MOBY AND KELVIN

PHOTOS FROM SUMMER 2011

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Some pictures from our summer mini-vacation are here.

Catching up

2011-05-16T14:22:00.000-07:00

Ouch, mom really slacked off this time!!!! We apologize for her -- we kept her SOOO busy she didn't have time to update our blog. For over a year. Really.

Anyways, here are loads of pictures: from our 5th year and our 6th year.

And we promised her to behave so she can post regularly from now on again. So, see you soon :-)

Oh, just to show we keep our promises, here are a couple of new ones:

Haagen Dazs is the best! Pure bliss...

And some art work: guess what this is:

Give up? It's a frog hamburger, with a fork, egg, and a worm. Duh!

OK, maybe one more: Have you eve made rock candy? We'll tell you a secret: Don't tell anyone but they are lot more fun than yummy. They ARE fun, though :-)

NOVEMBER 2009

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It got warm again, so we spent a great morning in the park

Like I said, it got warm again...

After all that playing, I got really tired -- but I couldn't bear missing what mom and dad are doing in the living room.

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We discovered a new toy: mom's camera! Dad, can you read upside down?

Moby's turn to be the model now

Here we practice photographing inanimate objects

And here... who recognizes this show?

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The children's museum in Denver rocks! We got to be firemen.

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You gotta close it like so

OK, ready, shoot!!!

After we've put out the fire, we went to the workshop.

We learned how to saw...

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and how to drill.

From now on, the boys are in charge of home repairs in our family!

In another part of the museum, we got to dress up as bunnies and other animals, and forage for food

Look, an acorn! It should last me through half a winter.

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Saturday afternoon: teta Laura thought of the perfect activity: Ice Age at the movies! OK, boys, she told us, you have to be THIS quiet.

I was glad to know I had to stay quiet -- otherwise I would be screaming from excitement -- a REAL movie theater!!!

When will the movie start???

Hey, it's starting now!

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Countdown to Christmas has begun!!!

OCTOBER 2009

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Early October -- first real sledding

If we can't go sledding we will go riding our dump trucks down the driveway

Let's goooo!

Mom said we needed to wash up before dinner

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We've been reading a lot

Usually we got mom or dad to help us ... ehm... turn the pages

And when we run out of books, we get a new batch in the Cheyenne library

Fun place, with lots of toys (and books, too)

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And finally, the end of October and the beginning of the two-month-long candy paradise: Halloween! I was a triceratop.

Since we were scary dinosaurs, everyone gave us their candy

And cupcakes!!!

And the next day, more snow!!!

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To escape from the snow, we went to Fort Collins for a day -- awesome parks and less snow

Hey, Moby, let's go on the swings instead!

We met up with teta Laura in the park and went to the mall court to get some goodies

And to learn to take pictures with her phone

SEPTEMBER 2009 -- FIRST SNOW!!!

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Playing in the snow takes tons of energy. Let's make scrambled eggs to refuel -- hey, how do you break the eggs?

Oh yeah, I got it!

With a full tummy, it's fun to do some art

Or practice some writing...

AUGUST 2009 -- NEW HOME IN LARAMIE

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Oh, who cares about a house -- but there was this awesome dirt pile nearby!!!

And after a rain, we really could get into it!

But not that easily out (mom, get that camera out of my face and pull me ooooout!!!)

Well, this is just to show you the dirt pile was fun even when dry

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The clean-up wasn't all fun (well, it was partially fun)

Then mom and dad decided we are better off playing inside

We obliged once we realized Wii is tons of fun

Yeah!

JULY 2009 -- LEAVING ANN ARBOR

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We were sad to leave our teachers..

We got together for a fun last dinner

and said goodbye to everyone:

Georgia, Amanda, Jody, Catie, Sue Boo, and Sue Too... sniff, sniff

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And then our moving truck came... Got stuck at the beginning of our driveway, so the friendly city of Ann Arbor fined us for blocking the sidewalk... Au revoir!

We took down all our artwork

Until we left nothing behind...

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And we we off, on our big trip to Wyoming, sleeping in hotels

Going all the way to over the rainbow...

Refueling at another hotel...

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It wasn't fun to see the inside of our moving truck...

First, when we arrived in Wyoming, we stayed in a little log cabin in the mountains

We thought it was the best (but mom didn't appreciate the mice --yikes!)

