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My babyproofing is not keeping up with my baby!


Sarah finds the gift wrap cabinet...














Sarah finds the plastic dishes... (this one's OK!)






Sarah pulls books off the bookcase...

Crawling Cutie

Up on hands and knees now! I like how calmly she observes the chaos behind the camera (Eli running thru and slamming doors) and then goes right back to crawling.

Keep Art in the Public Schools

Ta da! Here it is, the final "family art project" of the year. To compensate for first graders not having a real art class with a real art teacher, every month our family was required to create art together.

Yes, I can see the philosphy behind this. Yes, I can see how this could be a good thing. But really, when you view the finished projects on the bulletin board, these are the things you learn:

2 moms own glue guns
1 mom is a serious scrapbooker
3 families made the older siblings responsible for the project
2 kids don't have any help or art supplies beyond crayons :(

I am proud of our flower - definitely the best one of the nine projects we did all year. James was proud too - he wrote on his report that it was great, awesome & terrific.

Grandparents are great!!!

We had a whirlwind visit from the NJ grandparents, Grandma & Papa. We kept them hopping with school assemblies, karate belt tests, soccer games and a birthday! Not to mention marathon sessions of Monopoly and multiple games of Clue. Papa is a hardcore competitor - we know where Eli gets it. I think they gained a new level of respect for eachother negotiating over Boardwalk!

Above is the cake the boys decorated all by themselves. The copious amounts of colored sugar granules added an interesting crunch.

The boys passed their belt tests with flying colors. Our favorite moment came at the end of the test when the "Dyer brothers" were singled out. Mr. Pepper called them "2 intense dudes!"

Quotes of the Week:

"We weren't supposed to go ahead in our workbooks, but I did anyway...the word for the week is honesty..." (sly grin) James

"This kid at school called me diarrhea head, so tomorrow I'm going to call him fart face." Eli

"Dadadadadada!"
"Mamamama" Sarah