Archives for June 2008

Oh, the joys of summer. Who can resist the fun of water? This is Allan's first run through the sprinkler that he remembers. I could see his curiosity as he studied the water spraying out and the hesitant way he touched the streams with his fingers. Of course, he always has Lorelei to watch and […]

This week we are going to tumbling class for 4 mornings. Lorelei is enrolled in the class, but not Allan because he isn't old enough. Lorelei is enjoying it, Allan is tortured by it and I am exhausted from chasing Allan to keep him out of everyones way, and at the same time stand close […]

We had a very exciting morning on June 20th. Lorelei has been checking her room regularly for fairy notes and pixie dust (which she sprinkles on her head in hopes she will be able to fly). We had been hoping the fairy would soon build her home for us to see. That morning we went […]

Lorelei and I made homemade puppets out of paper bags. Allan wasn't interested, but Lorelei got really creative. Of course one of the puppets we made was a bear, like we saw the day before. The one she is holding here is the butterfly puppet, isn't it pretty. I really need to take a group […]

The library has started its activities back up for the summer. So we went to the first summer event. They had a ventriloquist come in and she also did some magic tricks. There were a lot of kids and Lorelei was mesmerized at first by the whole thing. If other kids raised their hands so […]

Remember when we visited the fairy doors in Ann Arbor? Well, we left a note at one of the doors asking for a fairy to visit our house and sure enough we have been getting some notes. Today we found a note and some pixie dust in the back of Lorelei's closet. The fairy's name […]

So our surprise is out. We made Steve a t-shirt that says Dad on it. Lorelei and Allan worked hard on painting it and I added the word Dad. We gave him his present a little early because Lorelei was having a hard time keeping it a secret, although she didn't tell him what it […]

  I didn't take any pictures of the project we were making, since it was a surprise for Steve. But we did have a lot of fun. Above, if you ever wondered what Lorelei looks like when she is talking on the phone with you, here it is. Usually she is at the table coloring […]

Allan had tubes put in his ears on June 11th. I am thankful it went so smoothly. I was of course worried about the whole thing. I mean surgery is surgery right? In my mind that means something could go wrong.  Luckily nothing did. He had the tubes put in early in the morning. I […]

So we need more summer spontaneity I decided today, especially after reflecting back on these pics from the last two weeks. Remember summer days when you had no plans? I really try and keep those kind of thoughts in the forefront of my mind, but some days the mom thing kicks in and I get […]