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: “Do you want a bookmark, Mommy?” Mommy, legitimately exhausted: “No. Nina, I am so tired of asking you to clean up your mess this morning that I am literally sick of hearing myself talk. Go. Clean. Up.” Nina, oblivious: “Do YOU want a bookmark, Ian?”
Dialogue, June 12th Mommy to Nina, who was holding melted ice cream cone: “Turn it around.” Nina spins her whole body around.
Dialogue, June 13th Ian, at swim class with goggles: “With my goggles on I can see lights in the water. Real ones. Like those up there. (points)Underwater!”
Milestone, June 18th Yesterday Ian thanked his Mommy for giving him a treat even after discovering that he didn’t like it. Ian also excelled at math homework and some English.
NINA DAYCARE NOTES: This month, we come to the end of an era. Just as Ian’s daily status updates from day care stopped happening at a certain class (and/or became more about the whole class, not our offspring) the same has happened for Nina. This will be the last “NINA DAYCARE NOTES” post as a result. I’ll still put some of our more fun quotes from around the house into a post, but I’m thinking it’ll all be combined with Audio and Video. Silver lining: The blog should be a little easier to update.
Daycare Notes, Monday, June 3rd. Nina’s caregiver: “Overall Nina had a really good morning! She had a blast ‘cooking’ in the sandbox for Mia! For centers Nina loved cutting up all the colorful paper. During circle time Nina helped me tell the story by talking about what the word ‘disturb’ means!”
Daycare Notes, Tuesday, June 4th. Nina’s caregiver: “Nina cracked me up this morning with her frequent updates on body temperature and how she was either going to put on or take off her sweatshirt to compensate. She let me know every time she made the adjustment. It was very serious business and very detailed. I was in stitches!”
Daycare Notes, Wednesday, June 5th. Nina’s caregiver: “Had a great time outside today – we went for a walk on the White Pine Trail and checked out all kinds of flowers, trees, bugs and birds. Nina had a cheerful ‘hello’ for everyone we passed along the way. We got back, she beelined for the sandbox, stripped off her shoes and socks, and played there until we came inside.”
Daycare Notes, Thursday, June 6th. Nina’s caregiver: “Nina and her friends cooked up a feast in the dramatic play kitchen for Miss Sarah. Nina dressed up in at least three layers of aprons, donned a chef’s hat and oven mitts and created all sorts of tasty dishes! Apart from doing a little letter fishing in the alphabet pond, it took up all of her choice playtime. They had so much fun!”
Daycare Notes, Friday, June 7th. Nina’s caregiver: “Overall Nina had a great morning! She had been talking ice cream all day. At one point she was singing about how much she loves it! Nina almost had everyone singing it with her!”
Daycare Notes, Monday, June 10th. Nina’s caregiver: “Nina came back from her field trip was a big grin on her face. Ms. Gina said that Nina had a great time and did very well with the preschool group! They must have worn her out; she laid right down and fell asleep fast!”
Daycare Notes, Monday, June 10th (Report from Preschool classroom.) Nina’s caregiver: “We made it to Wahlfield park! The rain didn’t keep us away. We took a walk down a path and listened to all the different sounds. We enjoyed our lunch safely undercover all the rain started back up. A great first day in preschool-Ms. Andrea”
Daycare Notes, Tuesday, June 11th. Nina’s caregiver: “In centers Nina took the time to explore ocean animals, doctors and puzzles. Played monsters at the park and had fun in the sandbox.”
Daycare Notes, Thursday, June 12th. Nina’s caregiver: “Nina had a great time in Ms. Julie’s fitness class this morning-she was so excited to go! She jumped right into every activity was a big grin on her face. She told us in detail exactly how she was going to construct her s’more and she ate it very carefully, so as not to lose a single crumb.”
Daycare Notes, Thursday, June 13th. Nina’s caregiver: “Nina explored kitchen and animal centers. She was excited to get her face painted and play house.”
Daycare Notes, Friday, June 14th. Nina’s caregiver: “Last day in early preschool. We had a blast with waterplay today! She sprayed the garden very thoroughly with her water bottles. And she did a great job taking turns with others. Due to the wonderful weather we decided to have lunch outside and under the trees.”
