Grammar check

This is for those who refuse to "speak the Queen's english".  You know who you are.  ;)

Slippin' and a-slidin'

Did you have one of these when you were a kid? I did... before the pool at the end or all the funky stuff they've added since.  Good times.  ;)

The Picnic - Andur & Natalie

Sulking...

The rare "just a smile!" (no open mouth full of food... no goofy face...): 

The dogpile... because there's plenty of room among the plates and food and people: 

This one's just funny - make it bigger to see all the facial expressions: 

Nice: 

I thought this one was funny... it was an accidental one, I was actually trying to catch Quin but he was too fast for me: 

It was a fun day.  Later, they tried out our new slip & slide thingy - so someday soon I'll have to post pictures of that.  ;)

The Picnic - Quin

Eatin' a samwich:

I told him he had to hurry and eat before the bugs did... 

"I can't eat this... the bugs will be sad!" 

Poor cowlicked kid - could use a serious haircut: 

He was running in circles around our blanket... I caught this picture by following him with my camera.  Not too shabby: 

As long as Owen doesn't cry, I allow the lovin' to continue, three year old style: 

One more... Andur and Natalie's turn!

The Picnic - Owen

Today, we found the most perfect place for a picnic... it was perfectly grassy, perfectly shady, perfectly close... it was... my backyard.  ;)

Owen was perfectly content.  He's totally in his element when out-of-doors, as I'm sure most babies are.

Ahh, the thumb: 

It was strongly recommended that I take a picture of the fly on his head: 

Achoo! 

Bless you!

Achoo! 

Bless you!

Whoa... thanks... 

Happy baby! 

Stay tuned for more on "The Picnic"...

Sweet Taters

My baby's getting so big! I put him in 6-9 month jammies last night and they fit! He's not even 5 months old, yet!

When I sit him up he stays put for a bit and this morning, I found him on his back when I know I laid him down on his tummy to sleep last night.  He's been working on that for a while, but could only get to his side.  Guess he conquered that one!

He grabs at everything and brings it all to his slobbery mug.  He's working on his two bottom toothies and is constantly drooling!

He's still a little puke-meister and meds don't really slow it any so we rice-up his bottles and that seems to help some.  I tried it with a spoon a few times and he didn't seem to care for the consistency of it.  I tried sweet potatoes, last night, though and he couldn't eat them fast enough.  It was funny! (And oh-so-messy!)

Hey, where's Perry? and other randomness.

Yeah, so I got a little busy, lately, and forgot I wanted to keep adding pictures.  Oops.  But, more on that, later.  Hopefully not too much later, though.

Natalie's my budding artist.  She's good.  And I'm not just being biased, she's really, really good.  She has this knack for adding detail and she just rocks.  This was one of her from memory, jotted down a sketch in a minute attempts:

In the future, I hope to take pictures of more of her work. 

Quin's my musically-inclined chicky-poo.  He got a guitar from his musically-inclined grandpa for his 3rd birthday.  Here they are jammin' together:

My dad was getting a kick out of his rendition of "Old MacDonald Had a Farm".  It was pretty cute.  :)

Andur's talent is video games.  And remembering weird things.  And, apparently, shooting a gun.  We went shooting, today, with a friend of ours.  It was both our first time.  Our friend's a jailer, so not his first time.  ;) It was AWESOME.  Yeah, I never thought I'd like shooting a rifle so much! It's very cool! Anywho, Andur was pretty good at it... aiming and hitting the target, that is.  I was better with the rifle than the pistol.  No pictures, though, sorry.

And Grandma Karen, this is for you:

Natalie made this little reminder note for herself back when school was still keeping my kids out of my hai- er.... I mean, educating my sweet younglings.  I thought you might like this.  ;)