Little wild ones

My Little Ponies.

On one of our recent walks Emmy decided to re name the family.
Emmy~Rainbow Dash
Ellie~Colorful Dash
Callan~Handsome Prince
Momma~ Pinkie Pie
Daddy~ Handsome Bum
-- obviously, we have busted out my old My Little Ponies. Rainbow Dash and Colorful Dash are the most powerful- according to the authority.

The Jail Guy

Here, in Columbus, convicts are used to maintain the grounds around the city.  Every time that we drive by them- Emmy is fascinated.  She spins endless tales of what they did- wondering if maybe they are in jail due to pushing someone into a pool-- or stealing a child (yep, that's her range of thought).  Well, they were working on our road when we came back from our evening walk~ Emmy was DELIGHTED-- we waved and said thank you for making our neighborhood pretty.  As we walked further down- 2 guys were right in front of our house.  By this point, Emmy was beside herself.  She asked if she could talk to him-- as he was 3 feet away and heard everything-- I, of course, said yes...
Emmy: "Are you a Jail Guy?"
Jail guy: "yep- I am."
Emmy:"Well, what did you do?"
Jail guy: "I sold drugs"
Emmy: "What are drugs?!" (jail guy's eyes widen in surprise)
Me: "I'll tell you about it later~but what's important, is that he isn't selling drugs any more"
Emmy: "Are you making good choices?"
Jail Guy: "yes I am."
Emmy: "good. Well, thank you for doing our lawn. Goodbye!"
 yep. 

Family Evening Walks

River fun!!!

nothing better than a pic of sandy buns.

the river is WAY more fun with Daddy.

not the mud on his tongue....

skipping rocks!

the dam-- the pic underneath is when Ellie's walking stick broke-- the face!

Flat rock park

this was a super cool park-- slippery as can be~ but SUPER FUN!!!

Ems found a snake skin-- it was a party!

Callahan the crazy man!

This one is crazy! In ONE day- he dove head first into FULL tub (see pic) caught a live cockroach-- and was LIVID that I took his favorite friend/pet/snack away-- chocked on a piece of plastic-- and ate more than his sisters do combined ;) he now stands up constantly and cleanly- like he doesn't pull up on anything -- but refuses to take a step on his own ;) though he crazy bounces and waves his arms like he's conducting an orchestra ;)

Life lately

The kids have been sickie-- so this is what our walks look like lately.

We are getting ready for the NOT SO SCARY at Disney ;)-- so we are already breaking out the Halloween bins-- Emmy couldn't be happier!

Cutest little boy-- ever

this kid LOVES the outside

Emmy dressed herself for the walk-- the legwarmers were used to keep the mosquitoes away on her arms ;)

Curiosity

the Geckos that come out at night-- the one below is a pic of "featherduster"- the neighbor's cat that Emmy named ;)

The Columbus museum

Such a COOL place!! The girls adored it-- so fun to be with our Daddy too ;)

one of the MANY art projects--

being the art chicken ;)

artistic tambourine ;)

a "funny" mirror-- these things are hilarious!!

Puppet show by dad

Ellie starting her puppet show

this is when she declared it "'broken" because no voice came out when her hand was in it ;)

the Andy Warhol -spelling?! floor- super fun ;)

Fun times :)

The gardens around the museum-- soooo pretty. The Enchanted wishing well -- we found it!!

Fhe- paper airplanes

Our fhe was so fun! We made and raced paper airplanes-- so happy to have our daddy back and working days instead of nights ;)

the red- Callan (he got a hold of one) the white- Jason, the blue- Liz, yellow-Em, and Green- Elles

note to self- NEVER give an airplane to a 10 month old

Daddy was obviously our master folder

throwing the planes in the RACE!!

rematches.

Fun times

We had the best night! the neighborhood has a tradition-- a thank you party for the police and the Mayor-- the girls and Callan had a BLAST!

They are such fun little players-- and in love with forts at the moment.

Callan tried watermelon!

It was a hit! He had. 4 slices-- loved it ;)

those EYES!