June 16th, ARRRRRR me and me scurvy crew headed to the Cottage with a hunger for adventure in the high seas, or hey, wherever the cottage is, really. See this image larger.
Ian played with a plane launching toy Grampa Dave and Grandma Marcia bought last year… note the plane is partially in-frame, on the left. See this image larger.
May had some ups and some downs, I was hoping for (at least) a more stable June. Nope. I’ll do my best to focus on the ups, though. Ready for June? Here we go! Of note, this entry starts with Melissa and I still feeling pretty sick, and in the worst part of the crunch and grind before NeoCon, the furniture conference. Usually one of us, or the other is in over their heads around this time of the year. This year it was both Melissa and I.
June 3rd, and Daddy insisted this dress be bought from a garage sale. I think Daddy was right! See this image larger.
She still runs up to me squealing “DADDY!!!” and it makes me happy every single time! See this image larger.
June 5th, Ray and Barb came up to visit us, and help us celebrate an important milestone for Ian… he graduated from preschool!!! I felt bad that I barely got to talk to Grampa Ray and Grandma Barb… the deadlines I had coincided with their visit, unfortunately. See this image larger.
The kids performed several songs, and Ian did good singing along with the first one. He’s pretty much in the middle of the image. I’ll reprint the lyrics here for the first song, if I can find them. It was about how love grows… and seeing him hit another milestone really made that hit home. See this image larger.
During the graduation, even Daddy learned something, which one might think is an activity reserved for students on a day such as this. You see, the kids all performed a song called “A tooty tah.” At each step of the song, the kids get themselves cramped further and further into a more ridiculous and impractical stance, to the point that by the end of the song they can’t really sing properly. I believe it starts with bending the knees, double thumbs up, elbows in, butt down, tongue out, etc. The shutters were clicking away taking pictures of kids doing this number, but I didn’t take too many: My kid was up there not singing or doing any of the moves. He was standing there with his face in his hand. Later I lightly scolded him for making me the only parent in such a position. But as I found myself trying to explain to him that he should sing along when everybody else is singing, I realized I was wrong. I took it back a couple days later and instead said “There are times and places to sing along, and times when you’ll want to strike out on your own.” I went from being upset that he did this to being pretty proud. The world doesn’t really need another person that focuses only on marching along to the beat of its drum. And besides, look at how these kids look! No wonder he’s trying to hide his face! See this image larger.
There was a slideshow of all of the kids that ran from a projector while music was playing. The kids began calling out the names of the students that appeared during each slide, which was not meant to be part of the program, but made it more interesting by a longshot. You start to realize these kids may not be lifelong friends, but they really like being together. That’ll make kindergarten that much harder for some.
The one shot where they had Ian’s name up on the screen was from the day after the Super Bowl, when Ian wore his jersey to school.
Ian accepts his diploma, and becomes a man. Well wait, that’s a ways out yet. Doesn’t feel like that’s too far away though, the way that kid’s growing! See this image larger.
The walk back to the pew. I was already happy that they laminated the diploma, Lord knows what paper airplane we would have received for safe-keeping later.
And here is the official certificate! Can you hardly believe it!?!
June 6th, Ian makes this cool face out of blocks and shows it to me with pride.
“I added a smile!”
Ian and Nina have both watched their fair share of a pretty weird show called Yo Gabba Gabba. This book from the library had a part of the show’s host’s face on it, and with a little help from Ian, we had a pretty funny looking picture!
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Daycare Sheet, May 4th Nina’s Caregiver: “Nina had a good day today. For art she used paint dabbers to color coffee filters. She did great She got a little pushy before lunch.”
Dialogue, May 5th Ian asks while dancing: “Is anybody ready to see my magic show?” Daddy: “Will there be dancing?” Ian: “Yes, that’s the first of it!”
Dialogue, May 8th Ian wakes up from nap:
“I love you, Daddy.”
Dialogue, May 8th Mommy and Daddy propose a new way of doing videos and books at night: Namely rather than starting out with three and LOSING them for bad behavior. Starting out with zero and EARNING as many as good behavior allows. Ian met this idea with tears and rebellion: “That’s the most not nice idea EVER!”
Dialogue, May 13th Nina: “N-I-N-A Neeena!”
Dialogue, May 13th Nina remembering an earlier trip: “Saw Mars at zeeum!”
Dialogue, May 13th Nina sees deer in the back yard: “Reindeer!”
