The Wild Things

These are some of the

 

wildest things

you have ever met.

(Crowns are from a wild things birthday party.)

The final installment

I have been pretty neglectful lately of updating my blog, but I have a good reason.

Announcing the final installment in the Shadle trilogy, coming December 3rd.  Let the chaos begin.

And in case you were trying to do the math in your head, that is three kids in three years and four months.  And in case you weren't just block that sentence out, because it just might give you nightmares.

The airplane ride

The new favorite game in our house:  Carter gets on the airplane and Ava pushes him around the house.  It makes my heart smile to hear them giggling and laughing, even if Carter is bumming a ride from a 13 month old. 

Preschool story time

Today we went to preschool story time by the Hamilton County Parks.  Carter really enjoyed it and learned a lot too.  We read stories, pretended we were frogs by "eating" flies (bubbles) and got to explore some leaves from a pond.  We even saw snails and turtles!  I didn't get many pictures because I only have two hands, but here are some:

Heard around the house

So I managed to figure out the advanced calculus and physics that it takes to make our computer work right now.  I may or may not be able to do this again, we'll see.

Carter:  1..2..3..4..5..6..7..8..9...14

Daddy:  No Carter, after 9 comes 10

Carter:  No Daddy, it's my house.

Well ok.  Kind of hard to argue with that Toddler logic.

...the Moose out front should've told ya!

Sorry folks the blog is closed (temporarily), laptop is broken again. 

Experience nows tells us toddlers running through and being clothes-lined by the computer cord is not good for the power port!

A good day for a stroll!

As Mama predicted Ava has decided to start walking whilst Mama was away in Florida. 

On Monday Ava took a few 4 or 5 step jaunts through the play room and kitchen.  Here is a quick snapshot of her on the move, but couldn't back far enoungh away for a clear picture (in case she needed to be caught).

Of course, Carter was quickly ready for Ava to present the same deft and graceful movements that he possesses.  Naturally he set an obstacle course: