The Pumpkin Patch 2015

Nursery trip with Mac and his mates. Great fun smelling and tasting things from the garden, petting the animals, jumping in mud, choosing a pumpkin, and learning the difference between straw and hey...not only the 4 year olds paid attention to that one!

There's always time to be buried

We were at Jericho beach on Monday for Sav's XC meet and as the Kindergarten group was starting, Mac wanted to be buried while we waited for Sav's grade 3 race. I mentioned I didn't know if there was time.
Mac: There's always time to be buried.
His father's lad.

"Thanks"

The kids are doing a pretty good job of getting their heads around the use of the old quotation marks.

While we were camping, we had a basic lentil-ish dinner and there was no shortage of complaining from the little people. At bedtime, in our tent, Savvy's hands reached under the wee divider to make air quotes around the delicious in: Dinner was "delicious". Then again for: "Thanks".

Like his sister, Mac uses the quotation marks for evil, but he also knows how to throw out the love, experimenting with some extreme examples: Mom, I "hate" you. Followed quickly by "no no, just joking-- see how I used these [insert image of 4 year old making air quotes].

Well, now it's my turn:

Kids, thanks for "cleaning" the car.

Play date with Uncle Kevin

 Sweet day for a play date. 1 Oct? I don't think so.
 Thanks Uncle Kevin for a great bike ride and park session!

Cross Country-- Sav's Race Debut

The Bloody Moon Tutorial by Glen Dobson

Avec patio light, ping pong ball, and mini basketball.

Lego-- Mac Style

I always have to be the good guy.

I never get a ship that can do loop de loops.

Mac's tank is always protected by a poisonous shield.

My good guys are never allowed to capture Mac's bad guys.

I don't get a home base where I can rest and reload.

Whenever I find a way to get an advantage, Mac creates a new rule to stop me.

And that's playing lego with Mac.