Monthly Archives: July 2007

Old School

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We seem to be on a bit of a roll: three new batches of photos in the span of a single week. Admittedly, the vast majority of the “new” pictures are more than six months old, but don’t rain on our parade—this is an almost unprecedented burst of productivity.

The most recent set illustrates that you don’t need the latest and greatest high-tech, battery-powered, Internet-connected, learning-focused, interactive educational activity system to keep your kids happy. Sometimes all it takes is some colored goop and a collection of scary plastic accessories that would probably be illegal to distribute in this day and age.

Side note: Modern Play-Doh™ packaging contains the following disclaimers (emphasis theirs):

Fun to play with, but not to eat. Molded results vary depending on child’s age and level of skill.

You don’t say.

Bumper Crop

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A few months ago, Julia made one of her sadly infrequent visits to story time at the library. She picked a good day to go, however, because the nice story time lady brought favors for the children: small tomato plants and corn seeds, which the kids planted in paper cups.

Being parents in possession of large, open spaces in our yard that desperately needed filling, we waited for the corn to sprout and then dutifully transplanted the seedlings into a flower box behind our bedroom. Then, learning that we couldn’t expect the corn to actually produce corn without other plants to facilitate proper pollination, we bought several more stalks and planted them, too.

The rest is history. Or, as Julia says, “My corn is getting bigger and bigger and bigger!”

Woof, Woof!

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This probably wouldn’t satisfy the child development experts who insist that “uh-oh” isn’t a real word, but Joseph started saying “woof” this morning. Even better, he was actually carrying a stuffed dog at the time, so I’m going with the assumption that he knows what he’s talking about.