September 3rd, as we approached the cottage, Dairy Queen ran out into the street and forced us to stop. See this image larger.
I’ll have to double-check… I don’t think this is her first ice cream. It probably IS her first Dairy Queen, though. And also possibly her first actual cone. See this image larger.
Great, Ian’s all pumped full of sugar, let’s go wait in line for the ferry! See this image larger.
The West-Side Chapmans are at the Island for a visit! Hurray! We were so thrilled to be there! Look at that happy crew! (Thank you Grandma Marcia for pulling off the perfect arrival shot!!) See this image larger.
Nina adopted this pose all on her own… looks a little like the Captain Morgan’s pose. See this image larger.
It took Ian 25 seconds to find this candy, without even trying. It took me 3 seconds to say “No you just had ice cream.” See this image larger.
So Nina fought her way out of the swimming pool, and ran over to Ian and gave him a big hug!!! She decided to do this all on her own! See this image larger.
And then let’s all go in and get out of the rain and play whatever the heck this is! See this image larger.
Later, Nina insisted on an evening boat cruise! Here she inspects her zooey. The cottage always makes me smile, love seeing it in the background there. 🙂 See this image larger.
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Dialogue, September 1-3rd Ian to Mommy: “You have a cool belly button.”
Nina: “Babysitter.” (Nina said this while pointing at the Elmo book where he has his first babysitter.)
Nina with stroller: “Beep beep!”
Ian to Daddy: “Mommy’s car has a p button. Where’s your car’s p button, Daddy?.” (P is for “Park.”)
Ian: “They’re like leprechaun bananas!” (Green.)
Ian: “I could have a banana while I’m waiting.”
Ian to Daddy on the way up to the cottage: “3 hours? 1 2 3 are we there?”
Ian: “When’s it going to be October?” Mommy: “What’s in October?” (waiting for halloween) Ian: “Elmo video game!”
August 25th, sometimes I pass by a real good shot accidentally. This is one. See this image larger.
August 31st, this shot is missing from the “trash” sequence… she threw it out, she now looks at her hands to see if they are dirty, and then back to the other shot of her clapping the dust off of her hands. (You’ll need to look at an earlier entry to see that.) See this image larger.
Video, August 21st Click here to check out a video of Nina seeing the Sesame Street website for the first time! There’s one point where you’re going to see me tear up a bit — Nina’s mouth drops open in amazement and she looks at me like “This is great, isn’t it awesome, Daddy?” You can’t really see the look from the camera’s angle, but the look is there, and I’ll take that with me everywhere. 🙂 I should note that she said “Big Bird” before the camera went on, but listen for a lot of other character names too. This is a pretty big video. 11MB.
Dialogue, August 23rd-28th Ian: “I’m really hungry. You should cook really fast or cook slow and give me a Popsicle.”
Nina: “Mommy, me and Ian” (Nina said this while looking at a photo of Melissa, Nina and Ian. Hasn’t happened again since, sadly.)
Ian: “When mommy had a bad throat she would take a treat, but it wasn’t really a treat it was medicine. Can you remember that, for all the days?”
EDIT – Just found some more stuff that belongs right here on August 29th. Nina correctly identified blue and yellow. Nina got the shapes right that were on the fridge. and finally, this bit of dialogue from Ian and I:
Dialogue, August 29th Ian watching videos on TV: “Can I watch another one of these?” Daddy: “Are you learning things by watching it?” Ian looks over at Daddy. Daddy: “Just say yes.” Ian smiles: “Yes.” Daddy: “Go ahead, then.”
Oh. Why, yes! Yes she can! Is she praying? *Dear God, please bring poor Ian and I more toys. We don’t nearly have enough, and truly could use something to play with. Amen.* See this image larger.
Don’t take this picture too seriously, Nina looks like she’s having a great time, but it only lasts for about four pushes before she’ll say “up! up!” See this image larger.
Hard to get a shot like this. Wanted to get everything in the picture, didn’t want to get too far away from Nina. See this image larger.
Ian with bows in his hair. When I see this kind of thing, I take a picture and try not to laugh, to be honest – lol. See this image larger.
I gave them each a bowl of Cheerios by the kitchen “gate” and went to refill a water jug. When I came back, there was a secret picnic being had under the table! I can’t imagine what these two are going to get into later on in life. See this image larger.
My oh my how Daddy approves. 🙂 My beautiful wife of 10 years… can you believe it? See this image larger.
Nina throws something away again… she’s been doing this for months and I think she’s only twice thrown out something that wasn’t trash! See this image larger.
A bad picture but an important detail… she claps the dust/dirt off of her hands when she’s done! See this image larger.
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September 2011 Trip to the Cottage, Part I
More soon!
Some Missing Bits…
So Long, August
EDIT – Just found some more stuff that belongs right here on August 29th. Nina correctly identified blue and yellow. Nina got the shapes right that were on the fridge. and finally, this bit of dialogue from Ian and I: