Meyer's gotten to an age where a lot of really amusing stuff comes out of his mouth. Words, I mean - not bizarrely hilarious substances. The other day we were sitting on the couch and he came running up after a nap to curl up on my lap. He started jabbering about something or another, and then said something to the effect of "Daddy - you're a GIRAFFE!"
"No, I'm not a giraffe."
"Yeah you have a long neck!"
"Well, I'm not a giraffe."
"Are you a...frog?!" No. "Are you a...lion?!" No. "Then what are you?"
"I'm a human."
Meyer looks at Jill sitting next to me and says "Oh, Mom, Daddy's a HUMAN!!" As if this were some sort of amazing surprise.
She laughed and said to him, 'What are you?"
"I'm me. I'm Meyer. I am what I am."
"No, but what ARE you?"
He thinks about it again for a second, then gets very solemn, and with perfect seriousness says, "I...am....IRONMAN."
After we all stopped laughing, Jill says "So what am I?"
Again, with perfect seriousness: "Oh, Mommy, you're a HIPPO."
Ooooooh. Walked right into that one, honey.
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Monday, October 08, 2012
Camping! And Eating! (Mostly Eating.)
Last weekend was our annual weekend camping trip with the Bonsteads, Carmichaels, and Lennings over in Illinois. Last year's camping trip was altered to a Chicago visit due to the average 120F temperatures. This year's trip was prudently scheduled at the end of September to hopefully avoid that. Weather turned out to be fantastic, although a little chilly at night.
Oddly, I don't have any photos that show actual camping activities. I guess there's nothing particularly photographically riveting about a bunch of folks sitting around a campsite. The kids did have a lot of fun with other activities, though.
Josh brought his homemade bottle rocket launcher, which uses regular 2-liter bottles and a bit of water. The kids had a blast shooting these off, the bottles were easily reaching 40-50 feet in the air. Side note - it's extraordinarily hard to capture the bottle immediately after launching, they shoot out of the frame in a fraction of a second. At least you can see the water stream in the second photo.
Even Meyer had to give it a try.
Logan and Liam really wanted to go fishing. You can just see the excitement oozing out of Logan once he finally had a line in the water.
Next year's goal: to arrive at the campsite with enough time to set up our tent BEFORE dark. So far we're not very good at that.
Oddly, I don't have any photos that show actual camping activities. I guess there's nothing particularly photographically riveting about a bunch of folks sitting around a campsite. The kids did have a lot of fun with other activities, though.
Josh brought his homemade bottle rocket launcher, which uses regular 2-liter bottles and a bit of water. The kids had a blast shooting these off, the bottles were easily reaching 40-50 feet in the air. Side note - it's extraordinarily hard to capture the bottle immediately after launching, they shoot out of the frame in a fraction of a second. At least you can see the water stream in the second photo.
Even Meyer had to give it a try.
Logan and Liam really wanted to go fishing. You can just see the excitement oozing out of Logan once he finally had a line in the water.
Next year's goal: to arrive at the campsite with enough time to set up our tent BEFORE dark. So far we're not very good at that.
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