Category Archives: Playing
Siblings having a swinging good time
At an impasse…
Katie was swinging and Owen asked if he could, too. (Of course he doesn’t need to ask but he does.) This wasn’t quite what I expected:
Then he was all about pushing Katie. He’s never really wanted to before…so…YAY!
First, a hug. 🙂
Then a few pushes.
Then he decided to twist her—and OH the fun both of them had!!
More twisting!
Pushing…and getting kicked…and loving it!
Swinging together! He’d get her moving then hop on his own swing!
Finally, Owen twisting himself!
I’m glad they’re enjoying the swings…but why did Owen have to start liking them NOW? A year after we got the playset and a month before we have to sell it? See? The guilt. 🙂
I will never let you go again!
Owen was trying to help Katie up the playset steps.
Right after Tom walks through the frame, you can hear Owen say he’ll never let her go again. Awww.
And then there was laughing
My heart is smiling.
Owen loves his light sabers!
I just realized I never posted this from May 18…so here it is!
Two spares!
Here he was moving and watching his shadow. 🙂
My mother’s day do-over!
Since Mother’s Day was spent house hunting/traveling, I officially declared MY Mother’s Day would be this weekend. 🙂 So our day started with a trip to Costco, Owen’s face-painting at the farmer’s market…and then since it was a GORGEOUS day, time spent outside using the deck/pool/yard/playset (we’re trying to use it as much as we can since we will have NONE of it at the new house)…
We were playing music outside.
Owen: DJ Shuffle is in the house!
Us: Whaaaaa?!?!
Owen hurt himself with that jump/landing, but felt a little better when I showed him the cool picture I got of him in mid air!
While we were outside, Tom went and got the mail…and my mother’s day present (that I ordered for myself!) had arrived! I LOVE IT SOOOOO MUCH! (It’s an 11×14 wrapped canvas.)
Then Tom grilled super yummy BBQ chicken (which Owen tried and liked!) and I made a huge batch of our favorite tomato and basil bruschetta and we ate on the deck!
And even though I got these from Owen awhile back (done at school), I forgot to post them, so there’s no better time or place than right now!
I love his answers! And he didn’t do too badly…though I can’t believe he said salad instead of any other number of things! 🙂
So overall I had a GREAT mother’s day do-over!
Enjoying the playset while we can.
Then of course Owen wanted to battle:
Brrr! Cold!
It was too quiet.
Since this was the third time we caught her doing this, I finally got smart and moved them. 🙂
A small pool is still fun
Poor Owen, the pool is just SO small for him…but he still manages to jump and swim under the water!
Watee please?
We were outside and Katie wanted to use the pool but it was empty. She was smart enough to know the hose needed to go in the pool and she kept asking me to turn it on.
After playing in the pool:
Morning Battle
A good report, a birthday, and a messy girl.
Both kids got a good report from our friends…and they told us we were right—they were quite easy and Owen was really polite. Yep, that’s Owen. 🙂 Tim only had one moment right after we put the kids in the car and left—he said Owen started crying saying he wanted his mommy. Tim assured him we’d be back in a few hours and that he was going to see his friends—and then asked if he wanted to watch a movie and the tears dried up immediately! 🙂
We went back to their house (after our house stuff was finished) to hang out and celebrate Tim’s birthday. And the boys took their usual photo (there’s a long story behind it):
Whose birthday is it? THIS GUY!
Here’s their last photo from 2005:
OLD PHOTO WILL BE INSERTED HERE WHEN I FIND IT
They had other friends with kids over so there were like 13 kids total and Owen was in heaven. He enjoyed talking to the 8yo girl about Star Wars! I missed getting a picture of Katie IN the sand table but she had fun on the swing:
And it had rained and there was some wet mulch and mud…so she was A MESS! So much so that she got a quick bath before we left (and her clothes got sprayed with stain stuff)!
And it was another late night for them—we headed home at 8:30!
Visiting with old friends
Friends of ours live in Fairfax so we went to visit and have dinner with their family. (Tim was in the Marines with Tom back in the day.) They had also offered to watch the kids if we needed them to, so we were letting the kids get to know them. 🙂
Of course Owen immediately got along with them all (ages 7, 5, and 2) and had a blast on their playset. We had also brought Maggie and she was having fun playing with their lab!
The kids were way off their sleep schedule but both did well—they were both wide awake as we drove home at 8:30!
Katie’s first popsicle
A mommy group friend invited us over after school to play on their waterslide (that Owen LOVES). Katie enjoyed it, too, along with the swingset and the trampoline.
Owen also ate a Popsicle—almost. He ate about half of it then wanted to save it. He was a bit upset when I said it wasn’t possible (it was about 85°)!
A friend making Katie laugh with funny faces!
Into the stuffed corner
Every morning usually begins with a dive into the stuffed animal corner.
King of his castle
Our new temporary pool!
The kids love water so much that we broke down and got a cheapie $10 pool to use until we move. I had to help Katie in the first time, but she quickly figured it out for herself and she was in and out, in and out, in and out. 🙂
I asked Owen why he was sitting like this and he said “Because that’s how the kid on the box is sitting!” He even put the box up on the deck box so he could see it. 🙂
Jumping in! Normally he lands on his knees—I don’t know how he doesn’t get hurt.
Washing off her feet…but then liking standing in the bucket.
Just like big brother did in the big pool! 🙂
She took the chair into the pool and this is what happened when I told her no.
One last cute picture before I took the chair away!
Introducing Katie to the bubble machine!
We know Katie loves bubbles, so today we broke out the new bubble machine (the same one we had before but the old one died). She liked it, but wasn’t as enthralled as Owen was (but then, Owen was older when he first experienced it).
Out little Storm Trooper
They love pillows!
We bought some new pillows to replace some very bedraggled ones and the kids had great fun with them first! You can see they’re blurry because they’re moving fast! 🙂
Katie and a straw
Dirty Knees
This is usually what she looks like after being outside. Sometimes dry, sometimes wet, always dirty.
Messy walk = early bath
It rained last night so there were still a few puddles in our cul-de-sac. Of course, Katie is drawn to water (as most kids are) and she needed a bath anyway…
It starts off innocent enough…
Even though she says it’s yucky she doesn’t stop!
Taking a break.
So she was pretty wet by the time we were ready to go home…and of course she wanted me to carry her (in my white shirt).
First thing we did when we got home—bath!
Post-bath cuteness!
Grate Girl
Laying on the flooring/grate on the playset at the park.
Mama! Bubbles!
We make do.
We’re not putting up the pool this summer (since we’ll be leaving halfway through) so we make do…
And then this happened. I love this kid.
Sibling Fun + Happy Birthday Grandma Marsha
Then Katie wanted up.
They don’t always get along. 🙂
But he can be so good with her.
Then Skyping with Grandma Marsha for her birthday!
And singing!
My boy and his guns.
He was running around the back yard like this.
He did this perfectly but of course I wasn’t recording. I had him do it again and you get the idea.