VIDEO, June 9th Click here to see and hear Nina doing her best to read a book. She’s working from memorization, of course, but still pretty cool! VIDEO, June 24th Click here to see… Nina and her class playing at Java Gym! This one is large because I wanted you to be able to make […]
Milestone, June 3rd Nina fell all the way down the office steps, but was fine, contrary to what was indicated by the sound effects, which were not unlike some kind of subwoofer test at a movie theater. Dialogue, June 6th Nina sees a VW Beetle : “A happy car!” Dialogue, June 8th Nina to Mommy: […]
June 17th, this day a weird storm floated over Rockford. It was gorgeous so I took a few pics of it, hope you don’t mind! See this image larger. Look at these colors! See this image larger. The clouds looked like otherworldly spaceships parking in orbit. See this image larger. I’ve always wanted to take […]
June 15th, I admit that it is a little hard to look at this shot, given the winter that we’re currently having… it has been a long and pretty difficult one for Michigan. This is actually a crop from a full panoramic shot that I made with my iPhone. I should figure out a way […]
June 3rd, and… you know I don’t have any words for this. Well, ok… I’ll say this much: If you see a shot like this on the blog, know that there are about 10 more of them in any one session. 🙂 See this image larger. June 5th, Ian attends a graduation party at school, […]
VIDEO, May 7th Click here to see… the kids being goofballs outside. We say “I love you” a lot, Ian invades Nina’s personal space, and she has no problem showing him where he should be. VIDEO, May 25th Click here to see… another music video about the Cottage. Sort of can’t help it! This is […]
As is tradition, here are the Chapman children to wish Grampa Dave and Grandma Marcia a happy anniversary… as usual, they nailed it. Kinda. AUDIO, January 13th Click here to hear an mp3 of Ian and Nina attempting to send an audio card!
[spoiler intro=”I’m going to include some of my Lilly Looking Through experiences because this is about the Chapmans, and frankly I want my kids to know later on that I got to do what I always wanted to do. That said, I don’t want to distract from the kids too much, so I’ve hidden this […]
May 25th, and that’s a smile that comes with sprinkles! See this image larger. A sweet treat for sweet little girl! Where were we? Dairy Queen in Marine City, on our way… See this image larger. …to the Cottage! (Of note, Nina asked recently if we could go there now… it is the middle of […]
May 1st, Nina enjoys a popsicle on the porch. It’s the little things. 🙂 See this image larger. Hey, cutie! See this image larger. What? The classic hands-on-the-chin pose? Are you trying to be a model now? See this image larger. So cute! See this image larger. Meanwhile, hey you’re still cute too. How’s your […]
