Today we made a trip up to Berry Patch Farms in Woodstock for the annual Great Pumpkin Rescue. The kids had a good time, and we did too despite some moderately whiny attitudes. Of course, having kids up past their nap time is almost always going to net you a whiny afternoon. We had a good time nonethless!
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| Pumpkin Patch |
To celebrate the 4th of July, we trekked down to Midtown and picked up Uncle Alan and Aunt Valerie. After the usual shrieks of joy, we walked down to Taco Mac and picked up some vittles to-go, and then headed up to Buckhead to stake out a place to enjoy the fireworks. We staked out what we thought would be a nice parking space in the Target/Publix parking garage.
It worked in our favor that the Peachtree Road Race ended a few hours prior (congrats to Alan and Valerie!) there were plenty of barricades still up to route people, and consequently there were plenty of open spots on the grass just across the street from Lenox Mall. We secured some soft grass, spread ourselves out and consumed some good comestibles. Across the street in the mall parking lot there was a huge soundstage and live music, which made for a nice dinner. A helicopter buzzed about at a low altitude overhead, and that catapulted the kids into a frenzied state of "oh-my-it's-a-bit-warm-but-I'm-full-and-there-are-flying-machines" euphoria. They ran around on the grass like...well, like kids do.
Shortly thereafter the police blocked the streets, and we were able to watch the awesome show! The show was complete with music and ended with... well, a bang, and the usual Lee Greenwood music. We said goodbye to Alan and Valerie and headed back to our van... and the ensuing traffic snarl. Our choice of parking, previously regarded as inspired, was not so much so at the conclusion of the show. But, to our advantage, there was a convenient Publix, and it was open. We ducked in, got some beverages and snacks, and waited out the traffic and got ourselves back home before the end of July 4th. Good times! Note: I've geotagged the photos so you can see where we were for the show.
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| July 4th |
Yes I realize my last post was a while ago, so I thought I’d just regale you with a few pictures from some Christmas festivities. I will not regale you with the tale of Maya, She Who Barfs On Daddy at Christmas Dinner. That shall be another post.
Maya shows Devin who is boss:
Daddy is about to take a bite out of a naughty boy:
The twinkles enjoy playing “house” with a new, er, house:
Devin is excited about his new helicopter:
The twinkles love playing “food”:
I take that back. I shall indeed tell you the tale of The Night When Maya Barfed on Daddy at Christmas Dinner. It’s actually not that long. We were visiting with the Reeds and their clan (Terry, Jo, Alan, Val, Susan, Sarah, Jessie) and other assorted relatives (the Fishers, and boyfriends). Steph, the twinkles and myself were enjoying some “beerds” (as Maya calls them), and munching on ribs n’ snacks. Maya announces that she is ready to go home. She repeats this several times over the course of about 10 minutes, and of course nobody wants her (and presumably us, but one can never be sure) to leave. I took her aside to Aunt Jo’s couch in the formal living room, picked her up and asked, “Maya, why do you want to go home?” She restated her request… and followed up with 4 rounds of bile, vomit and assorted gastrointestinal juices – squarely onto my chest. I just held her there, in disbelief, while Steph, Val and Aunt Jo ran around with towels, Maya, air freshener, paper towels and laughter. It was almost surreal. I hate to say it, but I think she didn’t like Mom’s shrimp & grits from breakfast. Sorry Mom. At any rate, she was pretty freaked out by the situation as she has never barfed before, so we decided to take her home. Thanks Uncle Terry and Aunt Jo for letting us visit, and barf on your couch! Perhaps we may yet be invited to return next year…
We went trick-or-treating with cousins Kyra and Wyatt, and some of their friends, down in South Carolina this year. Steph was at our new home getting as much done as possible to get the kids’ rooms prepared and furnished, so she missed out on this year. I have a few pix from the festivities, hopefully Jamie will send some more I can add.
Our plans for an Easter bike ride were foiled somewhat by an overzealous real estate agent who wanted to show the house today. So, we had to spend the morning doing a quick cleaning, and then we packed up a picnic and checked out a local park. Hopefully, our flexibility in letting this feller show the house pays off with a decent contract ;-) I also have them in my picasa album here - note they are geotagged!
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| Easter 2008 |
Here are a few shots from Easter Egg Hunting at PMO today. The kids had quite a bit of fun picking up the eggs and shaking them. They didn't get so interested in the egg-in-the-basket action, and Maya did not like the Easter Bunny at all. He made her cry from 20 feet away! Check out the photos here. Oh, there's also some pictures of swinging afterwards.
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| March 2008 |
Happy New Year, y'all! The first day of the New Year found us doing all sorts of strange things. Here's a short list:
- Packed the kids into the van and headed up to Wolf to visit with Auntie Karyn and revive her from the doldrums of holiday retail work.
- Called on a local box vendor and bought a tree's worth of sturdy cardboard boxes and some strapping tape.
- Watched an episode of Good Eats in wonderiferous HD.
- Determined that we have an awful lot of "stuff" in our home.
- Scheduled delivery of our POD unit for tomorrow (ok, technically we did this today just before writing this, but the plan was to do it yesterday).
- Wondered why children's toys are so intricate and expensive. Whilst unloading some storage area we found the drum lid to a toy drum. Devin spent the morning dropping it on the floor repeatedly much to the chagrin of my eardrums. Maya likes to walk around with a clear plastic block-bucket on her head.
- Got the house listed on Craigslist.org. Oh yeah, I guess I didn't mention that we're in the market to move. :) We're looking to relocate over to the Sandy Plains area. So, while the market is great for buyers, we're gonna try to sell and buy. Hopefully, it's a wash. So if you know somebody in the market for a great house with plenty of room in a nice area that's well-situated... well let me know.
Well, it's 2007 and already there are many changes afoot in the Little household. During Christmas, as a surprise for Steph, I had her Mom fly up secretly and surprise her Christmas Day. It was a great time, and the kids got to spend plenty of quality time with their grandparents and aunts and uncles.
New Year's Eve was quiet; we had a small party here with Steph, myself, her Mom and Karyn & Davis. We lit off a couple of sparklers and "blooming flowers".
In other news...the kids have started eating solids - not exclusively, but just to introduce them. I tried to get some pictures up on here, but Picasa is giving me troubles with the new version of Blogger. Hopefully I'll have an update soon.
