Happy Birthday Daddy!

Well it was daddy's 36th birthday!

Danae helped open presents, and then wore them.

She loves birthdays,and she loves her daddy.

She even tried to become a present.

Waterpark and Crabapples

We had a good week this week. We played at the school alot. We threw crabapples and scarred geese (and we stepped in goosepoop!). We hung out at the GG's, and we are reading new Dr Suess books - slowly. She doesn't have a lot of patience for drawn out stories.

Our new favorite food is strawberries and whipped cream. She thinks that mommy makes the whipped cream. She also thinks that Nama made the air filter!

Shoes On!

Happy Day! We finally got our shoes back on - now we can go to the park and the school and visit friends! We are still down with sidewalk chalk, but now it's mostly to paint it off with the paintbrush and water.


We went to the farmer's market this morning by the river and we saw boats and ducks. Grandpa Bill's official name is Poppa.

Here's a couple more in the Danae series...

Sorry Aunty Cat, I didn't read your comment until just now. Next week...the Mommy Monkey!

Danae Marie: The "NO"-minator

This week we have learned to use the word "no" in ways that Daddy didn't think were possible.

Let's start here: "No shoes!"
we have not worn shoes for any length of time since the boat show last weekend because we got a little cut on our heel, so "foot hurt". we have not gone to the park, or gone to visit friends. Daddy lets Danae go outside in barefeet in the yard or in the driveway.

No light out
No nap
No cookie (yes cookie once she thinks about it)
No bath - this is a tough one
No jammies - green pants!
No lunch
No done with lunch
No down

You get the idea.



Mommy let us have the camera for a little while, and this is a sample of our photographic prowess...

This one is Daddy's favorite

We also went to tour family reunion on Daddy's side. Totally spaced on taking pictures of the family though. The pool was "awesome"!

We also watched baby Foster while Aunty Jenn had a doctors appoinment. It was fun!

Boats and The Mommy Monkey

This week we went to see the boat races! It was very exciting (all day Monday we saw boats everywhere.). We got to see Grandpa Bill and Grandma Linda, and we hung out in a big tent!

Last night at bedtime, Mommy decided to pull out a monkey puppet. The Mommy Monkey is now Danae's best friend. Daddy cannot work the monkey correctly, only Mommy can do it right. And she has to do it all the time. Mommy's hand is a little sweaty from all the hot Monkey action.

Guitar lessons are still progressing. Now we sing songs (like the potty song, or the song about Mit). Still working on chords though...

Sorry. No movies this week. We'll have a bunch next week though!

Beach, Money, Yardsales and Inside

We went to the beach today! It wasn't one of those spur-of-the-moment beach trips either. We brought buckets and shovels and even a towel!




We also helped Aunty Jen with her yardsale. No pictures of that though. Yardsales in Michigan can get pretty ugly.

We are also really into money. If we even hear change in Daddy's pocket we must have it. Not really great at putting money away though...

Chalk And New Friends (And Baby Foster Hangs Out)

This week we have become sidewalk artists. Daddy can't break away from representational form, but Danae has founded her own school we're calling Neo-Modern Minimalist Daddyism. You basically draw a line from an object (say, a car tire) to an undetermined point away from the object, while naming the object and then saying "Daddy".

We also hung out with baby Foster all day today! We even helped feed him ! The GGs had a very happy Birthday / Anniversery party.

Do you know who absolutely loves birthdays and the associated accoutrement?

Happy Birthday Grandma Fely, Happy Birthday Boy GG and Happy Anniversary Boy and Girl GG!

We're back. Daddy had a horrible tooth abscess and it took him right out of the picture. Feeling much better now though. We had a nice 4th of July (we slept through the really loud fireworks) but we got to light a sparkler. We made pee pee on the potty again!

Who is this lady and why is she up in my grill?

Learning Our "K" Sounds

Not many pictures this week, but we've done alot! First off, we've learned our "K" sound! It's no longer "part" and "rot" and "trut" but "park" and "rock" and "truck"! We're also really into possesions now. Everything belongs to somebody - Daddy's car, Mommy's car, 'Nae's house. We are also pulling out the dreaded "Mine!".

We helped the GGs trim their apple tree and mow their lawn. We learned "throw away" and "fly away" and "cookie" is now part of our lexicon.