Oh, What Can You Do On A Rainy Day?

You can find a really large umbrella and play with it. The kids actually started playing with the umbrella in morning when it was perfectly sunny. As the day continued, it became more and more cloudy.

They thought it made a cool "house". (no rain yet)

Still not raining.

Then I thought it would make a cute picture, so I had them pose...they did a great job, and they actually look like they like each other.

Getting carried away with the posing.

Holly left...don't blame her. A few drops start to fall.

And a few more drops fall.

Oh my, even more rain.

Trying to decide what to do next. Holly doesn't seem to mind the rain.

Wish I could be like her and not care what my hair looks like during a rainstorm.

In deep thought.

Just being cute.

Now it's really wet.

Trying to seek shelter.

Even the airplane got a little relief.

That house really wasn't that great after all. The garage seems much drier.

 That's a little better.

 Andersen wouldn't let Holly hold the umbrella for a pose, but she posed anyway.

 Then they moved the show to the backyard. The wind blew the umbrella off the "house".

They secure the house again, but Holly's done.

A final pose in the house...

..and Andersen is done, too.

Father's Day 2011

I really shouldn't try to write about an event months after it happens. I can't remember...sign of aging. Yikes. I do remember making French Toast out of French bread. We went to church and before Tate took a nap, I snapped a few pictures. We went to Charl's parents for dinner. Teresa, Keith, and Amber were there as well.    I got Charl some solar lights to put in our front yard when he finishes our new path.

I LOVE this picture.

He must be thinking, "What just happened."

Katie's 39th

I tried posting this a while ago and something went wrong and it didn't work. So, I decided to try and catch up on a few posts. I'll keep them short. Charl treated me like a queen on my birthday, but sadly I'm too old to remember all the details of that day. I do remember that he baked me a cake...totally unexpected. He found a recipe on line from Alton Brown and made the whole thing from scratch; even the frosting. He found some chocolate chips and sprinkles and went to town. He got me some long awaited garage organizational gadgets to hang up our tools. We also went golfing on a nice course up in Midway with Keith and Amber  I always love to get my yearly round of golf. Good times.

 translation -HAPPY B-DAY KT

Andersen and Holly were a huge help in blowing out the candles.

Sleepy Head

Holly doesn't take scheduled naps so this is often the scene at dinner time.  Who could want to sleep through a steak dinner like that?  Holly just told me she didn't want the beans so that's why she fell asleep.

A crazed "transformer" boy.

Andersen is obsessed with Transformers. He has used up 2/3 of a ream of paper drawing various transformer guys...mostly Optimus Prime, his favorite. Most of his creative juices seem to flow on Sundays. Yesterday he spent the whole afternoon making a Transformer book. He drew 4 different guys and taped the papers together to make a book. At least it kept him entertained while I was resting on the couch not feeling well. About a month ago, he came home from church and found the tape dispenser and started putting tape on his face and shirt to make himself look like Optimus Prime. I didn't snap a picture of him, but the next day I found his shirt, still taped up and took a picture of it.  That's the first picture. The second picture is of his coloring page from church a couple of Sunday's ago. The lesson was on missionaries and of course his missionary turned into Optimus Prime.  Pretty classic.

The Graduate

May 26, 2011...Andersen graduated from The Berry Patch Preschool. They put on a musical production of all the songs they learned throughout the year and each student got to recite a nursery rhyme, too. Andersen recited Humpty Dumpty. It was so cute. I video taped the whole program and it is so fun to watch it back. Andersen is such a character.  He leaves me scratching my head as I can't figure out how I got a "class clown" for a child.  I know I was a shy kid and I think Charl was too.  Some of the other parents get the biggest kick out of him and love that he is so willing to display his personality.

Teacher Wendy had the kids arranged on her front porch. This was taken during one of the songs. Charl was in charge of the still pictures and I was running the video camera. He didn't take too many of them singing, but when you see the video, you'll really get the gist of teacher Wendy's comment about this class having a lot of personality.

Andersen is accepting his diploma.  Funny story to follow:  Wendy asked the parents to clap once everyone received their diploma rather than after each student. Well, Andersen was last to be called. Since he was still standing when all the parents started cheering he stopped mid stage and......(see next picture)

acknowledged the crowd. He held this pose for a little while, thinking that he was getting all sorts of praise. Everyone was dying laughing.  (See....my little class clown.)

After program pose. Of course the diploma is NOT really a diploma, rather some sort of weapon.

A big thanks to teacher Wendy, who seemed to just know how to handle this cute and busy little bee, I mean boy.

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