May 7, 2009

Conor "helped" me put up the tent on the swingset. And by help, I mean he told me where there was some sun coming in.

I have a friend who makes decisions based on whether or not she could live with herself. For example, if she's leaving her three year old outside while she runs in to get the phone and something happens to him, could she live with herself? I make decisions based on whether I could explain it to Jon. Like this, for example. I could totally explain why I chose to get the camera instead of stopping him.

May 6, 2009

In addition to saying "Cheese" whenever he sees a camera, Rowan now makes a camera sort of noise. If you don't have a picture to show him right after that, he gets a little irritated. "Mommy, I said cheese and made the noise. Come on!"

May 5, 2009

The church behind us just built a new playground for the daycare and neighborhood to use. It's at the far end of their property, so it's not right beside us, but it's awesome. We have a different park we can walk to, but it's about a mile away, so we usually take bikes or scooters. This one we can go to whenever we have a few minutes.

It's blurry, but it pretty much sums up how we feel about the park.

May 4, 2009

Every school day, as soon as she's done getting ready, Ellie combs Rowan's hair. He always finds the comb for her, and stays calmer than I've ever seen him. It's the only time his mouth doesn't move, I've found.


Conor and Ellie never watched much tv when they were toddlers. They still don't watch much, compared to other first graders. Rowan? Well, Rowan gets a bit more viewing time in.

May 3, 2009

The day after the party:

Technically, he is playing outside.

The neighborhood dolls had a picnic. You can't quite see that Ellie also has her new MP3 player in the picnic basket.

Not a bad birthday party!

May 2, 2009

Saturday was Conor and Ellie's family birthday party. They had so much fun.

When this was first released, Ellie told me how much she wanted it. I said "Maybe for your birthday." She said quite confidently, "I'll ask Sarah. She'll get it for me." She was right.

This is right after he decorated his cake, so it looks pretty good. It got picked at, but not like last year.

This was the "Annoying Table", I believe.

Here's how you launch the rockets from Grandma and Grandpa Wilson:

Here's how you attempt to get one out of the tree after I launch it. (It takes 2 Grandpas, an aunt's boyfriend, a Dad and a neighbor. And lots of tries. Because yes, you do hear Jon say "Now that one's stuck" at the end.)

May 1, 2009

Happy May Day! Conor is happy about it - excited even. It just really doesn't look it in this picture.

Stealthy we are not.