5 posts tagged “family”
Decisions, decisions...this morning I woke up and my choices were: exercise or go to the park. Who wouldn't choose a fun morning at the park over exercise??? We got ready, packed up lunch and headed to the park around 10:00, and Jason's parents joined us. The weather was beautiful, neither too warm, nor too cool. It was a clear, Carolina blue sky and sunshine-y day!
The kids had a blast on all the different slides, on the climbing wall, and all the different fun stuff the park had to offer. As lunchtime approached, we went for a little walk on the trails, then we made our way back to the picnic shelter. After lunch, we headed back to the playground for a little while before we needed to head home for naps. This is when we tried out the small climbing wall. The girls needed a good amount of help with it, but as I was finishing up with Alanna, I looked down, and Aidan was halfway up already. No one was ready to go home, but the girls were tired out and took good long naps.
This photo was taken at Chris and Karen's wedding on 12/15/07.
Credits:
Papers and Elements: RetroDiva
Photo: Jennifer Murray
For some reason, while my Aunt Janet was visiting, Emory insisted on calling her Uncle Jim. Is this because I showed her a picture of my dad and his brothers, Jim and Kevin, the day before Aunt Janet arrived...I doubt it, but who really knows?? She could say "Aunt Janet" whenever we asked her to, but if she was calling Aunt Janet herself...out came "Uncle Jim." We did lots of modeling, and if you asked "Where's Aunt Janet?," she looked right at her. The funniest thing was when we were gradually gathering a group of people under my parents' gigantic kitchen table. (Don't ask...long story...) Aidan, Alanna and Emory would call someone from the family to come find them (because we were hiding under the table.) Emory would run out to call someone from the kitchen at the top of her lungs and she'd crawl back under the table (giving away our position). When she wanted Aunt Janet...she ran with her hands cupped around her mouth and shouted "UNCLE JIM!!!" Everyone just cracked up!
Aunt Janet took it all in stride... the way she saw it was that at least Emory was talking to her and playing with her, which is far more than what occurred at the beach.
I hope my Uncle Jim reads this. :)
Cute...but I'm not sure how well Emory pulls off the gangsta look in her pink and brown outfit from Carter's. We know she's the firecracker, but really...
Here are a few cute pictures from a quick trip to the park down the street today. We got a cute one of all three of them together...small miracles do happen!!
