A day off

Weeelllllll, from "work" anyway. Get to stay home and work! Yay! Yard projects again. So today I finished my cedar tree ring that will double as a flower box in the spring. I plan on doing a few more of these, possibly this weekend.





We got the babus out on her tricycle the other day, playing in the street since the driveway is quite a climb for a 2 (almost 3) year old. Also played with some sidewalk chalk. And by played I mean Riley told me to write stuff and I did.

The car finally got it's shades

Had to go out and get some window tint so the babus could ride in style. Really we are just sick of her fussing about the sun being in her eyes....but it looks nice too.







Here are the "before" pics.

PAAAANCAAAAAKES

Some people out there in this world just eat pancakes, we think that is a shame. The Curtis Dojo has completed some scientific research to find out the difference between pancakes and PAAAANCAAAAKES.


Pancakes will create a very specific reaction.

Exhibit 1 - Notice, a happy child, very common, ordinary.

The dogs are 1/2 asleep, some may even say lazy. This all seems very status quo.




PAAAAANCAAAAAAKES create a different reaction altogether, as you can see here.

Exhibit 2 - A very cool babus indeed.



Dogs? Perked right up, at attention ready to obey any command.




This, is a PAAAANCAAAAKE!!!!


PAAAANCAAAAKE!!!!!!!!


Now, as we understand it there are those among you who do not come to the Curtis Dojo for scientific research. I guess this caliber of PAAAANCAAAAKE science is over your head!

Here's some more elementary research....




The other day Krista came across Riley just randomly singing the I Love My Ducks song (after hearing it daily since it is my ringtone for text messages). We tried to get her to sing but the camera shy got her, she did indulge us in a dance though.

Sooooo, what's for dinner?

Trying to just get Riley talking a little. She normally turns a little shy when we turn the camera on her, but she was chatty tonight so I thought we'd roll a little film. Hope you enjoy. (notice the subtle chauvinism when Riley looks to Krista in the kitchen to say what she wants for dinner.)

Here's some pics of her in the pool. She is very comfy in the pool now. Kicks around all on her own!

What a summer!

We've had quite a summer at the dojo this year. Of course everyone knows about the weather. It's finally given us a slight break this week, but we're still ready for fall, and football!

I for one have had too much nature this summer. I've really enjoyed the garden my wonderful husband insisted we put in, even though he will only eat the cantaloupe we're growing, but we've had a serge in animal action outside. Each night we have frogs that hang out around the deck, and on the windows. Then, if the dogs don't eat all their food, the squirrels will come by and eat it. Last night, we had something walking about the deck. I yelled to Jason, and he said it was a fox. Then, Riley and I came home today to a lizard in the house. Jason wasn't home to catch it, so we talked it into crawling outside. Geesh!

Riley has been getting mosquito bites all summer, so we started also putting bug stray on her each morning. That seemed to work, but didn't keep the bee away, which stung her in the mouth. The day care called, and said it was swollen, but then called back later and said it was moving up her face. We ended up taking her to the doctor, but probably shot the video a little late. It was going down by then, plus she had been riding in the car for while, and was feeling the effects of her Benedryl. I was somewhat panicked from the daycare's description, but then saw her. She handled it like a trooper.

Board Games

Tonight we did a little family night. We were playing Sorry and I had been helping Riley. We let her pull her own card and read the number. Before we new it she was mimicking us and trying to read the entire card. No one knows exactly what she was saying here....your guess is as good as ours.

Riley used my filming her as an opportunity to take my turn! Good thing McKenna has my back. (in all honestly she did not need an opportunity, she tried to take my turn each and every time)

Day of Bowling

We decided to head out of the house and do a little bowling today. Riley had a blast. Every time the ball went down you would turn around to "MY TURN, MY TURN". We had to explain that everyone gets a turn several times today.





The low point for Riley came when she got a strike. She was so upset she didn't get to roll the ball twice.



McKenna said she had a good time but sometimes It's hard to tell with a 12 y/o. She spent more time trying to look cool than actually bowling.