Dialogue, May 15th Nina, who had gone to the doctor the day before: “Wend to doctor sterday.” (Of note, she got bigger, stronger, smarter and more agile in the last week, not kidding.)
Milestone, May 16th Ian gets dear old dad a new box of tissues. Closes door and window for Daddy.
Dialogue, May 16th Nina makes a deal with Daddy, who just suggested bedtime: “I play for two minutes in sunwoom.”
Daycare Sheet, May 17th Nina’s Caregiver: “Nina had a good day today! For art she glued feathers on to a toucan! She did a great job! She kept getting mad because they kept sticking to her hands! After art we went out on the playground.”
Dialogue, May 19th Nina helps Daddy put together a game about falling through some ice. The game has 24 blocks of ice and a bear that stands on top of them. Nina hands Daddy a block, asks: “Need another one?” Daddy says: “Yes.” Nina asks: “Need another one?” Daddy says: “Yes.” Nina asks: “Need another one?” Daddy says: “Yes.” Nina asks: “Need another one?” Daddy says: “Yes.” Nina asks: “Need another one?” Daddy says: “Yes.” Nina asks: “Need another one?” Daddy says: “Yes.” Nina asks: “Need another one?” Daddy says: “Yes.” Nina asks: “Need another one?” Daddy says: “Yes.” Nina asks: “Need another one?” Daddy says: “Yes.” Nina asks: “Need another one?” Daddy says: “Yes.” Nina asks: “Need another one?” Daddy says: “Yes.” Nina asks: “Need another one?” Daddy says: “Yes.” Nina asks: “Need another one?” Daddy says: “Yes.” Nina asks: “Need another one?” Daddy says: “Yes.” Nina asks: “Need another one?” Daddy says: “Yes.” Nina asks: “Need another one?” Daddy says: “Yes.” Nina asks: “Need another one?” Daddy says: “Yes.” Nina asks: “Need another one?” Daddy says: “Yes.” Nina asks: “Need another one?” Daddy says: “Yes.” Nina asks: “Need another one?” Daddy says: “Yes.” Nina asks: “Need another one?” Daddy says: “Yes.” Nina asks: “Need another one?” Daddy says: “Yes.” Nina asks: “Need another one?” Daddy says: “Yes.” Nina asks: “Need another one?” Daddy says: “Yes.” Nina asks: “You no need another one. Need da guy?”
Dialogue, May 19th Nina imitating a musician (who said “I can play a guitar like this!”) she saw on TV by putting a guitar behind her back and saying: “Like dis!”
Dialogue, May 21 Nina, after witnessing Daddy accidentally using a butter knife for his own meal: “”Daddy, I need butter too.”
Daycare Sheet, May 24th Ian’s Caregiver: “Ian really enjoyed his PJ Day! He ate lots of popcorn and cheered Balto on in the end. Fun day!”
Daycare Sheet, May 24th Nina’s Caregiver: “Nina had a lot of fun not he playground this morning with all her friends. When we came inside we got out our ball and rolled it around between all the kids – Nina ha slots of turns catching the ball. She was a very popular choice when her friends were picking someone to roll to. She ate a great lunch and fell asleep FAST at nap time. We must have worn her out.”
Daycare Sheet, May 25th Nina’s Caregiver: “She played in the sandbox and then picked some ‘flowers’ or weeds. Nina said ‘My flowers are so pretty.'”
Dialogue, May 28th Daddy’s ad lib from a goodnight book: “Are daddy’s cookies yummy or yucky?” Nina’s response: “Yummy! I had one wif dinner!”
Daycare Sheet, May 30th Ian’s Caregiver, Accident Report:“Ian was trying to crouch down while playing hide and seek. When he scraped his right knee on the wood chips.”
Daycare Sheet, May 31st Nina’s Caregiver: “Nina had a great day today. I sat her on the potty once, and she cried til I took her off. She didn’t want to sit after that…” (I love that they sometimes start off with “Nina had a great day” and then proceed to tell us about her pretty crappy sounding day.)
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June Cottage Trip, 2012!
Here Comes Summer
May had some ups and some downs, I was hoping for (at least) a more stable June. Nope. I’ll do my best to focus on the ups, though. Ready for June? Here we go! Of note, this entry starts with Melissa and I still feeling pretty sick, and in the worst part of the crunch and grind before NeoCon, the furniture conference. Usually one of us, or the other is in over their heads around this time of the year. This year it was both Melissa and I.
May Dialogue and Milestones