Daniel asks for help

"ELP MOMMY!  ELP!  ELP!  I STUCK!!!"

He wasn't really stuck.  He just wanted someone to appreciate how silly he is.

--Victoria

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Daniel's New Haircut

He's so handsome!

--Victoria

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Tamar and R show off their sunglasses

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Last weekend at the park (including the pre-park sunscreen party)

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Our Fouth of July Party

Benji worked hard helping Aaron shuck corn that we roasted in the oven (SO DELICIOUS) and served along with MANY other dishes.  Tamar didn't want to nap but eventually she fell asleep in my arms and I took her up to her bed for a proper nap.  Later on, after dinner and seeing the fireworks, she contentedly asked "Iss 'Merica's bufday?"  --Victoria

 

 

Gifts that keep on giving . . . (sand table)

Some toys have staying power beyond all expectations.  Victoria's parents (Richard and Pauline) bought this sand table for Benji, probably at least 4 years ago.  Benji played with it for ages and he still does, except that now he's joined by Daniel and Tamar.  In today's photo, Daniel decided he would cruise up to the sand table on the tricycle and use it as a chair while he played with the sand.

--Victoria

Sunday afternoon playdate fun (part 2 -- lots more stuff!)

In addition to reading, cooking, and play-doh time, the following activities also happened:

1. All the kids did some drawing (which I did not catch with my camera),
2. While Tamar kept working with play-doh, the three boys tried to play a game of chess -- R had requested this and Benji valiantly tried to teach the two-year-olds how to play chess with absolutely NO success -- Daniel stole all the knights because they are shaped like horses),
3. R and Daniel worked on a wooden puzzle for a while,
4. Tamar informed me she was playing the "toe drum" while using the potty,
5. Benji built a tower out of wooden blocks which he posed beside for the photo below,
6. We all had dinner (also not photographed), and
7. Daniel went to bed early because he had basically skipped his nap earlier in the day and was melting down, but Tamar and R ended the evening by taking their "babies" for a walk in strollers and after a few laps of the kitchen, asked if they could take them outside.  They had a fun time pushing the strollers up and down the sidewalk until R's father arrived.

It was a fun and busy day!

--Victoria