Oh man that is a thick milkshake!

And her birthday morning with the presents Grammy overnighted so the kids would have something to open that morning.

CAUGHT IN THE ACT! This is the exact moment when Sedona filled Jordan's eye with icing. Rumor has it Grandpa Rod caught the whole thing on video with his digital camera and was able to download it onto a cd for me. If only there were some way to describe the look on jordan's face.

Jordan got to eat the first strawberry out of our garden. Reports are it was "like THE best strawberry in the universe".

A newsbrief of sorts

Due to unforeseen circumstances and the luck that is mine alone - I will no longer be watching Bayley. Monday was her last day. You can imagine the void this leaves in our life.

Nevertheless we soldier on and I am now seeking other employment. The idea is to try and work as many part time hours as I can while Jeremy's mom keeps the kids and spend as much time still home with them as humanly possible. Whether this means working evenings/nights or every other day or what we still don't know. I just thought that as we have invited you all into our lives via this silly little blog you should be informed of such an enormous upset. So there you have it. You've been briefed.

Strange that when you pour your heart into a child it is more often the adults involved who are able to break it.

Last but not least (for today anyway) - Bayley and Jordan atop an elephant at the Shriner's Circus. That and the motorcycles in the steel cage were definitely the top sellers of the evening.
More amazing still was that one of the motorcyclists was a woman!! Shock of all shocks. Jordan was floored when she took off her helmet and this mass of hair fell out. An excellent lesson in gender politics though, I must say. He is now convinced that instead of pursuing this dream of super-mega cool motorcycle stunt riding - Sedona should. "Umm cuz she's like a girl and girls can ride motorcycles too, Mom." Why yes they can my darling.

Last Friday was cowboy/farmer day at school - hence the get up. I can't really say much about climbing the mailbox, though. I'm gonna have to go with "we like to encourage his creativity". That sounds good, right?

BUT I REALLY LOVE THIS TURTLE!!!!!!!

At the Nulik home in Arkansas City, KS last weekend. That biscuit was quite the accomplishment. Any piece of bread handed to her previously just hung out of her mouth. She wouldn't bite off a piece but rather but a bite sized amount in her mouth and let the rest hang out. The biscuit, though . . the biscuit was good enough to bite.

This is Jordan's long "hair". Funny part is - he went nearly a week with that pair of pajama pants on his head. Took them off only to go to school and ride his bike. He is adamant that he wants to let his hair grow long but the jury returned a verdict of postponement. The final decision was that once he is entirely responsible for his own personal hygiene then he is more than welcome to do whatever he pleases with his hair. Until then, however, it will be kept short for simplicity's sake.

This was supposeed to be a picture of her crazy hair. Not sure how clearly you can make it out though. She woke up completely bug-eyed, hair standing on end and with pretty bad breath. So babies are humans afterall. Not even the tiny and cute are spared such realities.

Rest assured he was adequetely reprimanded after the picture was taken. Cribs are made to hold the weight of babies, not a play place, etc etc ad nauseum.

The official caption reads "Some kids on a slide".

So the silly face idea really only looks good on kids between the ages of 2 and 7. Sedona refused completely while I just look a little special.

When he isn't reading Darwin, watching forbidden shows or eating grapes, Jordan enjoys a good romp in the pool. This was taken on his last day of swimming lessons. He may be part fish. We're looking into it.

Sedona on a picnic. She only stayed on the blanket for about 2 minutes before she was crawling through the woodchips and trying to chase the big kids around.

too good to not include. Jeremy told them to try and look tough. This was their first rendering. In the other picture Jordan kinda got the hang of it but Bayley . . well I don't really know what to say but "isn't she darling?" These two are easily the greatest comedy team in recent history.

couple of tough guys, ay?

yes that is my son on top of the dog house. he was try to gain perspective on the life of a dog - specifically Uncle Larry's dogs.

And the kids on the way home from Delaware. Only 13 hours in the car - -no big deal. That juice there in Jordan's hand is the very same juice that was later "spilled" all over the Hardee's parking lot in Effingham IL. and when I say spilled I mostly mean barfed - which he proceeded to do 5 more times in the car in those last two hours. At least Sedona did all her puking before we got on the road. Why do we all get deathly ill whenever we travel outside of Missouri? sinister state government plot? could be.

The kids in Delaware for Tiffany's wedding in February.