Nina seemed to really like our cheap-o vacuum cleaner. It is very weak and very light, but perfect for hardwood floors… and beginner vacuumers. See this image larger.
She did not want to give it up, and I have a video to prove it! (Coming soon!) See this image larger.
The cutest part of her outfit actually can’t be seen in this image… look down! See this image larger.
Our friend Elena handed down these shoes from her daughter, and unfortunately, this is the first and last time Nina could wear them. They were too small. 🙁 So cute though! See this image larger.
Eventually she decided it was my turn, and simply handed the vacuum to me. Such a sweetie! See this image larger.
Meanwhile, Ian built this elaborate set-up of a bunch of his toys… See this image larger.
Sometimes the best pictures are not those with the kids looking at the camera. I love this one. Our two little ones, in their jammies, playing nicely together… at least as for the moment, right? 😉 See this image larger.
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I went to a garage sale across the street, where a little girl was selling off a lot of her favorite stuff. There, I spied a “Care Bears” tent that looked perfect for Nina to get a little time away from Ian, if she wanted to. It cost me 50 cents, and I honestly can’t think of a time in my life that two quarters bought so much.
It doesn’t see nearly as much play as it did this first day, of course. See this image larger.
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Dialogue, September 8th Ian finds out Daddy likes cottage cheese but never gets to eat it because his kids like it so much: “We should buy some cottage cheeses and write on there ‘for daddy’s only.'”
Ian, during dinner…regarding the food no longer on his plate:“I’m makin art!”
Ian, helping Daddy snip one branch off of a tree: “We’re cutting down trees to make wood!”
Ian and I had fun playing a game with a helicopter, but I had to go outside quickly to take out the trash. I came back in to find the helicopter parked in front of the bathroom sink, where he knew I’d head to wash my hands after the aforementioned chore. (This is one of those things where the meaning chokes you up more than the words I can type here… he left the helicopter there as if to say “I had fun, Daddy. Let’s keep playin’.”)
On September 8th, Melissa and I celebrated our 10th anniversary. Hard to believe that much time has passed. I love you, Sweetie, and I love how you’ve grown our family and surrounded us with your care.
In the interest of getting a couple of updates up here, I’m going to skip videos and come back to them in a little bit. They’ll cover the time period between the 10th and the 19th, and will all appear in one entry, coming up. (It takes a bit more time to edit those.)
We got gifts and cards and flowers, and I thank you all for helping us celebrate. These flowers from Grandma Sue looked so good in the sun room that I had to take a picture, but again, thank you all for everything! See this image larger.
September 11th, the kids go nuts on an inflatable balance beam. (Really this is meant to protect their little noggins on the inside of a tub, but they’re too old for that.) See this image larger.
September 12th, I told Nina I was going to buy her this book while we tooled around Meijer. She casually started reading it. I love Ian peeking through, trapped in his section of the basket. See this image larger.
September 13th. We bought Nina this potty to see what she’d do with it. Mostly, at the time, she seemed intent on using it as a reading chair. See this image larger.
September 14th, a board game that we purchased for the kids included this piece of foam, and immediately the Chapmanooga Choo Choo was born. See this image larger.
This is the baby swing that we had when Ian was just born. He loved that little blue bird on the swing, I think there’s a video of him pointing at it on a DVD somewhere. I spent time then considering how to pry it off of there for him. Melissa puts a huge amount of effort into a sale that comes around once a year that gets us a quite a bit of money to get rid of stuff that is taking up a lot of room, like this swing. So here we’re saying good-bye to the little blue bird for the last time. Life’s weird, isn’t it? I was probably the most vocal in saying “let’s get that thing out of here,” but it was me that got a little sentimental as it went away. See this image larger.
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That Same Day… Cuteness Continues
All the pictures from the last entry (“Best 50 Cents…”) were taken on the 17th. That day continues here…
The Best 50 Cents I Ever Spent
I went to a garage sale across the street, where a little girl was selling off a lot of her favorite stuff. There, I spied a “Care Bears” tent that looked perfect for Nina to get a little time away from Ian, if she wanted to. It cost me 50 cents, and I honestly can’t think of a time in my life that two quarters bought so much.
10 Awesome Years
On September 8th, Melissa and I celebrated our 10th anniversary. Hard to believe that much time has passed. I love you, Sweetie, and I love how you’ve grown our family and surrounded us with your care.
In the interest of getting a couple of updates up here, I’m going to skip videos and come back to them in a little bit. They’ll cover the time period between the 10th and the 19th, and will all appear in one entry, coming up. (It takes a bit more time to edit those.)