Chips

Yoda took Sport-ies for Short-ies this past month.  Poor kid gets so lonely without his big brother and sister around.  They played different sports each week, t-ball, soccer, hurdles, football, etc.  The last week they played fun games and had an obstacle course.  He did the whole thing in 33 seconds and he tells EVERYONE!

As Yoda ran down the hill, I got a little nervous...
Me, "be careful, watch out!"
Yoda, "I'm watching out!"
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Yoda, "Dad, do you want some chips while we wait for our food?"
Greg, "No, I'll just wait for the food."
Yoda, "I'm going to wait too AND eat my chips."
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Spring and Cleaning

This Spring has been amazing!  Nice and cool with lots of outdoor activities. 

 Here's Mimi at a Brownie event, it couldn't have been nicer! 

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To help Yoda get dressed sometimes I do a countdown...
Me, "put your pants on in 10...9...8..."
Yoda, "I'm can't hurry!"  or "I'm not gonna make it!"
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But when he tries to say 'hurry' he says 'hu-we'
So I try to help him by sounding it out slowly
Me, "Say it like this...'hur' 'rey'
Yoda, "I'm not gonna say it like that"
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Greg, "You can't use this toy"
Yoda, "Let's talk about it"
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I've been cleaning things out and decided it's time to get rid of videos that no one watches.  Parker was shocked that I had these in the goodwill bin.   I told him there was no way we were keeping them, but that we could take a photo of them if he wanted to remember the videos he's watched about a million times each. 

Yoda Asleep

He outgrew a formal nap almost a year ago, but lately he has fallen asleep at funny times and places.

This was just this past week...

He's also had strep 3 times in 4 months so we are off to the ENT, hopefully nothing is really wrong.
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Yoda's advice...

Mimi, "I feel a little car-sick."
(completely serious) Yoda, "Mimi, if you feel throw up in your throat, just choke it down."

"May the 4th...

be with you, always"

(Parker is in the background about to throw Yoda on the ground.) 

Mimi, "Uh, shouldn't 'Yoda' be wearing this?"

Here he is from a few years back. 

Or here and here. 

This Week's News

Me,"Is this movie good or silly?"
Yoda, "Good AND silly!"
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While Yoda was putting the silverware away he found a spoon that wasn't quite clean, he was very worried!
"Mom, you better come and see this."
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A couple weekends ago Mimi and I did an over-night "camp-in" at the local science center with her Girl Scout troop.  It was actually pretty fun.  We did all the exhibits, had snacks, and there was an awesome dance party! 

 We just rolled out our sleeping bags right there in the hallways. 

 A little Easter Wrap-up.  The Easter bunny was pretty tired this year, so Mimi did all the egg hiding.  It was so nice, it may happen that way again! 

While searching for Easter Photos...

...I found this video that made me laugh.

(this is back in the days of no sound on video with our little camera)

Baby Parker=So cute! 

Mimi saw this baby and could NOT figure out who it could be! 

Gibby Easters in Photos

Some years are better then others, but we take a photo anyway.... 

 2003

 2004

 2005

 2006

 2007

 2008

 2009

 2010

 2011

 2012

2013

2014

Leaf Poems

 Parker in 1st Grade...

Mimi in the 1st Grade...

HISS

HISS

Hiss something is going to explode

It could also be a snake

Someone could be mad

Scared I will be if they all happened

By Parker

more poetry...

Here's another one from Parker

Jumping

On a giant beam

I'm ready to jump off

I'm a meteor 

He's referring to this video, it happens OFTEN!  

video

Exam Haiku

Greg writes a poem
nearly everyday about
exam studying

They are all in Haiku, 5 syllable-7 syllable-5 syllable.  

Find them here...

twitter.com/exam_haiku

enjoy. 

National Poetry Month

The other day I made some bread...Yoda really liked it!  

 

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In honor of National Poetry Month I'd like to share some poems

Here's one from Parker

Batman in Green

I saw Batman today

He usually works in black and gray

He still looked mean,

But instead he wore green

Because it was st. Patrick's day