Laina's first post (with Mom's help)

I decided since Laina loves taking pictures, we should start her own string of blogs so she can share them.

These are the first ones that we're sharing. The ants that were in our house this August until we sprayed. :) She thought that they were so neat and picture worthy. This is what she had to say about them:

"They were crawling around and trying to get our food!"

These ones are of "Hoohoo Baby" lovingly named by her cousins Tanner and Sawyer (renamed Lydia by Laina later, but Hoohoo Baby is sticking better than Lydia. hehe

"That's Hoohoo Baby dancing! I'm making her dance with my feet."

 

 I made those a little smaller to keep from being creepy.

Some of pictures of people that she's taken.

Rehmee, Mark's cousin - last year at Christmas

Me - also last year (when she got her camera)

Mark one of many really nice pictures. haha

Hallie (Mark's cousin's daughter). She and Laina were learning to take pictures together when Laina got her camera.

Jacob, the child I used to have for daycare. We miss him LOTS!

 

Um....Mark

Jacob

Jack, my nephew

Me on the phone, unaware I was getting my picture taken

Jack, again

Bodie

Sutton, in a daze I think. :)

.......

Bodie, Bodester, Bodmeister.

I think her next post will probably be some of her favorite pictures. :)

The Conversation

Just wanted to let you know the conversation lately between Laina and Sutton and then I get involved. It generally goes like this:

Sutton: "This is a falling airplane." (as he's playing with an airplane made from the wrapper of the piece of gum he's "chewing" - ate)
Laina: "Why?"
Sutton: "Why, what?"
Laina: "Why?"
Sutton: "Why, what?"
Laina: "WHY, SUTTON!?"
Sutton: "WHY, WHAT!?"
Mom: "What is going on?"
Laina: "Sutton said that that's a falling airplane." (pointing at the plane)
Mom: "Sutton, you said that it's a falling airplane and Laina was asking why."
Sutton: "I talking to Laina.(looks at Laina) Why?"
Mom: "No, Sutton, you told Laina that it's a falling airplane so she's asking you why you said that it's a falling airplane."
Sutton: "No, I talking to Laina!"
(Meanwhile, Laina's just sitting there smiling and giggling as frustrated as I am.)
Mom: "Sut, why is it a falling airplane?"
Sutton: "I don't know. (Pausing for thought) It's not a falling airplane."
Laina: "Sut, if it's fast it's a jet."

hahahahaha why do I try to figure out the minds of a 4 and almost 3 year old.

And now for October

I just really want to get caught up before Christmas pictures start coming out!!! So here's October!! :)

Grandma Sally and I took Laina to a Start the Music! event put on by the St. Paul. Chamber Orchestra. First there were things beforehand: facepainting, coloring activities, to make a frog to eat bugs, try out some musical instruments from the bass family, musical leap pads, etc. Then after that we listened to a woman read a book while some musicians played music with it. Laina really loved it. She's still singing the song. :)

 A balloon with a musical note inside

Making the frog that eats the bugs

Where all the activities were

Coloring! One of Laina's favorite things to do.

Liana making her kazoo

 Laina opening her presents from her Grandma Sally.

 We went to a park and Melissa met us here with her kids. It's a really cool park. It has the little kid section which is where Bodie and Jack played but it also has a really big section with lots of slides. Sutton and Laina both got stuck on them and I had to go up to get them down. hehe It also has this swinging thing that I didn't get a picture of. Tanner and I and some of the other kids did that lots. I would ride on it with Laina or Sutton in my lap. Not an easy thing to do and I paid for it. I was so sore the next day. haha And the weather was perfect. It started out chilly and got warmer as the sun came out. It was beautiful! We had a great time!!!

Melissa's youngest - Jack

Bodie's saying "Hey, move Jack!!"

Sawyer and Laina on the skate things

"GET US OFF!!"

 The really cool swings

Tanner who had been running around with other kids playing tag.

"I a spider."

All the kids: Sawyer, Jack, Susannah, Sarah (Melissa's daycare kids), Liana, Bodie, Tanner, and Sutton.

Laina put gloves on Bodie's feet and he thought that it was hilarious as you can see how goofy he got.

 Sutton's in the background without his pants pulled up because he went to the bathroom and wouldn't just pull them up. hehe Oh, yeah, Bodie's saying "Heese!"

Little Laina (AND Bodie and Sutton hehe)

And that's the end of our October! Yay!! Only November and beginning December left!! :)