Before Dancy Came...

Tommy fashioned a gun out of a kitchen set pan and a broken rocket.

 

 

We got adopted by a cat on the way home from a walk.

 

He visited us for several days, played nicely in the yard with the kids, and helped himself to my lap.  Not knowing his gender, I decided to name him Zeus if he's a boy and Hera if she's a girl.  Ultimately, I refer to him as Zeusorhera.  However, he only came to us those few days before Dancy was born, because then we disappeared and weren't outside to play with him anymore. We miss Zeusorhera.

Shad loves this picture he got of the kids riding the grocery store horse.  We played a caption game on facebook with it and got some good captions from people.  Feel free to contribute your own.

 

Our kids like each other.

 

Tom had unbelievable energy one night, and in the interest of attempting to walk out a baby, we walked down to the track to set the boy free.  When I got him out of the stroller and told him that the track was a special place where he could run all he wanted, his eyes lit up and he ran a mile.  Took a couple 30 second pauses to make sure that Shad and I were still behind him, and to watch baseball ball practice, but otherwise kept himself going well.  Shad says there's nothing like your 2-year-old out running you to make you feel out of shape.  And no, this didn't wipe the boy out.  He still had loads of energy and didn't sleep any different that night than any other night.  Even now, he's looking at this picture over my shoulder and asking to go run at the track.  If only it weren't 96 degrees...

 

 

Ruth was in town the weekend Dancy was due to go to the Norton High School graduation and all her friends' parties.  She stopped by to see us a couple times and introduced Tom and Katie to Raffi songs--Banana Phone, Down by the Bay, Baby Beluga, and Mr. Golden Sun.  Tom spontaneously sings Banana Phone and Mr. Golden Sun, and Katie sings Baby Beluga.