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Monthly Archives: June 2011

at Kidz n Play

Sometimes it’s too hot to play outside. Today we met friends at an indoor inflated playground.  It was Ben and Maddie’s first time to try this kind of play, and I was impressed by how fearless they were about climbing even the highest structures and slides, and by how much exercise they got.  They had [...]

learning to vacuum

Ben tried vacuuming by himself for the first time yesterday and loved it.  Our living room floor has never been so clean.  After running it around the floor by himself for a good 20 minutes he proudly declared, “I’m a grown-up now!”  Because really, running a vacuum is what adulthood is all about. The scarf [...]

building

Ben and Maddie built a tower this morning, using nearly every megablock that we own: I got them to sit still next to it like that by asking them to say, “Monkey boogers,” or something inappropriate like that. Ben’s interest in Legos has been growing lately, something that Nathan and I are both very excited [...]

Summer beach trip

At the end of last month we drove to Port Aransas for a beach getaway with friends for the second year in a row.  8 adults and 7 children under the age of 4 shared a house there for 4 days, and we had a great time.  There were those two tire blowouts on the [...]