion, but the jury's out. I've heard lion, zebra (from Anna), sheep, bighorn sheep, and rockabilly goat (from my ever creative brother Brent).
Rockabilly Goat looks like he owns Jamestown, there.
Pretending to be a cat after practicing some soccer outside in the mud.
Good morning, it's #TeamNoSleep
Somebody hasn't been sleeping through the night very well lately. And on top of that, I was up super late writing an article:
http://www.coltsauthority.com/2013-articles/january/remembering-jim-harbaugh-s-days-with-the-colts.html
Anna and Sammy got to have company on Saturday and play with Nicole and Hailey, a friend of mine's nieces. Then we all went to a new Mexican restaurant.
The same day, Tammy and I entered the 21st century and bought a flat screen TV. It was a fun, busy, expensive
day.
Anna and Hailey coloring at J's Taco Inn. The girls were devastated and near revolt when they found out they were going to have to stop playing and sit in a restaurant. The were okay with the idea when they found out they could keep their princess costumes on and have a princess dinner.
Three princesses all playing on iPhones. Nothing keeps kids well-behaved while they wait for their food like some (somewhat) educational phone apps.
Eric the pizza chef. He and Anna each made a pizza during the Super Bowl party. This was the longest any of the kids stopped running around during the Super Bowl.
Anna and Sammy got to play with Eric and their friend Ava (and Ava's 2.5 month old sister) while we all watched (and I use that term loosely) the big game, which drug out on account of the power at the New Orleans Superdome going out for 34 minutes in the second half. It was a good game in the end, but we spent most of our time refereeing the kids.
Guys’ night out with my little buddy Sammy. (at Hardee’s / Red Burrito)
He went with me to get some signatures from a client who is buying a house in Lebanon. It turns out little Sammy really likes Hardee's burgers. He also ate a pickle slice. the looks on his face were priceless. I have a video of that to find later.
