Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Go Team!
Last night we went to watch a baseball game. We cheered and stomped our feet and cheered some more but the team lost. No matter we enjoyed a very wonderful display of fireworks at the end :) It was a good time!
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Rosie Meets Coco...
Some of you may or may not have met Rosie:
Rosie was given to us. Just like Skittles was given to us. Skittles, however, moved on to greener patures. She went to a home with no kids, with two other small dogs and the owner lives in the country on an acre of land and says, "I tend to spoil my dogs". So Skittles has it good now.
Rosie is the runt of the litter and is on the small side. And she is called a red due to her coloring. It is apparently not desirable to have this combo in a yellow lab but I think she's just lovely. She came to us at 10 mos old and had no training. Ugh. At 40+ lbs she will pummel Silliness to the ground when she jumps on her so we have to be careful. (Silliness, however, is not afraid and will purposely get close to Rosie to be able to pet her. It's a good but bad thing!)
So we've had to really put efforts in to training her. She shows promise but there are a lot of bad days. Somehow she seems to know when to have a good day just in time.
One evening Papa Chanoli was gaming online. I had put Rosie in the office with him so he could keep an eye on her so I wouldn't have to. I needed a break. Rosie had the opportunity to "meet" Coco the play horse. Coco stand about 2 1/2 feet tall and can support 120 lbs. The kids love playing with her.
Later, Papa Chanoli came out and made a statement about goofing it up. I thought Rosie pooped in the office. He showed me what he was carrying in his hand:
Rosie was given to us. Just like Skittles was given to us. Skittles, however, moved on to greener patures. She went to a home with no kids, with two other small dogs and the owner lives in the country on an acre of land and says, "I tend to spoil my dogs". So Skittles has it good now.
Rosie is the runt of the litter and is on the small side. And she is called a red due to her coloring. It is apparently not desirable to have this combo in a yellow lab but I think she's just lovely. She came to us at 10 mos old and had no training. Ugh. At 40+ lbs she will pummel Silliness to the ground when she jumps on her so we have to be careful. (Silliness, however, is not afraid and will purposely get close to Rosie to be able to pet her. It's a good but bad thing!)
So we've had to really put efforts in to training her. She shows promise but there are a lot of bad days. Somehow she seems to know when to have a good day just in time.
One evening Papa Chanoli was gaming online. I had put Rosie in the office with him so he could keep an eye on her so I wouldn't have to. I needed a break. Rosie had the opportunity to "meet" Coco the play horse. Coco stand about 2 1/2 feet tall and can support 120 lbs. The kids love playing with her.
Later, Papa Chanoli came out and made a statement about goofing it up. I thought Rosie pooped in the office. He showed me what he was carrying in his hand:
Yep, Rosie ate the head off the horse. So we live, we learn and then, Lord willing, we get to start a whole new day of the same thing :)
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
So, as Chuckles is blossoming in the creative department I thought I share a bit more of ways in which he's wowed us. For most kids this is probably normal activity. But for Chuckles he seems resistant to drawing and the arts and crafts type stuff. I haven't been able to place my finger on why he's so uninterested but I guess I'll take what he gives me when he comes up with these sorts of things!
Ok, we all know boys like their guns. Here we have a cowboy holding one. I like how undetailed the cowboy is but the gun is full of it. Oh, and it's HUGE in comparison to the cowboy :)
But wait - who's that happy cowboy over there?
Uh, oh - we've got a shoot out!
Wait! There's another joyous cowboy - where'd he come from?
That's it - May the best cowboy win!
Ok, we all know boys like their guns. Here we have a cowboy holding one. I like how undetailed the cowboy is but the gun is full of it. Oh, and it's HUGE in comparison to the cowboy :)
But wait - who's that happy cowboy over there?
Uh, oh - we've got a shoot out!
Wait! There's another joyous cowboy - where'd he come from?
That's it - May the best cowboy win!
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Creative. Memories. Bam.
A couple of years ago we bought Chuckles some Legos. We knew he would love them. I mean what boy doesn't? Fast forward (or rewind?) to a year or so ago I really, seriously considered getting rid of them. They had gone unused for all that time. He clearly wasn't the type to be interested.
But much to my surprise and delight here a couple of weeks ago he decided to start using them. He just spent, like, 14 minutes in his room and *bam* he had a car! So I sent him back to make a different vehicle and *bam* he had another! I was truly impressed with his attention to detail. Most of it can't be seen in these horrific pictures:
He has since made a submarine and a dog - we are loving it! Of course, as a kid who loves to be praised he's only too willing to make more stuff :) Stay tuned for more creative memories. Bam...
But much to my surprise and delight here a couple of weeks ago he decided to start using them. He just spent, like, 14 minutes in his room and *bam* he had a car! So I sent him back to make a different vehicle and *bam* he had another! I was truly impressed with his attention to detail. Most of it can't be seen in these horrific pictures:
He has since made a submarine and a dog - we are loving it! Of course, as a kid who loves to be praised he's only too willing to make more stuff :) Stay tuned for more creative memories. Bam...
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