Monday, June 25, 2012
Nests
These two play their own made-up games all day long. Pictures don't help in the explaining and usually I can't find the words to tell what exactly they are doing.
Nests is pretty self explanatory, except that they were actually being Flynn and Rapunzel and both of them own chameleons living in the folds of the nests as well as a few birds.... And some supplies.... See what I mean? I have no idea what they were doing.
But when they ask if they can take up the entire couch and every multicolored blanket in our house to play Nests, I say yes.
Here is a brief list of some other unexplainable games and supplies needed:
*Egg Rain (window ledge and couch and the ability to fold up in the fetal position for free-falling)
*Cavalry Fort Capturing the Snakes (using cushions and snake stuffies while being indians/soldiers)
*Cushy Avalanche (large cushions, a staircase and a mom not afraid of you getting seriously injured)
*Glugger (mud patch in Car City)
*Leopards and Baboons (tree)
*Egg Mode! (scooters and friends who play along whether they understand entirely or not -- Ackerman girls ;-)
*Rears (Thomas trains and tracks)
*Roly-Poly-Bounce-the-Boulder (a ball)
*Flynn and Rapunzel (a backyard, chameleons, stretchy headbands which they call binders, capes, rope swings.... different every day)
*Chess Boats (a book, decorated paper scraps, chess pieces)
*Cooties (folded paper)
*Maximus Poop on Guards (?????? consists of loud thumping, lots of laughter, played downstairs with no parent around)
{If my new camera took videos in a file size that was manageable I could share more of these lovelies in visual form, but alas.... vimeo doesn't like 37M movies. }
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Outdoor Chess
We had our annual yardsale today and the kids did mostly okay with not much attention until 4pm. Chess is a lovely way to pass the time. And in true fashion of the shoppers of our neighborhood, one person actually asked me if the chess game was for sale. Serious.
Thursday, June 21, 2012
A Flood in Car City
It's been in the upper 80's for several days in a row, so the kids have been playing in the shade and also with the hose a lot. It never takes long for one of them to ask if they can flood Car City and get dirty. (These photos are from today and yesterday.)
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Back to the Creek
More fun in the water today.....
We were lucky enough to be invited for an outing by my sweet (pregnant) sister this morning. Ajay has never been to the creek, and of course, he is a huge fan now!
Meanwhile, my kids are starting to really own this place after years of coming here.
They just jump right in to adventure. Wading, wandering, wondering.
Bryce is one busy mama with a little boy who literally doesn't slow down ever except for snacks. It's hard to believe that was my life not so long ago.
Now my kids are so independent I don't even have 10 pictures of them from today (most of which are blurry). They explored so far without me that from where I stood, they looked about 1 inch tall!
Big kids, those two.
We were lucky enough to be invited for an outing by my sweet (pregnant) sister this morning. Ajay has never been to the creek, and of course, he is a huge fan now!
Meanwhile, my kids are starting to really own this place after years of coming here.
They just jump right in to adventure. Wading, wandering, wondering.
Bryce is one busy mama with a little boy who literally doesn't slow down ever except for snacks. It's hard to believe that was my life not so long ago.
Now my kids are so independent I don't even have 10 pictures of them from today (most of which are blurry). They explored so far without me that from where I stood, they looked about 1 inch tall!
Big kids, those two.
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Bathtime
They still like to take a bath together and play with toys in the water.
We tried showers, we tried separate baths with just me sitting in the room with them, we tried quick baths with just a hair wash-scrub-dry off routine. None of these ideas went over well.
They missed each other.
And they like pruney toes.
We tried showers, we tried separate baths with just me sitting in the room with them, we tried quick baths with just a hair wash-scrub-dry off routine. None of these ideas went over well.
They missed each other.
And they like pruney toes.
Monday, June 18, 2012
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
A Day at the Creek
{Click on a photo to open a larger slideshow of all photos. Click the box with the X to return to this blog page when you're done.}
:: we watched damselflies mating
:: we found a dead fish and held it (even though we were grossed out by it)
:: we swam in the 'pool' by the small waterfall
:: we wandered really far from mom to explore
:: we found walking sticks
:: we discovered rocks that turn to clay when they are wet
:: we jumped from rock to rock (and only slipped twice)
:: we navigated slimy moss-covered rapids
:: we declared our own spaces as islands
:: we floated our flip-flops in the water but always caught them
:: we squished our toes into the stinky gooey gunk
:: we played in the water until we shivered and then went back in again
:: we found old bricks, a feather, pretty rocks, and a fork
:: we ate a picnic on the rocks (where the fork came in handy)
:: we found a dead bumblebee
:: we found pretty flowers
:: we didn't want to leave -- five hours wasn't enough
:: Highlights according to Evan and Chloe ::
:: we found a dead fish and held it (even though we were grossed out by it)
:: we swam in the 'pool' by the small waterfall
:: we wandered really far from mom to explore
:: we found walking sticks
:: we discovered rocks that turn to clay when they are wet
:: we jumped from rock to rock (and only slipped twice)
:: we navigated slimy moss-covered rapids
:: we declared our own spaces as islands
:: we floated our flip-flops in the water but always caught them
:: we squished our toes into the stinky gooey gunk
:: we played in the water until we shivered and then went back in again
:: we found old bricks, a feather, pretty rocks, and a fork
:: we ate a picnic on the rocks (where the fork came in handy)
:: we found a dead bumblebee
:: we found pretty flowers
:: we didn't want to leave -- five hours wasn't enough
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