Slip-n-Sliding to the Chiropractor

Well, apparently my life is crazy during the school year, because I haven't posted since LAST JULY.   Hmm.   Laziness is abounding in many non-required areas in addition to blogging, such as dusting, car vacuuming, and book organizing.   As we speak, many books are organized in that they were pushed under the edge of my bed in the order I read them.  Soon, Matt will be able to lean over and pick a book that is peeking out from under his side, competing with his Cabela's catalogs.

Have no fear, because a new source of blog posts has come to light, as I found about 20 rolls of undeveloped camera film in the back of one of our junk drawers.   It would be admirable if I had found them from unprompted decluttering, but  I'm not that spontaneous, so they were actually a byproduct of a superfund cleanup of our kitchen in prep for renovation.  That's a post for another day...

At any rate, there were some real treasures in those rolls of film.  Most appear to be from late 2005/early 2006, including this charming vignette:

SETTING UP THE SLIP-N-SLIDE FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME

Yay!!  Fun with water!

Aunt Jenny and Daddy hook up the hose.

Ethan takes the first slide, and Meg goes next...

 NO!!!   I NOT YIKE DIS!!!!

Meghan is somewhat confused about how to go about this new activity.

Daddy decides to intervene assist. 

 Giving a little boost...

WHAABAM.

PULL BACK!! PULL BACK!!  TOO MUCH!!

Meg decides (miraculously!!) that This Is Fun.

It's a Slip-n-Slide Success Story!!

A Look Back at Dance Picture Day...

Dance Picture Day, 2012.  Last year's dance pictures ended up with this mood.  Luckily, God granted us a speck of maturity this year, and things were much more enjoyable!  Could have something to do with the blood vow we took at the beginning of the day.  And the bribery over breakfast.  At any rate, enjoy.  

 We started out at Allegheny Crepes and Creamery with some crepes and bacon.  

Then we went to the studio and the fun began.

Fascinators were all the rage this year.  

Meggy had two similar identical ones, for ballet and for jazz.  

 This was actually taken on a previous day, but green eye make up was also a thrill for the girls. 

THEN THE CHALLENGE STARTED.  YES, A NORMAL PICTURE OF MEGHAN.
sigh...

This may have been my fatal error, in hindsight.

Later she decided she wanted one of those teen-age-jumping-in-the-air-type pictures.  This requires more patience than I have, apparently, because we never did get one.  

   

                                                               

Then she was distracted by Ninja Turtles...

  

Hmmm, didn't really go that smooth, did it Mom?  

No.  No, it didn't. 

Oh, well. Totally worth it. 

Ninja Turtles are Everywhere

When Meghan was little, she attended a daycare that regularly took the kids for walks around the surrounding neighborhood.   We were unaware of one ritual, until a few years later, when Meg was reminiscing about these walks with Miss Jen, the daycare teacher.  

 

"I miss saying 'Hi' to the Inja Turdles, " she announced when she was about 6 years old. 

 Further explanation revealed her fond memories of a great preschool teacher, who nurtured the kids' imaginations, even with really mundane daily surroundings such as storm sewers.  

It became a ritual that we continue to this day.  

Do We Not Get Enough Snow As It Is?

 Seriously. 

It's exhausting being us.

Your Daughter is a Quiet, Conscientious Girl!

That's what her teachers told us at November conferences.

Quiet. A good worker. Somewhat shy but friendly.

I would have chosen crazy, insane, and outgoing to the extreme, but what do I know?

Apparently, she tamps down her energy well in a school environment.

O sole mio.

Arrgh. I got me eye on you!

That's Captain Jack Sparrow.

Yep, a quiet kid. Who knew?

More Zaniness

mOre ZaNy pIctures for yOur vIewing pLeaSure!

yOu'RE weLCome!!