Cuteness

Due to popular demand, we have found a way to do video with sound. Isn't it sad when your cell phone is more advanced than your expensive camera?? Sheesh. And for those who missed it, there is a 10 second shortie at the very end of the Zooooo post of Ian.

New Bike

Ian's old bike broke. The whole bolt or axle or whatever that held the back wheel and training wheels on was stripped and one training wheel broke completely off right at the stripped bolt. JB Weld miraculously held it together for a day, but it broke on the way home from school. Thankfully it was Friday. Over the weekend, my wonderful HC made some comments and some inquiries and we were very blessed with someone whose boy didn't ride bikes much and had outgrown/abandoned his old bike and did we want to buy it? Yay!! It's a nice bike, as you'll see and needed some pumping and polishing and a lot of WD-40. I had no idea of this transaction as it was done after bedtime last night. I awoke this morning to Ian lying on the couch wrapped in a blanket (it was 51 last night! Brr! Yay! Fall (no, it was Ike)!). "What are you doing?" I asked him. "I'm watching my NEW Bike," he answered smiling. I turned to go and change Erin's morning diaper. "No, your new bike will come at Christmastime if you're a good boy," I said back to him, wondering if he was fully awake or still in some really great dream. "Mommy," he said, following me to the changing table, "I ride my NEW Bike today?" "Ian, your bike is broken, we don't have your new bike yet." After a few more exchanges of this nature, he grabbed my hand. "Mommy," he said pityingly, "you come see my new bike, ok?" I let him lead me into the living room and there, against the kitchen/carport door was a bike. My eyes came close to bugging out. "Wow!" I said. "So, can I ride my NEW Bike to school?"


After some minor tweaking today After school, I got it to where the back wheel actually touches the ground all the time instead of most of the time and now we're in business. On a Big Boy Bike. Wow.

Swinging Outside

Happy Birthday Papaw!

Getting into Stuff

I heard a noise yesterday, then a thump. Then I heard the sound of a cabinet being closed rather forcefully. I hollered for Ian and asked if the bathroom door was shut. He holler back, kind of distracted "no" and then said with a longsuffering sigh. "It's babygirl." I sprinted to the bathroom and this is what I saw....
She had gotten under the cabinets and into the cotton balls. She tried to share and then tasted one, but didn't like it (see?). After that it was bathtime and everyone moved on.
I saw some blueberries today for an affordable price (for once!) and got some. Yay! The kids love them and could eat an entire field of them. Sorry the video is so dark again, but I will try to figure out how to lighten it! Almost every light in the house was on, so I really don't know what's going on. Maybe I should find the manual? Okay, okay. I will, Grampa, I will. Anyway, she wasn't very fond of being videotaped while eating (who is??), but boy did she suck those blueberries down!

Just Walking...See?

This is our Sunday after-church mode. Right before I spent an hour sitting here at the computer trying to figure this out. And right before the baby decided to have a bap-fest with the mouse and the keyboard and did something. I'm not sure what, but I think I've managed to undo most of it. I think. I hope. For everyone who has heard about our new biped, you can see her in action. There have been several other attempts to catch this elusive mammal in her natural environment, but she is wary of cameras and will revert to crawling when suspicious of recording devices. :D Doesn't she sort of walk like a velociraptor from Jurassic Park? Without the gross toenails.