We listened to this for ten miles while driving to Lowe's (to get a new rug) on Sunday, couldn't get him off of it. So now I pass it on to you, its very catchy.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Sunday, March 8, 2009
The First Krokus
As is my annual spring tradition, I usually take a picture of the first Krokus that blooms in my yard. This time last week we had 8 inches of snow. A week later it is 65 degrees and the Krokus flowers are blooming.
Clemenjontri Park
Since it was such a balmy weekend we went to the park, but not just any park. We went to Cleminjontri Park, which is built especially for handicapped and disabled kids access as well as other kids. The seats are wider, the spaces are more open, the playground stuff is made with an eye towards all kids being able to use the facility. The park land was donated by a wealthy citizen who only requested that the facility be open to all kinds of kids, no matter their physical limitations. The park is a spectacular example of a private/civic partnership. The name is a mixture of all the names of the kids of the person that donated the land.
We met Aunt Lisa, Joe and Beckett there at about 10am and got one of the last parking spaces available before overflow parking opened. The boys had lots of room to run around and discover all the stuff at that park, it was really amazing. There is a carousel in the middle of the park, but it wasn't running since its still early March.
Jack liked to run on the track, he must have run back and forth about 30 times, didn't care of he won or not, just liked the feeling of running and crossing the finish line. I ran a few times with him and he wore me out. He can run just fast enough so that you have to break out into a jog or do a fast walk, which is not a good look.
Beckett and Joe meandered about and probably went to only 50% of the stuff that was available at the park. Joe liked anything with a wheel on it, turned it and turned it. He was turning the wheel on the school bus when another kid a third his age got on the bus, nudged him and then tried to take the wheel. His father intervened and tried to get him away, but this kid had super-strength and super-determination. The funny thing is that the other wheel was wide open and the father was trying desperately trying to get him to hold on to that wheel, but he wanted to turn Joe's wheel. Hilarious to watch cause Joe didn't back down and that other kid was just so determined to use THAT wheel. Hardest-headed kid I have ever seen, with the exception of myself.
There was a maze and the boys liked to go through that. Jack figured out that you could crawl under the dividers if you squeezed low enough and took advantage of that. I lost track of him for a minute because there were so many kids at this park. There must have been 300 kids there and one and a half parent for each kid. All armed with cameras and a coffee in the other hand. If I hear one more "Dylan, Ashley, Harley or other pretentious kids name I am going to snap.
Beckett misbehaved and was thrown on "kid jail". His stay was short (haha), but he is now out on good behavior and is trying to mainstream himself back into society. He is in counseling and house arrest to keep him off the bottle (literally).
I caught a nice moment between Joe and Beckett and got it on my camera. Lisa was so happy because she doesn't have a decent picture of them together. I got Joe to put his arm around his brother and look happy about it. This is the picture I snapped a few seconds later. I will call this one, "Frick and Frack".
Here is the "keeper" photo of the brothers McDonald:
Here are some other pictures from the day:
Beckett in the Railroad tunnel
Beckett taking his turn
Cheesy Grin
Jacks House
The end of the maze
Plenty of stuff to pull, poke, turn and twist.
Ready to Race, again.
Jack Running
Jack on one of the "bikes"
Joe at the wheel
We met Aunt Lisa, Joe and Beckett there at about 10am and got one of the last parking spaces available before overflow parking opened. The boys had lots of room to run around and discover all the stuff at that park, it was really amazing. There is a carousel in the middle of the park, but it wasn't running since its still early March.
Jack liked to run on the track, he must have run back and forth about 30 times, didn't care of he won or not, just liked the feeling of running and crossing the finish line. I ran a few times with him and he wore me out. He can run just fast enough so that you have to break out into a jog or do a fast walk, which is not a good look.
Beckett and Joe meandered about and probably went to only 50% of the stuff that was available at the park. Joe liked anything with a wheel on it, turned it and turned it. He was turning the wheel on the school bus when another kid a third his age got on the bus, nudged him and then tried to take the wheel. His father intervened and tried to get him away, but this kid had super-strength and super-determination. The funny thing is that the other wheel was wide open and the father was trying desperately trying to get him to hold on to that wheel, but he wanted to turn Joe's wheel. Hilarious to watch cause Joe didn't back down and that other kid was just so determined to use THAT wheel. Hardest-headed kid I have ever seen, with the exception of myself.
There was a maze and the boys liked to go through that. Jack figured out that you could crawl under the dividers if you squeezed low enough and took advantage of that. I lost track of him for a minute because there were so many kids at this park. There must have been 300 kids there and one and a half parent for each kid. All armed with cameras and a coffee in the other hand. If I hear one more "Dylan, Ashley, Harley or other pretentious kids name I am going to snap.
Beckett misbehaved and was thrown on "kid jail". His stay was short (haha), but he is now out on good behavior and is trying to mainstream himself back into society. He is in counseling and house arrest to keep him off the bottle (literally).
