Wild Things, Saturday, June 1, 2013

What a great time we had at Wild Things Animal Park. The tour guide took us on a tram ride, where we saw a strange variety of rescued wild animals -- including lazy lions, crazy foxes and ostriches that looked like dinosaurs. We fed the buffalo -- they were VERY large. 

Max at his great grandmother's house on Mother's Day

On Sunday I went to my grammy travis's house. first we played beyblade. I won 5 times. Grammy travis won one time. I have seven beyblades. Then we went out side there was a spider web about 5 feet. And in the web was two bees and one spider. then it was luch time it was chicken with ketchup and sum fruit. The we played uno and grammy won one time. We had another game we did not finish the next game. then sara picked us up. She tot us a new game cold I spy transformers we saw motersicls and one black truck then we were at my grate grandma's house. I went strate out side I climbed 2 trees out in the patio while they were talking. I got out of the tree and started to throw fallen immature oranges. I tryed to catch lizards but I did not catch any. there were squirels but I did not try to catch them. I did not eat my desssert out side I ate it in side it was chocolate icecream.

Playdate with the boys

Milk + drops of food coloring + dishsoap = works of art

Toothpick king. Look at all those little bottles of food coloring!

Gorgeous, Quin!

Max's beautiful creation

Gingerbread cookies

I got the call that there would be gingerbread baking at Max's. I rushed right over.

When Marty & I got there, Quinn told us he had outgrown his nap.

We would never have guessed.

Quinn was working on his stand-up comic routine. He was very good.

Max had a great idea. Since Quinn does whatever Max does, he  thought he could lure Quinn into his crib by showing him what fun it was.

Kiss Glow-Worm night night!

Max's Birthday!

"Crocodile cake," said Quinn. "It's a dinosaur." "Reptile cake," Quinn corrected himself.

Trampoline Arena was like visiting another planet with zero gravity! People were bouncing around so fast you could hardly see them.  I looked and looked for Max, but he was nowhere to be found.

I felt bad that Max hadn't been invited to his own party!  Where was he?

Quinn strapping on his gear. At least he's there.

Here's Quin and his daddy in the upper left hand corner.  They're doing a little bouncing around. But still -- no Max!

Max' very sweaty daddy.  He's been getting a work out.

I think Max is enjoying a tasty reptile.

Max the First Grader

Bethia and I drove to Max's school to have lunch with him.

The cafeteria was crowded and very noisy!

Max as usual was having a great time with his friends.

We went outside to eat. Max ate his his lunch backwards. He started with his Hershey's kiss, then he ate his fruit roll-up, then he had his applesauce, and then he ate some goldfish crackers, and by the time he came to his sandwich, he was full. Too bad!

News Flash -- Max breaks a board in Tae Kwon Do!

But he's not smiling because he has a yellow tip on his sash now! He's just discovered the Halloween candy!

"Baby shoot, baby shoot." Quin, who refers to himself affectionately as, 'Baby,' was much taken with a pop gun given to his brother some years ago.  Whenever Max tried for a turn, there was a wounded cry of "Baby shoot! Baby shoot!" At last it was time to go, and Quin was carried to the van crying, although he cheered up immediately at the sight of the bat hanging on my front door and joined in a round of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.  In the van, Bethia told me about the yellow tip on his sash Max earned in Tae Kwon Do.  "Baby tip! Baby tip!" Quin called out.  "I've got a baby tip for you,"  his tired mother answered while she strapped him into his car seat. "Don't throw yourself on a tile floor when you lose your temper and bang your head!"

Max and Ladybird

Max the Bird Whisperer

Max the soccer star

Poetry in motion. Perfect form.

Postcard Inn

"Watch me, Mama! Splash, baby, splash! Fun!"

Marshmallow Morning, Sept 10

Ingredients: One bag of stale marshmallows. One box of toothpicks. Two boys.

Quin's not giving up the marker just yet.

Tastier than Lincoln Logs too, huh Max?

Sharing crayons

Max and Quin were coloring at the table. Max  had a brand new box of crayons. He was coloring in his new superhero coloring book. Quin's new box of crayons was already all broken up and/or eaten by Shamus.  He really wanted to use markers. And his eyes were on Max's new crayons.


"And don't you be hillbilly handfishin' my new crayons," Max warned off his bro.

Max & Quin at the library

Max and Quin at the library. Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Double Rainbow

"Look, Quin," said Bethia. "Someone's colored in the sky!"
"With markers," Quin answered.

Afternoon at Seminole Library Park

Quinn has just said, "shoe" to his mother. He had kicked one of his blue crocs off in the parking lot and she's just come back from running all the way back to the car.

Sadly, no alligators so far.

And no cobras. Or even racoons, owls, possums, or perhaps another bunny.

Ah! Rocks!

Max has become very quick at catching lizards.

What a wonderful afternoon! This outing was followed up by swinging by getting waffled fries & chicken nuggets from Chik-Fil-A (which Max ate greedily) and root beer floats at my house.  It was a happy day.

Cookies

A Boy, his Dog, and their Cookie

Max doing what he does best to a cookie.

Bethia Marie's Domestic Tragedy = Grandmother's Happy Time

That's facepaint AND chocolate.

Poor Bethia!  Learn as you go really sucks when it's applied to figuring out how to set up thousand gallon swimming pools with the infrastructure of an inner tube. Less, really -- only the top ring blows up, and the rest just takes shape by magic.  Bethia's Supermom, but she's  not Hermione. "I guess I'm not very bright," she said, frustrated, and Max said, "No, you're not bright. You're brighter."

A shark.

Max moves so fast you can hardly see him.

So cute

Bathtime