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And in the University's visitor house

And in hotels,

Preferably ones with a slide

Yipeee!

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Until we found our new home!

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Then, we could really start having fun! Watching a fishing competition,

Exploring the jungle

And forests

And back in civilization, checking email...

MAY 2009

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April showers bring May dandelions

Did you know how colorful dinosaurs were? Yup, these are dinosaurs, and don't try to argue with us!

Mom said three plus five is eight. I better double check

Finally, some peace and quiet in this room... Let me do some math!

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Boy, time flies when you're having fun!

Or when you're learning about time...

Or when we have very little time to quickly get the trucks and ourselves muddy from head to toe before Mom realizes what we're about to do!

Let's gooooo!!!

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Our new favorite swing (we just don't understand why mom gets dizzy watching us on it -- we sure don't feel dizzy)

Yes, these are cars with a steering wheel and a seat. The author has signed the piece himself.

APRIL 2009

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Happy Easter! Teta Zuza and Ujo Pedro sent us an idea for coloring eggs. The boys especially liked cracking the shells before dyeing them.

And on Easter morning, we went off to hunt.

Why did the Bunny hide all eggs is such silly places?

After we found all the eggs, our friends Jennifer and Darien showed us how to open them.
Go figure, some eggs had chocolate inside!

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Then we traded them

and compared (must make sure my brother didn't get a better loot!)

Kelvin cleaned up afterwards...

But missed the dust bunnies under the bed :-)

MARCH 2009

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And here we go again, the fourth time already: Happy Birthday to us!
First we celebrated at Jody's. Moby didn't quite enjoy it (I forgot why, but I am sure he had a good 4-year-old reason for it)

And then we celebrated at home. Moby is fully recovered (maybe the glass of wine helped?)

And the gifts, we can't forget the gifts! Teta Zuza and Ujo Pedro sent us an awesome US states puzzle. Super important: now we know where is Wyoming, and how we get there from Michigan, and that Texas is the biggest state, and that Georgia is the peanut state.

Yum, lots of candy from Grandma Margie's friend Linda -- thanks!

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And Marisa came to visit us from Chicago. In case you don't remember, look below:

Yup, Marisa, remember now? She knew us already when we barely knew us...

Just before the winter went away, we got out last gift: wet snow, perfect for royal snowmen!

Off with the king, long live... the felt-hat snowman!

FEBRUARY 2009

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It was too cold to go outside. No problem, there's lots of climbing places at home too!

Ooooh, finger paint!

Or 'hand' paint?

This is what I would look like in glasses. These are Dad's, and I can't see a thing through them!

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We caught up on reading...

No paparazzi, please!!!

Thomas, our friend from daycare, had a birthday party -- can you find us here?

Amira and I got to be royalty for three minutes (at least mom thought this looked like a throne...)

JANUARY 2009

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Happy new year!!!

This was our winter paradise: snow, more snow, and some blue water for squirting

Hey, and green, too -- that's my favorite color.

and we're off!

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Sometimes I just want some peace...

Huh, now guess who is me and who is my brother?

Well, last time I dressed like this I got a bucket full of candy. (doesn't seem to work today..)

If Kelvin dressed up, I will too!

December 2008

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We prepped for Santa by getting new haircuts. (Usually Dad does it, and we get a bunch of chocolate afterwards...)

I didn't like it any better in the salon.

Well, they sure made me look snazzy!

And then Dad and I got treats out of the ... whaterver that was.

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Santa came! Santa came! And brought just the toys we admired in the toy store! How did he know???

Let's see what's in here.

And what did I get? (for anyone wondering, the puppy by Kelvin's feet is not the real deal)

And after Christmas, we went to Colorado to visit Grandma Margie and Grandpa Larry. I fastened my own seat belt!

FALL 2008

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Hey there! We're playing with colors today -- mix-n-match, and spill and pour, etc.

What do I get if I mix red water with a really dirty-looking water?

Slowly, carefully... I am improving my fine motor skills here, right?

Moby's blue period...

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And more art projects, this time on dry land

It's a build-a-monster project, see?

This is the fingerpaint ogre project -- quicky, take the picture so I can see what I look like (given Mom's horrified face, it will be fun!)

One rainy afternoon, we had an awesome playdate with David and Ellie.

