17 August 2010

Grant County Fair! Maisie and her new friend Emrie.

They touched a baby pygmy goat, a lamb, the softest bunny at the fair. They ate until they were stuffed. Then they rode 100 rides. Yes. Yes they did. And they had a BLAST. And then they ate caramel apples right before we left. Do you think they fell asleep on the ride home? NO. No, they did not. And when we got home, they wanted to play with toys. Whoa. Good night, ladies!!

After a day in the sand. He ate some, I'm pretty sure. (I didn't SEE it come out...however, later in the week I DID see a UPC sticker come out. Yikes!)























Mmmmm....blueberry waffles! Did he eat ANY of it?

Ready. Set. GO!!! (run run run run run)---and yes, that's Mommy behind the camera...still not sure which setting to use, or why it switches settings on it's own...


Playing with Papa's stereo relic. (that's a "naughty", in case you wondered.)

7-15 August

Just a few things Calvin does. Some naughty. Some cute.

He gets in the shower WITH clothes on. (well, SOME clothes. we were in the process of getting showered and ready to go. Maisie was still in there, and he decided to go BACK in.)

5 August 2010

Maisie has lost her first tooth! (This picture is not some special technique with black and white--it's a new camera, and I still fight with it on every shot. Anyone know where our old card is? Ack!)

Maisie fought with this tooth for a couple of days, finally it popped out on it's own while eating some dry cold cereal. There were a lot of tears and much consternation, but even SHE was glad to be rid of it. Especially when the Tooth Fairy left her 50 whole cents!

31 July 2010

A little duet.

31 July 2010

First thing I did for the new store was sort books at the old store. It was heaven. Apparently I was being too picky, and we need more books than I was going to wind up with by being so anal, so some re-sorting happened. Today I put the signs together for the new store: Second Hand Prose, New Edition. Opens Mid-Sept.

Whoop!!! Greg has been working on our website and procuring books from around the state! Will have to go on a trip in a bookmobile here, soon. Tomorrow we start moving shelves to the new place. I say "we" but I don't think I have to help. Whew.

30 July 2010

And then she got 2 loose teeth and turned into a grump! YIKES.

28 July 2010

Maiserella.

27 July 2010

Enjoying these moments, they won't last much longer!

24 July 2010

Just as impressed with the nice grass!

24 July 2010

Calvin was obsessed with the tent! He'd just come flying out of it in this picture, I think. Was having SUCH a blast in the empty tent, it was hilarious!

24 July 2010

Girls only! :)

24 July 2010

Relay for Life. Squackers and Company.

24 July 2010

Maddie has 6 months (and 6 inches!) on Maisie.

14 July 2010

Do NOT leave the naughty boy alone with toilet paper.

This is his second offense of this nature.

9 July 2010

Ah Calvin.

This boy is fascinated by fans. Thanks Papa!!

Ceiling fans. Table fans. And these REALLY BIG FANS ON HILLS!!!

We stopped in Madras to have lunch, and while we waited for a table (which we never got, by the way...)Greg had to carry Calvin away from the middle of the dining room, where he was blowing at the ceiling fan. Which was located OVER THE DINERS!

When we got to Dave and Charika's house, they had the ceiling fans on in all the bedrooms. Calvin ran from room to room blowing on the fans from the doorway!

On the way home he worked on the windmills!

9 July 2010

Maisie's car art---we did lots of fun stuff with the white board all the way to California and back! This was my favorite-Maisie demanded to listen to one particular song on her CD a few times, and then showed us that she had drawn this to depict what she heard.

7 July 2010

Our last day in California, after a wonderful trip!

Maisie and Calvin

Matty and Thomas

Jack and Kristin

Happy cousins!!!

Ahhh...the sand!

Calvin was happy for most of the morning, being the littlest guy and having to spend much time in his stroller! After a while he was ready to GET OUT of it! So Greg decided to take the boy down to the sand. Great decision. He LOVED it. He let it fall through his hands, he tossed it in the air, let it fall on his head, dropped it on his legs, he rubbed it in his eyes...and he loved the water-he didn't swim-too cold! But it sure was fun to run from it!

Maisie and Thomas on the free fall! Maisie loves rides! That's my girl!!! She even rode the log ride with Greg-I wouldn't. It was NOT hot outside, and that's a "get wet" ride! But I was impressed that she insisted on riding it.

Maisie INSISTED on riding these kiddie rides alone! (no problem. Greg and I were too tall!) Although she displayed VERY good behavior during our trip (except for after fireworks. our fault. we forgot to tell her she could fall asleep, but had to wake up nice) we still thought it was pretty funny that she chose the boat that was named "Crabster". LOL!