facepaint

Labor Day staycation in full effect... Beating the heat with lunch at Republic and facepaint at the farmers market. Nate's dinosaur's mouth moves when his does! Yikes!

pokey

We had a slow poke morning getting out the door for school this morning...these two made a "bed" to lie in by the front door and monitor the sky, dogs, trash/recycling trucks, and neighbors.

crazy daze

Dressing up for winter ... hmmmmm....

One of Abigail's new favorite things to do: build elaborate structures of backyard toys, the end product of which usually ends up being called "a double stroller".

Now that the mosquitoes are not as thick we are using the backyard again.  Sandbox fun with neighbor Achilles.

Sandbox lid doubles as a ship with buddies Sahana & Naveen ... fun to have friends and preschool buddies just the same age as Abigail & Nate!

Have been meaning to post this from a few weeks ago ... Abigail made name cards so everyone would know where to sit when G&G were in town.

Face painting from a folk festival = fun!

 

this-n-that

Abigail can hardly contain herself as she waits to surprise Papa by pretending she is Mommy in Mommy's new winter coat!

Natester: silly.

Abbster: also silly.

Jamie's family is gathered to celebrate his Papa's 80th birthday.... we had J's siblings and families over last night for chili dinner.  All of the Shambaugh men (minus 2 year old Patrick) spontaneously gathered for this photo-op ready moment of map viewing.

Greetings from the Friday lunch bunch.

Who knew yogurt and broccoli mixed together could make Nate so happy?

general silliness

Bouncing on Abigail's bed... post-bath, pre-bedtime.  VERY exciting.

BOUNCE!

And some pre-bathtime silliness downstairs, riding around in a box-boat.  This is right after Abigail instructed Mommy to not use the flash...  Natester needs a haircut.

Wheeeeeee!

mischief

This scene from breakfast pretty much sums up the mischief quotient in our house these days.   

Abigail likes to MAKE HER OWN OATMEAL in the morning with NO HELP, which she can only sort of actually do so it requires strategic parental hovering.  Nate still loves all things pureed and generally rejects anything with any more texture than yogurt (except for kleenex and other paper products which he would happily eat all day if we let him).  Although today, newsflash: Nate at a small piece of pancake and part of a blueberry!  Major breakthrough in the texture department!