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We started our dinosaur week in daycare with a trip to the dinosaur museum. Here are all our friends and two of our bestest teachers, Amanda and Catie.

OK, now, I really want to know: who is bigger, me or this dinosaur?

What can be more fun than a couple of empty lego containers???

um, maybe the lego blocks...

2009-02-10T11:05:00.000-08:00

Preparations for candy day --pardon me-- Halloween. Moby tried the Thomas costume first.

Kelvin figured he'd get most candy in his fireman costume.

Then, of course, Moby had to be a fireman too.

And here we go: the last day of fall (12/20), the first day of snow!

August 2008

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Laundry day!

Off to work, just like Dada

the joys of late summer...

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great packaging -- or who needs legos?

No snakeophobia here :-)

Now guess, who looks like who?

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Moby's disappearing pancake magic

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We are into all kinds of art projects -- gluing pompoms, for instance

concentrate, focus, the glue must be poured juuust right

I think this is how dinosaur babies were born

Or like this?

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Let's pretend we're babies

Me too! (don't ask me why but this is how I pretend I am a baby)

OK, now let's play teachers!

Yeah, me too!

July 2008

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Aaaah, summer, hot days, fast cars...

Mom and Dad attempted another vacation. I thought putting stickers on my tummy was a natural part of being on vacation.

Mom thought a ride on a carousel was a natural part of being on vacation...

Good grief, who came up with those things? Gotta hold on for dear life...

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When we returned to Ann Arbor, adults deemed us potty-trained and our wonderful teachers threw us a major Potty Party! All the other kids came too.

Look -- we're talking a major achievement here! No more diapers, from now on it's Nascar and Batman undies. And Dora panties for Amira, of course.

Even Georgia came to the party. Georgia is one of our teachers, and I LUW her!

OK, done celebrating, gotta play!

June

2008-07-27T13:09:00.000-07:00

Hi again. Remember we showed you our favorite park last December? Well, we've got a new one: it's called the "Park kde maju najvacsie hojdacky na svete" (translated, "the park with the biggest swings in the world"). It's possible the park has a different name but we think this name fits. Don't you?

Other than swings, there are a ton of other great things there -- like this little stream.

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Of course, there are awesome playscapes too. With this one, you can rock climb to get to the top

or crawl through the tunnels.

Either way, you get to slide down like sooooo!!!

This is another part of the park -- we think, if we keep going this way, we wind up in Ohio. Or Arizona. We're not sure, we usually just get to the bench to rest and have a snack.

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Refueling break.

And off to the slide!

See me? Can YOU climb this high?

I'm literally above the tree line (ok, maybe only metaphorically...)

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We're pooped (to be distinguished from poopy, which we are not. Definitely not.)

Time to go home, I guess

Where mom dunks us in the tub to make bubbles. And to get clean.

April and May

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Teta Zuza came to visit us!

We rented a minivan and off to a mini-vacation we went!

Yeah, right!

We stopped at a Christmas superstore. So much to see!!! So much to break!!!

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The best part about hotel rooms is the jumping!

The tubs are passable, too.

And the towels... nice and soft. Just like us.

And the coffee maker. When was the last time you spend five fascinating minutes watching coffee brew?

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The hot tub pictures.

Pure pleasure, no comment necessary.

Ooooh, a drain!

What happens if I toss it into the pool???

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At the end of the trip, we stopped for a nice lunch.

Choco... Choco... yum... don't disturb...

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Refueling stop at the park.

So we have energy for construction work

Teta Zuza had to take a break from all the running after us at the park

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What can be better than a drain?

It's dirty, deep, dark,

mysterious,

and we can drop rocks into it!

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Look, see the crocodile???

Si moja kamaratka, teta Zuza, hovori Moby

OK, one more thing we HAVE to mention about Zuzka and Pedro's visit: we got to eat some JUNK food!

Cookies larger than my face!

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We went to the lake. It was cold so we weren't supposed to get wet.

In theory. (Mom's theory...)

Yeah!

Teta Zuza and ujo Pedro, you rock! Too bad you had to leave.

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April showers bring... great puddles (Or however the saying goes.)

Puddles are FUN.

Definitely.

For us, less so for Mom...

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Stomp!

Jump!

Happy.

Too.

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Don't disturb. Artist at work.

