"Meet Us At The Airport"

Mom and Austin had a layover in St. Louis on their way to Little Rock. Look who was at the airport! Austin wasn't told he'd be seeing Grandma and Grandpa...

gone from Monarch

Well, everyone.....Aunt Weswee is now out of work. Dumped a bunch more of us yesterday (Jan. 10th). They probably won't be around for another 6 months, so maybe it's for the best to be out now. No severance or anything, so........
Les

Dad & Lad

Happy Birthday!

Today is Nina's 35th Birthday!

Worst mother ever.

So A.J. has decided that he will only wear shirts with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on it. I only have 2 T-shirts and one muscle shirt like this that A.J. got as a hand-me-down. Well yesterday he wore one of the T's. Today he wore the 2nd T. After baths, he's digging through the drawer and says, "I want to wear a Ninja turtle shirt".

I said, "you can wear the sleeveless one"

He says, "I don't want to, where's the stripey one?"

I say, "well, it's dirty. You wore it yesterday"

He says, "Oh COME ON! It's STILL dirty?!?"

sigh.

AJ's a goof

Nathan says 'hi'... sort of.

Let me explain...

Look closely at these pictures... Did you notice the yellow smiley face ball between Coco's legs? A.J. has started lodging this little yellow ball in there and saying that it's Coco's egg and there's a baby bird in there.

Also, notice that AJ has Coco "sleeping" with booey to keep him warm.

His name is Mr. Mischief

The Video

This video and the other ones will be treasured for the rest of our lives. The sequence showing the empty house with echoes of voices from the past resonated powerfully with me. That's what I feel every time I go there.

Mike, I love Nathan's song. Making music seems like magic to me.

Aunt Weswee Part II: The Front Page

In case you couldn't find it, or were just rudely uninitiated, here it is! Hey Les, tell Sen. Obama I said congratulations!

Typical.

In true A.J. fashion, he sleeps...yes, on CERAMIC TILE

Aunt Weswee

Hey everyone. Check out the front page of the Rocky Mountain News in Colorado for January 3rd. Aunt Weswee is a star. Just google it online.

Grandma

This is Great!

This blog is a wonderful idea. Thanks to Mike to thinking of it and producing it, and to Dave and Nina for posting the pictures and news. We don't have that much to contribute. We seldom say anything cute, and our photos aren't in high demand.

This really helps.

Does this remind anyone else of AJ?

And, just so you know, it was meatballs.

A boy and his boo.

Photoshopped Christmas Pics (Take Two)

Okay, here is my second try to post these pics. The first one just looked all messed up, so I will arrange the pictures better. These are all just decorations from around Grandma and Grandpas house. I was trying out my new lenses and such, and here are a few (doctored) photos I took. Actually, the one close-up of the porcelain Santa head wasn't doctored at all. See what you think.

one more..

Happy New Years- a day at the beach!

Kid-isms

Happy new year, everyone!

Thought I'd share a couple of funny things said over the last couple of days:

AJ, after going number 2 before bed:
"I pooped out my dinner!"

AJ, once he got another bowl of sliced oranges:
"I made it to the second level of orangens!"

AJ, while going into a restaurant: "You know why I'm sad now?"
Mommy: "Why?"
AJ: "Because Coco is all alone right now." Pause. "I know, we can bring him back crackers! Do you think we can ask for crackers here?"

Austin, while waiting in line with Mommy to go to the bathroom at a restaurant: "You know why there aren't showers in here?"
Mommy: "Because you don't live here?"
Austin: "Yeah, you don't need them here because you eat and then you just go home."

Austin: "I don't want to go to college."
Mommy: "Why not?"
Austin: "Because I don't want to leave my family."
Daddy: "Well, you know, it's a long way off and you might think differently later on."
Austin: "I'm not changing my mind!"