Here is the famous tiger bike right before its retirement this past weekend. Sam didn't need the training wheels for the past two years, but we couldn't convince him of that. He is begging to have the training wheels put onto his new bike so it doesn't fall over when he parks it. Why don't these little kid bikes come with kick stands? That's my question.
It began as an educational summer project for the kids and now it's become part of life. Can I just say, in the singing voice of Kip Dynamite, "I love technology."
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Us Lately
Here is the famous tiger bike right before its retirement this past weekend. Sam didn't need the training wheels for the past two years, but we couldn't convince him of that. He is begging to have the training wheels put onto his new bike so it doesn't fall over when he parks it. Why don't these little kid bikes come with kick stands? That's my question.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
For Those About to Rock...
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Actually, I just had to get your attention with that awesome AC/DC title...
For those about to check out the latest Gills-A-GoGo in this backwards order way it goes, I will fill you in now that I found I could view photos from Sam's prechool site and directly send them to this blog and oh-so-cool, I thought! But now I don't know how to move them, relocate them, group them, whatever, so each picture was posted as a new entry. So as you scroll down in that backwards kind of way, maybe it'll all make sense.
And I left in the Click here to view these pictures larger link below each picture but I am doubtful that it works since I think you have to be an invited/approved member of the preschool class website. But just in case you can, I left it.
Happy Fall Y'All!
Sam at School
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Sam and his co-hort Josh dominating the other preschool kids.
Sam at Mills' Apple Farm
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OK, this is supposed to be Sam posing with his just-picked apples. Compliance is not his style.
Mills' Apple Farm Field Trip
Sam's School
I just found out I can post pictures from his class website directly to Gills-A-GoGo, so here we go. I swear I am learning something new every day!
This is the day Sam was supposed to bring a teddy bear from home since they were studying bears. Sam refused to bring one from home so he had to use his teacher's Rainbow Peace bear. I don't think he was thrilled.
Friday, September 25, 2009
All About My School
Sunday, September 20, 2009
A Caroline Funny
Friday, September 18, 2009
You Know, Us Living on a Farm Might Be Scary...
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Sunday, September 13, 2009
We Had Visitors!
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Sam's in Pre-K and Turns 5 / 6 / 5 all in One Day
On his actual birthday, he went to his first day of Mrs. Mill's pre-kindergarten class at the YMCA. He told me all morning long that he did not want to go, but once he got there, he had a good time. He took in ice cream and little cookies as the classroom treat that day and one of his Lego creations for show'n'tell. His best friend from our neighborhood is in his class so school is fun! Meet Sauce-sh, as Sam says, but you can call him Josh.
They hang out all the time, Sam a little more than Josh, you could say?
Does anyone see a little Bart Connor maybe?
And does make anyone else out there go Ouch?
And yes, he actually does have clothes on ...
sometimes.
So, anyway, we had our own party the night of Sam's birthday. The birthday meal was mini corn dogs with Yapollin tots (Caroline speak for Napoleon...as in Dynamite), and, of course, ice cream.
And how 'bout that Batman cake? Not just a Batman cake; it was specified to be: a cake with Batman and his Batmobile killing a Bad Guy. Only took me all morning to create all that ugliness. But he was happy! I will say that it photographed well. The artwork looks much better here than in real life, somehow? And please excuse the redundancy. I wrote the five before I knew Caroline had her 5 candle from 2008 to put on there. Frugal family, what can I say?
This is what you might call a two-tier but not equal tiers and not fully iced two-tier cake--in case you want to order one for your next special occasion.
This was from Josh and his brothers. Josh also gave Sam some other goodies including a put-in-water-and-watch-it-grow stingray. Really very cool, but Sam was not thinking it was cool being in our house. We still have it in a bucket out of sight as it grows during this week, but Sam thinks Daddy threw it away like Sam demanded before he would go to bed that night.
Is it no wonder Caroline thinks her parents lie to her?
Sam was happy also with his new K'Nex that he learned he loved while peeing on himself on vacation at the Henry Ford (a tub from mom and the sibs, a tub from dad for 800 more little pieces of plastic to pick up), 3-pack of new and larger muscle shirts, Batman with a Bat-A-Rang, and a bag of Skittles to add a little nutrition to his corndog/ice cream existence.
Hey, thanks for the fiver, Aunt Karen and Uncle Joe!!
And cool DQ $ card, Aunt Debra!
And fiver from Aunt Julia and Uncle Neil!
And money and new Legos and cake, Grandma and Grandpa!
Thanks, everybody, and love you!!!
Happy Birthday, Sam, you big guy!