I caught a nice moment between Joe and Beckett and got it on my camera. Lisa was so happy because she doesn't have a decent picture of them together. I got Joe to put his arm around his brother and look happy about it. This is the picture I snapped a few seconds later. I will call this one, "Frick and Frack".
Here is the "keeper" photo of the brothers McDonald:
Here are some other pictures from the day:
Beckett in the Railroad tunnel
Beckett taking his turn
Cheesy Grin
Jacks House
The end of the maze
Plenty of stuff to pull, poke, turn and twist.
Ready to Race, again.
Jack Running
Jack on one of the "bikes"
Joe at the wheel
The Monster
Jack started this new thing where he "freezes up" when he hears about, The Monster". I have no idea what the monster is, but he is always ready to battle it because he will grab a plastic golf club and arm me with one so we can defend ourselves. (No, I have not been drinking)
This is one of those little games that kids come up with where they pretend there is something scary and they get to control the game, like a story, but usually there is no ending, its just you and your son holding plastic golf clubs and Mom walks in the door and you look like a complete buffoon for going along with this cockamamie game cause now your wife just thinks your weird. That kind of game. Maybe the boy is just trying to make me look like an idiot. I don't need my son to make myself look like an idiot.
I asked him about the monster and recorded it so you can see he kind of gets all excited and does this weird shake. Very entertaining stuff.
This is one of those little games that kids come up with where they pretend there is something scary and they get to control the game, like a story, but usually there is no ending, its just you and your son holding plastic golf clubs and Mom walks in the door and you look like a complete buffoon for going along with this cockamamie game cause now your wife just thinks your weird. That kind of game. Maybe the boy is just trying to make me look like an idiot. I don't need my son to make myself look like an idiot.
I asked him about the monster and recorded it so you can see he kind of gets all excited and does this weird shake. Very entertaining stuff.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Snow Day
It snowed about 7 or 8 inches here Sunday night/Monday morning. Kate's work closed, but mine was on "unscheduled leave", formerly known as "liberal leave", but I guess everything has political connotations so the name was changed. The end result is that I took the day off instead of risking the life of my child and myself just to go to work. It was cooooold and we had some wind whipping up some snow every once in a while, too.
This is nothing compared to those Oklahoma winters, but up here in "Warshington DC" as they say in that part of the country, its a big deal.
We went out in the morning and took a quick trip down to the old Seven-Eleven to get a donut and a cheap snow shovel. We let Jack pick the color and he chose blue. It was $15, but it folds up so you can carry it in your car easily and that is what I needed. We played out back for a few minutes as well and then went inside for some cocoa. Kate makes it from scratch, not the kind from the pouch and its good stuff.
Jack doesn't have any snow boots, so we wrapped his feet in plastic grocery bags and taped them up. Since this is only the second time he's been in the snow this year, I figure we saved about $30. We will probably break down and get him some next year, he just grows so fast and it doesn't snow that much here.
Later in the afternoon, we went out again and I cleared off the two cars, which took me 45 minutes since there was a good amount of ice underneath all that snow. Made it much easier to get going this morning, I would have been 30 minutes late if I hadn't.
Jack tried to get in on the act by shoveling the driveway. He did it three times and was done. I guess it just wasn't as much fun as he thought it looked. Kate did well, she loves the snow and loves to watch Jack play in it. She took most of the pictures.
Happy Trails
Jack and Johnny
"Snowboots"
Happy Dog
"Smile"
Kate and Jack
Holding a Shovel at the 7-11
Ahhh,...Cocoa
Can I be finished now?
This is nothing compared to those Oklahoma winters, but up here in "Warshington DC" as they say in that part of the country, its a big deal.
We went out in the morning and took a quick trip down to the old Seven-Eleven to get a donut and a cheap snow shovel. We let Jack pick the color and he chose blue. It was $15, but it folds up so you can carry it in your car easily and that is what I needed. We played out back for a few minutes as well and then went inside for some cocoa. Kate makes it from scratch, not the kind from the pouch and its good stuff.
Jack doesn't have any snow boots, so we wrapped his feet in plastic grocery bags and taped them up. Since this is only the second time he's been in the snow this year, I figure we saved about $30. We will probably break down and get him some next year, he just grows so fast and it doesn't snow that much here.
Later in the afternoon, we went out again and I cleared off the two cars, which took me 45 minutes since there was a good amount of ice underneath all that snow. Made it much easier to get going this morning, I would have been 30 minutes late if I hadn't.
Jack tried to get in on the act by shoveling the driveway. He did it three times and was done. I guess it just wasn't as much fun as he thought it looked. Kate did well, she loves the snow and loves to watch Jack play in it. She took most of the pictures.
Happy Trails
Jack and Johnny
"Snowboots"
Happy Dog
"Smile"
Kate and Jack
Holding a Shovel at the 7-11
Ahhh,...Cocoa
Can I be finished now?
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