I heard you have to start your college application essay well in advance.

Let's write about how our parents couldn't tell us apart!

See? "TNow" -- that's short for Tell mom we have to go pee Now! Or something...

2008-07-10T19:47:00.000-07:00

This is my pillow! Soft, ideal for pillow fights...

This is us managing a railway system.

OK, guess: only one of these toys was intended as a gift

How did you guess?

2008-07-10T19:45:00.000-07:00

OK, we have to apologize for our lame parents who set the camera to some weird setting so this is all they have from our birthday party.

Eh, we had fun anyways!

And got some presents, too! Thanks, Grandma!

This is how big three-year-old boys pose with birthday presents

Last pictures of us as 2 years old

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We had fun when we were little

See, this is last Ann Arbor snow from mid-March!

Let's load the trucks and put the snow in the freezer!

Right, mom? So we can play with in in the summer...

JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 2008

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Are you wondering what we've been up to these past two months? Here's the update:

Of course, we've been keeping up our building prowess

Sometimes trading size of the project for complexity.

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Then, we keep up our ability to drive Mom and Dad crazy. Like loading trucks with legos and running through the house, then pretending to try and not crash into things, while crashing into things.

It makes such a WONDERFUL, loud, bang!

So, Mom decided we needed more arts in our life. So now we get to make parent-approved racket!

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Arrrrgh!

And we paint.

It's fun

Hey, look, the water looks like grape juice now -- let's try it!

Bad boys, bad boys, what ya gonna do

2008-03-02T14:03:00.000-08:00

Went shopping with Mom and Dad (parental comment inserted: not for guns, for bike pants). Anyways, they had these awesome guns, so we got to practice the 'bad guy' look. How do I do it, Dad?

Oh, like this!

And an even badder guy!

And I am the baddest guy! Like the one from the movie that wanted to shoot Boog the bear and Elliott the deer.

For those of you worried about the guns.

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We show you our nurturing side. How do you feed a baby, Kelvin?

Oh, I see now!

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Shish, we got all thirsty...

Then we burp and change them.

Here are some toys.

Let me find some other toys for you too.

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And some more milk.

Boy, are babies thirsty!

The lesson we learned today is that it's really hard to take care of two little babies. We are wiped and ready for bed. So is Dad (although HE didn't have to take care of two babies, just watch us a bit...)

Then Dad perked up when he realized we will be in bed soon. (Did he mumble something about 'not soon enough'?

2008-03-02T12:45:00.000-08:00

Teta Marketka had a birthday. So we got a cupcake, naturally.

Ahooooj teta Marketka in Austin! We will enjoy your birthday cupcake.

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Guess who decorated this cookie?

Right you are! We did! Ourselves, with our own two hands.

And then we helped clean up.

Riiight, mom and dad? You reeeeally didn't need to mop up the entire kitchen afterwards, DID you?

Now watch this!

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We're officially BIG BOYS. See? Real undies!

And from the other side so you don't miss anything.

(Alright, we admit we still don't fully get these. The problem is that when we have these on, Mom and Dad bug us about going the bathroom every 2 minutes. And when you pee, your socks get wet! Now that NEVER happens in our trusty Pampers!

NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER

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As it got colder, we started going to the play area at the mall. First we had to fix our stroller.

Then we got to climb on a giant piece of chalk

And some more climbing...

And then we got to stomp on balls,

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And finally we got to stomp on cars -- what can be better?

Maybe a little art -- mom will come up with crazy stuff to keep us busy

yeah, like taping paper on the windows for us to draw on.

Doesn't she know we would be just as happy to draw on walls???

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We did some modeling for mom. She made us -- said something about Santa's list and lumps of coal... Don't know what she's talkin' about...

And some naked modeling (well, what do you expect? It's cold in Michigan, we had to stay under the warm towels)

And some individual shots...

And now me!

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And a nice one outside

And of course many of you recognize this one

And one more. Aaaand we're done here!

2008-01-08T19:55:00.000-08:00

Listen! Jody, our daycare teacher, takes us to this gym:

Cool, right? Mom drooled all over her shirt when I showed her.

There we play the choo-choo train with all the other kids,

And generally get to act like monkeys -- sorry, I mean, like ourselves...

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Walk like a monkey,

Do a somersault,

Stretch,

And jump!