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I’ve always wanted to take a picture of lightning with just my finger and a shutter, and sort of pulled it off here if you open this up bigger and zoom in toward the left. See this image larger.
June 22nd, Mr. Steve and Mrs. Jessica brough Holly and Hannah up to play with us for an afternoon. These are the people that I was making Lilly Looking Through with… It was nice of them to come visit! See this image larger.
Didn’t realize we had so many dam turtles. (I mean turtles that live at our dam.) I honestly thought these were fake until they started moving. See this image larger.
After a long day of play with Mr. Steve and Mrs. Jessica and the girls, the kids surrendered to a short nap. See this image larger.
June 28th. I don’t remember what happened that Ian and I apparently spent a lot of time together, but it looks like we spent the whole day together. (Even looking at the old calendar, I see nothing on that day that sticks out.) Anyway, let’s go to Dam Dogs! See this image larger.
Ice cream for dessert. Try to get some of it in your mouth, kiddo! See this image larger.
June 29th was little Jake next door’s birthday. He’s an intense little guy, that’s him on the right side of the “throne” back there in the light blue shirt. He’s the one that screams so loud sometimes that I think he might be using echolocation to find his brother. See this image larger.
The kids really love this place. It is actually pretty nice for adults too, unless it gets really crazy busy. See this image larger.
This is the baby area of Jester’s Court… Nina rides on pink giraffeosaurus. See this image larger.
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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 to have it pan-able. You know, when I have time. See this image larger.
Nina stirs the pancake batter… thanks for letting Nina help, Grandma Marcia! 🙂 See this image larger.
The bunny finger salute, a tradition of many families, but one that I’ll always think of as a Chapman tradition. See this image larger.
Nina attempts to do a similar set of bunny ears on Ian with success! See this image larger.
Elmo gets a hug while Ian considers peeing with door wide open, as if he were raised in a barn. See this image larger.
Photographer Ian Chapman observes the den’s inhabitants in action. Here, the elusive and colorful Grandma Marcia is seen hunting down a side of bacon for the rest of the pack. See this image larger.
A wild Nina appears! Only Ian’s skilled eye and super high-speed camera were able to capture her briefly before she sprang away out of view after a gazelle or pillow. See this image larger.
Grampa Dave, the alpha male, sits high upon a golden hilltop surveying the surrounding lands and his digital camera. See this image larger.
Daddy, in his usual sloth-like state, is prodded into action by his young cub. Ian’s camera captures the moment as Daddy wisely considers his options. See this image larger.
With his experience and patience, Ian’s camera is at the ready just in time for a commonly heard but rarely photographed event: a wild rumpus begins! Daddy has determined that all his cubs may play outside of the den, in the sun! Then he wanted his camera back. See this image larger.
Ian ran all the way to the next cottage and back, in an attempt to burn up his limitless energy! See this image larger.
Must almost be time to go home… we had a great time, thank you Grampa Dave and Grandma Marcia for having us over again! See this image larger.
Almost forgot! A special shot to celebrate Father’s Day… a very warm, happy memory for me. 🙂 This was also a great weekend to spend a little time with my father. We did some maintenance on the boat and got it in the water. 🙂 General update I may have neglected to mention because the timeline covered here is actually almost a year ago from when this was typed up: Grampa Dave survived a pretty horrible motorcycle accident but healed up well and is doing pretty great, to this day. Gramma Marcia got attacked by a pothole during a charity run and wound up in a cast, which is why you see her as such in the picture Ian took. See this image larger.
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June 2013 – Dialogue and Milestones
NINA DAYCARE NOTES:
This month, we come to the end of an era. Just as Ian’s daily status updates from day care stopped happening at a certain class (and/or became more about the whole class, not our offspring) the same has happened for Nina. This will be the last “NINA DAYCARE NOTES” post as a result. I’ll still put some of our more fun quotes from around the house into a post, but I’m thinking it’ll all be combined with Audio and Video. Silver lining: The blog should be a little easier to update.
June 2013 – Part III, The Rest of June
June 2013, Part II, The Cottage in June