Sibling Giggling

After living in South Dakota for the past three years where Labor Day meant no more nice weather for a really, really long time, we're looking forward to another month of summer weather. The kids and I are taking advantage of it by taking strolls up to the playground. Nathan decided that the next time we go there we need to bring our tennis rackets so we can play tennis. Maybe you'll be seeing a tennis post in the near future.
Who needs to see the world around them when they have their big brother's silly face to stare at?

Giving rock climbing a try.

Nathan takes such good care of his baby sister.
And she loves him for it.
More brother and sister love.
I hope Nathan and Kathryn keep this relationship for the rest of their lives. I'm not saying they don't fight. They actually fight quite a bit. (And for some reason I think that's cute too.) All I'm saying is you can tell they really do love each other.
This was on the way home. Kathryn snoozed while Nathan was still going strong.

Sibling Giggling

After living in South Dakota for the past three years where Labor Day meant no more nice weather for a really, really long time, we're looking forward to another month of summer weather. The kids and I are taking advantage of it by taking strolls up to the playground. Nathan decided that the next time we go there we need to bring our tennis rackets so we can play tennis. Maybe you'll be seeing a tennis post in the near future.
Who needs to see the world around them when they have their big brother's silly face to stare at?

Giving rock climbing a try.

Nathan takes such good care of his baby sister.
And she loves him for it.
More brother and sister love.
I hope Nathan and Kathryn keep this relationship for the rest of their lives. I'm not saying they don't fight. They actually fight quite a bit. (And for some reason I think that's cute too.) All I'm saying is you can tell they really do love each other.
This was on the way home. Kathryn snoozed while Nathan was still going strong.

Play for a Day

Nathan has learned a lot in his three years of life. One of those things being how to work Paw-Paw. They were Skyping one day and it came time to say good-bye, when Nathan got a sad face and didn't want to hang up. Paw-Paw offered to come to his house to play with him one day and Nathan quickly jumped at the idea. Paw-Paw showed up around 10 a.m. yesterday to begin his promised play date. Nathan had big plans for their day together. They did all of Nathan's favorite things including: reading the CAT book and making up their own stories, playing frisbee, jumping on the trampoline, building a "tall tower" and jumping off on the bed, playing with airplanes and cars, watching movies and we even went to McDonald's for a picnic in the back of the truck. (Eating food and hanging out in the back of a truck in one of the coolest things you can do, in Nathan's opinion. He's going to be and excellent tailgater.)
Of course, Mace was invited to the picnic.

Paw-Paw said he was going to leave around 4 p.m., but that didn't happen. He started to tell Nathan that it was time for him to leave, so Nathan listed off a bunch of other stuff that they needed to do again, or didn't get a chance to do. Paw-Paw ended up leaving at 5:30 p.m. Nathan knows how to buy time, that's for sure.


Actually, I'm not real sure who this play date was really for.... Paw-Paw or Nathan and Kathryn.

Play for a Day

Nathan has learned a lot in his three years of life. One of those things being how to work Paw-Paw. They were Skyping one day and it came time to say good-bye, when Nathan got a sad face and didn't want to hang up. Paw-Paw offered to come to his house to play with him one day and Nathan quickly jumped at the idea. Paw-Paw showed up around 10 a.m. yesterday to begin his promised play date. Nathan had big plans for their day together. They did all of Nathan's favorite things including: reading the CAT book and making up their own stories, playing frisbee, jumping on the trampoline, building a "tall tower" and jumping off on the bed, playing with airplanes and cars, watching movies and we even went to McDonald's for a picnic in the back of the truck. (Eating food and hanging out in the back of a truck in one of the coolest things you can do, in Nathan's opinion. He's going to be and excellent tailgater.)
Of course, Mace was invited to the picnic.

Paw-Paw said he was going to leave around 4 p.m., but that didn't happen. He started to tell Nathan that it was time for him to leave, so Nathan listed off a bunch of other stuff that they needed to do again, or didn't get a chance to do. Paw-Paw ended up leaving at 5:30 p.m. Nathan knows how to buy time, that's for sure.


Actually, I'm not real sure who this play date was really for.... Paw-Paw or Nathan and Kathryn.

Curious as a Kat

Kathryn is absolutely hilarious to watch now. She thinks she's the funniest girl alive, which actually does make her hilarious. She sits and makes funny noises and squeals and stares at you the entire time, just to make sure you laugh at her.
She looks so cute in Nathan's old sleepers. She looks like Nathan used to when he studied stuff.

There's no telling where you'll find Kathryn these days. She wedges herself between everything, gets herself stuck under everything, and even worse, she's pulling up on things now. That wouldn't be a huge deal, but our entire house is tile with the exception of the bedrooms and family room.

I left the room for one second and Kathryn activated her "Go-Go Gadget Arms." Of course, Nathan heard the vegetable tray crash and was the first one there to overreact. Then I walked in and Kathryn started cracking up.
All she wanted was some celery. The celery works like a gutter from her mouth to her lap. All the excess food and slobber drains right down the center of the celery.
This doesn't have anything to do with Kathryn, but it's still funny. Steve and I thought so anyway. I pass up a lot of great photo opportunities here, but I couldn't let this one go. The Chevrolet Cavalier has 24" rims. I know that because the owner went to the trouble of writing it on the back window.

Curious as a Kat

Kathryn is absolutely hilarious to watch now. She thinks she's the funniest girl alive, which actually does make her hilarious. She sits and makes funny noises and squeals and stares at you the entire time, just to make sure you laugh at her.
She looks so cute in Nathan's old sleepers. She looks like Nathan used to when he studied stuff.

There's no telling where you'll find Kathryn these days. She wedges herself between everything, gets herself stuck under everything, and even worse, she's pulling up on things now. That wouldn't be a huge deal, but our entire house is tile with the exception of the bedrooms and family room.

I left the room for one second and Kathryn activated her "Go-Go Gadget Arms." Of course, Nathan heard the vegetable tray crash and was the first one there to overreact. Then I walked in and Kathryn started cracking up.
All she wanted was some celery. The celery works like a gutter from her mouth to her lap. All the excess food and slobber drains right down the center of the celery.
This doesn't have anything to do with Kathryn, but it's still funny. Steve and I thought so anyway. I pass up a lot of great photo opportunities here, but I couldn't let this one go. The Chevrolet Cavalier has 24" rims. I know that because the owner went to the trouble of writing it on the back window.

Alabama Aviation

Nathan may not have the South Dakota Air and Space Museum to visit anymore, but we certainly don't have a shortage of airplanes to look at here. We ventured down to base today to check them out. Nathan noticed there weren't any B-1s and thought that maybe Daddy could get one to add to their collection. We'll run it by Steve and see if he can pull any strings. It was really hot, so we didn't get to look at all of them. We'll definitely be back for several more visits once it cools off.
I tried telling Nathan about what the first airplanes were like, but he didn't want to have anything to do with this Wright Monument. He doesn't care to know anything about the history of aviation, he just knows he wants to fly something cool one day, like the B-2. Steve tries so hard to make Nathan love the B-1, but Nathan has his heart set on the B-2.
Checking out all these new jets.
Enjoying the shade of the jet.
Kathryn had fun looking at airplanes today too. I think the heat wore her out because she's been sleeping all afternoon.