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See, this is the 'point and flex' exercise.

And this is practice for breaking out of jail or something...

This gym place is dangerous! One little slip and I'm icing an injury here...

This is our last documented outing before it got COLD

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Have wheels,

Will travel.

Though with the gas prices these days, mom better teaches us how to ride a tricycle instead...

2008-01-08T19:39:00.000-08:00

The first REAL snow of the season.

Let's shovel!

Or not.

Errr, can we go inside instead?

2008-01-08T19:38:00.000-08:00

Yeah yeah yeah, library is where losers borrow books but WE get to listed to Green Eggs and Ham

Would you? Could you? On a chair? Will you? Will you? With bad hair?
(Or something...)

They also have checkers (i.e., blocks to build towers from)

At home we decorated cookies for Christmas dinner. One cookie, two cookie,

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I made all three by myself!

Painting on the glaze is a SERIOUS business

And some sprinkes, and we're ready for Christmas!

Merry Christmas!!!

2008-01-08T19:30:00.000-08:00

Wow, Santa uses Priority Mail???

Awesome packaging, very rippable!

Out and about

This was our New Year day present from Mother Nature.

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The snow did not deter us (well, maybe...)

Sledding is for gurrrls, I will be dumping snow on the car instead

And then we celebrated the New Year with a ginormous cupcake!

Too bad it wasn't made of chocolate!

SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER

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Mom took us to the supermarket. Guess what we got out of it!

Mom's proffered excuse: the sugar was balanced by the opportunity to teach colors. Lots and lots of them...

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Now if only I can persuade the lollipop company to make me their spokesperson, maybe I get an unlimited supply of lollipops... (Note to self: gotta clear that one with Dad and Mom first.)

Oh yeah! This is what I call a snack!

Every once in a while, mom makes the mistake of trying to entice us to make art.

Usually, we get mom to draw something and then make it all dirty!

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But I can also do an original artwork.

As a reward, let's throw some markers around!

Or draw on our hands, instead of on the paper. Riiiiight here!

I was in my dark period when I produced this drawing...

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After the art has been produced and all surfaces washed, I get to play with my trains.

I may look friendly, but DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT TOUCHING THEM!!!!!!!!

2007-11-09T19:33:00.000-08:00

A few weeks back, Mom took us to a petting farm. We realized then that horses aren't two inches tall like those we have at home...

Then Mom bought carrots at the admission booth (at about thirtyeight dollars a pound) and we got to feed them to the goats

And the... well, we're not sure whether these were goats or what, but they sure liked the carrots...

And the last ones to the sheep. They sort of licked the carrots off our hands and it ticked :-)

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This pig must have weighted at least 300 Kelvins

Then we found some sticks

And mud and dirt... FUN!

Here we are, tired and content, being wheeled home. The farm was great, except for the part at the end when Mom basically sanitized our hands. Poor germs...

2007-11-09T19:26:00.000-08:00

The other day Dad gave us haircuts. It's only fair we reciprocated.

Alright, this is my confession: I LOVE PT Cruisers!!! When I don't get my fix spotting at least four on the way from daycare, Dad has to show me some on his computer.

On a nice sunday, we got together with some friends.

Thanks for the shirts, Tracy! (Mom made us mention casually that we didn't even fight over who gets which one. We don't know what 'casually' mean so we complied. Just in case... you know, moms...)

2007-11-09T19:19:00.000-08:00

This is our new favorite Ann Arbor park.

The best part of the park is that they have cars to play with (and crash!)

After the wreck (need to see a mechanic)

Boy, is it hard to push it uphill!

2007-11-09T19:16:00.000-08:00

Believe it or not, we are only complying with the photographer's request for this specific pose.

We though it was just hilaaarious

LOL funny!!!

See, normally we are THIS cute!

THE AUGUST IN ANN ARBOR SERIES

2007-09-16T19:57:00.000-07:00

Hi again! We were itching to be posted online but mom said she was busy... So we took the matters into our own hands and did it ourselves (almost).

First we read up on how it's done.

Boy, are there a lot of pages in this book!

Maybe we need some refreshments to keep us going

2007-09-16T19:52:00.000-07:00

Dad thinks we need to wear these when we ride in the bike trailer.

I don't like it: it hides my gorgeous hair!

Oh, you really think I am cute anyways? OK then!