Flower Time

Oh boy did they love the fountain!

Bubbles?

He looks like he's in a time out,

but he's not! ...yet

Victor helping Mom with the landscaping

Victor vs. the Tiger Lily

Lets just say the Tiger Lily lost big time

Victor in his new pjs from Gran!

They match his hair :o)

Eve smelling, what else, PINK flowers

Dirk "mean sniffing" the flowers.

Dirk hiding in a pine tree

lol I'm not sure how to comment on this!

Eve picked out a flower that matched her outfit.

Eve's tired of getting pics taken.

To Gran, Love Evie

Eve had to take pics, I liked this one of Dirk.

The rest she took for Gran,

because she knows Gran likes giraffes.

This is "Raffie" - Victor's Giraffe

from Uncle Britt and Auntie Christine

Happy Anniversary!

Happy Anniversary, G and Papa!

34 Years and counting!

Eve-ism

An attachment to our vacuum fell on the floor, so I put it back on it. Eve saw me do this, and the following conversation followed...

E - Mom, what would happen if you vacuumed off all my hair?

M - I don't know, Eve. What would you turn into?

(We tease her that if I shave her hair off, she'd turn into a boy, so I figured that would be her answer)

E - (...thinking...) PAPA!

lol

More of G and Papa

WOW! He's not screaming while swinging!

He LOVED this sliding thingamagig

Dirk standing on one of the bolders

that line the park's perimeter.

Our Little Red Head :o)

Eve, Dirk and Papa building sandcastles

Eve-ism

Ryan saw Eve digging thru the toy box tonight...

R - What are you looking for, Eve?

E - Money.

R - Why are you looking for money?

E - So I can send it to Gran.

R - Why do you want to send it to Gran?

E - So she can buy me more stuff!

lol

Dirk chimes in...

D - I have a dollar, do you want my dollar?

E - Yes!

D - Too bad I'm not going to give it to you.

Such a nice big brother.

"Dee" and "Boppa"

Mom and Dad came down for a "Kid Fix" yesterday. We went to their favorite park, right next to church. They had a lot of fun! Today, Victor walked around looking, and calling for "Dee" and "Boppa". He wasn't scared of them at all this time! He finally remembers who they are :o)

Who was having more fun, the kids? or Papa?

I can't begin to say how much Victor loves being outside.

He loves to try and catch birds - he sneaks up VERY well on them!

Or bark at dogs as they are walked by.

What I wouldn't do in order to have a set like this in a big back yard for this boy.

This is the "M" as Eve calls it.

She's climbing up the right hump of the "M".

I stopped watching them as they do this.

I don't want to see them fall. And I know I can't stop them from climbing!

Victor loves the slide.

He goes down backwards, on his belly.

With HUGE smiles :o)

Hi Ho Hi Ho It's Off to the Park We Go

This is the best I could do.

I took numerous pics trying to catch Dirk

jumping off the swing in mid-air.

He just doesn't swing high enough yet

to get good "air time" :o)

She may be a princess,

but she loves to dig in the dirt!

Dirk loves to slide on this
whatchamacallit


Last summer he had a hard time
figuring out how to pump to get swinging.
This summer - no problem!

This little guy does NOT like to swing.

I try every time we're at the park,

with the same result :o(

Milestone for Victor

Ryan called me at work yesterday to tell me that he put Victor down for a nap in his crib. A few moments later, he noticed Victor in the hallway. Yes, our 17-month-old can climb out of his crib already. Lovely.

Park Time

Carnival

Victor's Hat

Hey! Listen up...

I'm super cool with my new hat!
Now I don't have to take Dirk's all the time!

Dirk's Last Day of Kindergarten

Sept 1, 2009

First Day of Kindergarten

May 28, 2010

Last Day of Kindergarten

He grew a bit, didn't he?

Victor

Victor likes to pull out the toy drawer,

and climb in.

However, he hasn't quite figured out

how to get out :o)

Eve-ism

The kids LOVE "The Treasure Chest Store" - aka Hy-Vee. It's funny when they say it fast, it sounds like "trailer trash store" lol Anyways, at this grocery store there is a treasure chest, and if the kids behaved thru the whole store, then they are allowed to go thru the chest and pick out a toy. Sometimes they have candy, but they know they aren't allowed to pick treats out. So yesterday I took Eve there, and while I was checking out, she was digging thru the treasures. She picked out sunglasses for her, and a little back scratcher for Dad. When we got home, Ryan came out to help unload the truck, and Eve was so excited to show him that she picked out something for him, "Daddy! I got you a scratch backer!"

Then today, Eve's up in the cupboard looking for cake stuff (sprinkles, candles, etc) and finds a box of toothpicks. "Mom! You have a whole box of 'done checkers'!" lol The other day, I showed her how to check the zucchini bread (aka "bikini bread" is what Eve calls it) with a toothpick to see if it was done or not.

I love that little girl and her words!

Derrick-ism

So, I'm down at the bus stop picking up Dirk from school...

D - MOM! I got a phone number today!

M - Oh yeah? Who from? (I'm thinking from his little buddy in his class)

D - Hannah (with a smirk on his face)

M - WHAT!?

D - Yeah. She liked my fruit punch I had today. So she's going to come over and drink fruit punch with me. (He proceeds to read off her phone number to me)

Is it bad that I want to keep that piece of paper in his baby book - it's the first phone number he got from a girl! lol And she's blonde. Go figure. That boy and blondes.

Happy Birthday, Uncle Scottie!

In honor of Uncle Scotties last year in his 20s,

we had a photo shoot with Victor dressed as Uncle Scottie.

I like this one. Victor and Uncle Scottie playing Cops and Robbers.

Victor's getting ready to shoot Uncle Scottie with his pretend gun :o)

Victor

AH! LET ME IN THE REFRIGERATOR, MOM!

Boo Hoo. Please, Mom! I want to play

in the refrigerator! You never let me!

I'm so sad :o(

LOVE THIS!

Ask him to play "Peek-a-boo"

and he bends over and peeks at you :o)

Oh this kid is so goofy!

Every day he makes us laugh.

He and Eve are so much alike,

which is probably why they fight like cats and dogs.

Dirk

This boy was so excited!

We went garage saling the other day,

and he found a bag of toys for a dime!

(Pretty sure they had that marked wrong

as one of them was Venom, a few Power Rangers,

and this one - a TRANSFORMER!)

Eve

I was taking pics, and Eve asked

if she could pose for some :o)