Fall Fun

Mad painting skills at work.

LDC picked out her pumpkin with Andy last weekend....in case you are wondering what is up with the green pumpkin.

Fall Fun continued this week with a fall staple- a pine cone bird feeder.

Of course a little nibble is needed to make sure the birds will like it.

Tale of the hijacked cup

Tea for Two Three

Tea for Two

It started out calm...Daddy sipping his tea and asking for more

The request for a refill being accomplished

This is when things start to go down hill. 
LDC invited Tela to the tea.

All looks fine until Tela grabs the cup and bolts across the backyard.
Screaming takes place.

Hot pursuit for the tea cup.

Whew, cup returned along with a bodyguard escort.
 

two peas in a pod

 

 

Messy Play

We hosted a Messy Play before the warm weather makes way for the chilly fall.

LDC was a big fan of the bubble pool...which by the end was full of noddles and black paint.  Rather gross looking to say the least...think- eww and icky.
Even when freshly washed and relieved of all obvious confections, children tend to be sticky. ~Fran Lebowitz

Colored spaghetti noodles with hidden Hot Wheel cars throughout

A three year old child is a being who gets almost as much fun out of a fifty-six dollar set of swings as it does out of finding a small green worm. ~Bill Vaughan

Cloud Dough (aka Moon Sand)
8 cups flour, 1 cup baby oil
personal favorite- I have always loved the texture of this stuff

Kid, n.: a noise with dirt on it. ~Not Your Average Dictionary

Feet and Hand Painting

Having a two-year-old is like having a blender that you don't have the top for. ~Jerry Seinfeld

Goop
box of cornstarch add some water
and presto you have slime

While we try to teach our children all about life,
Our children teach us what life is all about.
~Angela Schwindt

Rainbow

Love the little tongue action and dollop of frosting on her nose

A very colorful goatee

Thanks to Chloe for the pointers on making these gems.

Up and away. The big TWO.

Happy 2nd birthday! 

My how time flies when your having so much fun.

Can you hold on tight to the balloons while I get a picture?

                 Can you let them go?

        Say, Bye Bye Balloons          

London Bound

getting ready for the backwards dismount on the low beam

notice the smooth flowing grasping and regrasping of the even bars...onto the uneven bars

requiring a great deal of upper body strength in conjunction with incredible core strength

executing high-difficulty tumbling
 (obviously not me wearing the black shorts)

spiraling in the air tumbling and twisting on the high beam

coming back out of a reverse handstand with minimal swing to receive high scores