Category Archives: Bubbles
Bubbles with Liam
It was a gorgeous day so we spent some time outside with our friends at their house.
Katie’s Pre-K end of year party!
The party was at Katie’s favorite park—the goose park. She was excited!
Watching the buses arrive with all the kids!
Happy girl!
Bubbles! (They had the same bubble machine we have!)
Walking to the lake with a classmate, Mason. They held hands the whole way. 🙂
Geese!
With Katie’s teacher Miss Heather, Heather’s daughter (Lola), and Mason.
On the way back!
Katie’s pre-k teacher friend Miss Katie. 🙂
I had a good time as well—I spent the morning hanging out and talking/getting to know Mason’s mom, Carolina. We’re about the same age, we got along well, and we set up a future pool play date!
The only bad thing is that Katie didn’t have school that afternoon because of the party!! 🙂
New bubble machine!
After going through 3-4 of the kiddie bubble machines over the years, we finally just bought a professional one. We’ll see how it goes for the long haul.
I love the bubbles in my face!
Her first pout of the day. Then bubbles.Â
She wanted to do chalk. Fine, we went out to do chalk. Within two minutes she wanted to do bubbles. But not the bubble machine—she wanted to blow actual bubbles. Well, she just had a bath this morning and I really didn’t want to deal with the mess that is blowing bubbles so I said no. So she stomped off.
She got over it within a few minutes after I told her it was either go inside or do the bubble machine. She picked the bubble machine…and all was well with the world.
And some great action shots!
If I let them do what they wanted all the time…
…this is what it would look like 24/7.
But I make them do things like this (yes, make—they often give me grief until they’re out there and then they love it):
Bubble Shrieking
We found the bubble machine!
Bath Bubbles
The first time our master bath tub has been used!
She wanted to eat them.
A new bubble machine!
Gramma Jean got this for the kids to use when we were in Michigan but we never had time for it…so it came home with us. We finally got it out today (the kids were driving me crazy so we had to get out of the house)! And of course they loved it!
She loves climbing up in the chairs.
On the go again!
Loving driving through the bubbles!
A bubble morning!
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).
Mama! Bubbles!
Nanny Alice, Day 1
Our friend Alice (actually a professional nanny—though usually for much older kids!) is staying with the kids while we go to Florida. The kids met her about two weeks ago when she came for two nights to meet them and Owen was excited to have her back.
This was the first picture we got on the road—some pre-nap cuddles!
Maggie and the kids enjoying the nice weather, the bubbles Alice brought, and playing swords!
She spoiled the kids with a fun dinner: Owen got a caterpillar hot dog and Katie got hot dog palm trees. Both got strawberry flowers:
And she braved giving Katie yogurt:
My honest first thought was What is she doing to me? Now the kids are going to expect fun dinners all the time?! But my immediate next thought was Oh what a super special surprise that only Miss Alice does! 🙂
More bubble gun fun!
Bubble gun with Papa
Owen got a bubble gun for his birthday, so he was testing it out with Papa!
And this is how he apparently hides now:
Curled up in the bath.
As the water was draining, he decided to lay down like this to stick his face/head in the bubbles. Silly kid.
Look at all the bubbles!
It’s amazing the difference new batteries make!
Tonight’s outside fun.
Me and my boy!
Fresh batteries and the right solution (the expensive Gazillion brand) work wonders with the bubble machine!
Chasing bubbles!
This was a bit challenging for me since I really need two hands to blow bubbles and one hand to hold the camera. 🙂
BUBBLES!!!
is a HUGE hit!! Thanks for Owen’s birthday money, Aunt Rose!
A buddy!
The almost 4yo neighbor kid (I’ve talked to his mom a few times) and his mom were walking by when Owen was playing in his police car and the little boy desperately wanted to play with it. I invited them into the yard and the boys proceeded to play together amazingly for close to an hour while her and I chatted at the edge of the road. It was a riot—Owen just let the kid drive because he doesn’t really want to do it himself. Then they’d take a break and run around the yard chasing each other. The mom reprimanded her son for pulling on Owen’s shirt while they were playing—and I thanked her, but had to tell her that he actually LIKES that…and then she saw what I meant when Owen backed up close to the little boy again, waiting for him to grab his shirt again! (Oops! I guess that was a bad game to teach him!) Then they got out the bucket of bubbles. Then it was back to the police car, with one driving and one chasing. Back and forth, back and forth. Owen had a BLAST, laughing and screeching (even though he doesn’t look thrilled in this picture). It was awesome to see…and I hope they come down to play again!
First jetted tub bath!
Again, we didn’t want to waste the full tub of water left over after Irene…so we let Owen take a bath in it…with jets and bubbles! And of course, he LOVED it!!
Playing outside–finally!
He wanted to go outside for bubbles, and since it was fairly nice out (considering), I cleaned out his water table, put the slide together, and let him play. Of course, pretty much as soon as I had the slide up, he was on it!
As soon as I was done filling his table with water, he pointed to the hose, said “Hose. Water” and then made the sign for more.
And this was him hiding when I was trying to spray him with the hose!
Face bubbles!
He loves dunking his face in the bubbles!
Bath Bubble Beard
Owen has discovered that if he dunks his face into the water/bubbles, they stick to his face! Then he gets some in his mouth and realizes they don’t taste good. Lather, rinse, repeat. 🙂