Look What I Can Do

Rainbow Bright

I wonder what her closet will look like
when she's a teenager.......

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Serious Business

I had a five-minute conversation with him.
He never looked up at me.

His eyes were fixed on each piece he moved.

His hands never stopped working.

He talked to me.

He told me all about
Armorhide,
Mirage,
Optimus Prime,
Hound....

He answered my questions,
but the transforming never stopped.

This is serious business, folks.


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What a Difference

What a difference twenty degrees makes. It was forty degrees outside on Saturday and Chloe was a different kid entirely.

She ...

Built snow blocks

Ate snow and ice

Dug snow

Smiled

Drove her dump truck

Ate more snow and ice

Don't get me wrong, she was absolutely soaked through to the skin when we came inside and she started to fuss, but it was so see her enjoying her playtime out there.

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The Maniacs

Every night between dinner and bedtime the maniacs run wild. There is jumping and thumping, chasing and racing, and lots of giggling craziness...
































After about a half an hour......... they collapse..... utterly exhausted and breathless....








It's just part of our everyday and always will be :-)

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Likes & Dislikes

Chloe

Likes: dogs, talking, Evan, trains, sweet treats, talking, being tickled, rabbits, talking, drawing pictures, insects of all kinds, snakes, dinosaurs, more talking

Dislikes: potatoes, coldness, quiet, naps, bedtime, all ideas but her own

Is afraid of: a bear that lives in our basement

Dreams of: having a bunk bed to share with Bud; being pregnant like Aunt Bryce and giving birth to a live rabbit

Is always saying: I'm just too tired; but Mom; I'm just still hungry; I just don't want to; but Dad; You left me alone!

Evan

Likes: books, mud, Jeeps, Hummers, dune buggies, quads, the color green, his cat (Roy), sweatpants, teasing Chloe

Dislikes: potatoes, anything pink, looking for things, going to the bathroom, washing his hands

Is afraid of: being left behind

Dreams of: going to Antarctica; marrying me (his mother); owning a Jeep and a Hummer and a quad someday

Is always saying: You're mean! Hey!!! Give that back!! Can we go outside?

Everydays

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Best Friend

Evan has a best friend.

Meet Jed.

According to Evan:

"He's one year and nine days older than me."

"He thinks his dog is his friend.... that's funny."

"He plays with me every time I go to his house"

"We go outside together because we both love to be outside."


....and.....


"He likes me as much as I like him."

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About that Video

If you tried that video from yesterday and couldn't watch it, try again. Todd said he got it "unlocked." Scroll down.........
I'll post later today. Lots going on this morning.

Snowy Chloe

She's always so excited to go out.
She doesn't complain about the massive amount of layering.
She waddles around with stiff legs in giant boots, not asking for help.
She wants to dig, taste, stomp, throw the snow.
She thinks she likes it outside in the cold (while we are in the house.
She really wants to like it.

Then....

She gets out there, and...
She is quite literally soaked and frozen within twenty minutes.
I just wish she could have at least one time out that didn't end in tears.

Untitled from Bree Monde on Vimeo.

Edited to add:

The video is coming up with a weird "private" status on it... if you can't watch it let me know... it's never done that before and it took me a really long time today to even get it uploaded.

Surrounded

this is how he spends so much of his days

his hands have been busy
his mind engaged
sitting on the floor, surrounded
transforming....

explaining to me how to change them
showing me how fast he is
trying to decide whether he likes good or evil
and which side will win each war
getting frustrated with plastic toys that pop apart
taking short breaks to recharge
pretending with fun voices for each
defining 'autobot' and 'decepticon' for Chloe
glad to have something of his own that she has no interest in

it's a boy's world

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Dishwashing

Dishwashing never looked so cute or sounded so fun as it did to me last night. These two "cleaned" some bowls and cups for me with sinks of soapy water for a half hour.


I got a bit tired standing there to help check for cleanliness, rinse and dry, so I left them to play.


And they did.... such giggling and belly laughing and splashing and soaking.... good times, I tell you.


I should have snapped a photo of their pruney hands. I guess a ninety minute session of dishwashing will do that to the skin.

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Talking

She talks a lot, this one.
It's hard to get good pictures of someone when they are always chattering on and on about something.

I've just started snapping dozens in a row of her throughout the day to see if I can get one good one.

And it's turned out that I think I love the talking pictures more than the still shots.

See what I mean?? (you've got to click on this one and see it larger)

That one is HER in a nutshell. It's a keeper.

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