Harold & Maude

I don't know why, but this image makes me think of Harold & Maude, though, in fact, I think it is more like Ralph Kramden and Alice Gibson from The Honeymooners, or Archie and Edith Bunker. I think it must be due to Sophie's glasses & the prim, proper way she has both hands holding her purse on her lap or maybe the "Lord, take me know" look on Danes face. :)

I can just see her saying (nagging) "Turn left up here." "You're going too fast." "Must you always pass every other stroller on the road?!"

Well, since I am taking soooo long to get my musical post done

I am going to just post the fun part now so you can enjoy the craziness of our babes.

Sophie & Dane gittin' down to the funky sounds of Andre Williams doing "Don't Touch" on the album, Lookey-Dookey. We are playing on my turntable in the garage & they've taken it upon themselves to request we go down there & that music be played.

Dane always has to bop to his own little beat when he hears music, or even sometimes when he just hears his own "special" music in his head. You can tell his enthusiasm for the music in his dance.

Sophie loves it to & she gets into it, but takes a little more coaxing than her big/littler brother. Hence my goading her on a bit.

:)

The "art" of brushing

We have been trying to get the babies to brush their teeth better & have been using Miles as the poster child for this activity...trying to get Sophie & Dane to watch his technique & learn some decent skills.

Dane took it upon himself to set up a little demo & I wanted to share.


Proper attire is of the utmost importance, & Dane prefers the freedom a diaper offers with the foot-warming comfort of a nice pair of socks. Your attire may vary, but maybe not ;)
Note the sort of busted look of having caught him before he was prepped for the event photography.


In this photo, Dane has prepped himself (holding the toothbrush properly, not standing on the step waiting to topple off, & sucked in the barrel belly & flexing a bit!)


Make sure & get those back teeth too. You never know where those tasty treats are trying to hide. Especially cause Dad has a tendency to give them the dried fruits. Naughty! Bad for the teeth. Whereas, Mom is good & only gives them the cookies, cake, candy. Good Mom.

Whatever~ :P

Just barfy-cute...

Pretty self-explanitory...







So cute, I think I have to hurl...

Everyone tubs differently...

In our house, as I am sure many other families' homes, bathtime is quite an event. We choose to bathe all 3 at once usually & it can either be fun & entertaining, or rather a "chore" if you get my drift. Struggles, pushing, dupming of water on heads, etc. But for the sake of making our family look "perfect"...








Sorry, needed a moment to compose myself from that good laugh ;)

Anyway, I'll keep it to the more entertaining end of things.


There's the "Who can hoard the most toys" game



The "footsy" game (not so much a game, as something entertaining to do)


The "big hair" game.


and the ever-fun "faaht" game. I won't mention who is the reigning champ of this game! :P

But don't get me wrong, it's a child. Shoot. I could take lessons!

Learning to speak/understand. A Sophism

So, last night was bath night. The whole gang, Miles, Dane, & Sophie, all got in the tub post-massacre of their dinners. Towards the end, my back was turned, but I heard the unmistakable sound of bubbles being blown from between clenched cheeks. I whipped around to see who the guilty culprit was, but the moment had "blown" past too quickly.

Thinking it was Miles, as he has been forcing the point lately for his & others' entertainment, I asked laughingly aloud "Who's blowing bubbles in the tub?!"

Now, a quick aside to educate everyone on why what happened, happened... We have been practicing asking things like, "Who wants dinner?" or "Who wants to brush their teeth?" to help get Dane & Sophie into the action & become aware of questions. We usually get enthusiastic "Me!"s or "Yea!"s. This is a good & entertaining response for us, generally.

So, after my asking who was bubbling in the tub, both of Sophie's hands shoot up into the air with a loud & proud, "ME!"

Now, I know it was Miles, & he confirmed that, but you have to love her little spirit! :)

Man! That kid gets around!

First his sister. Now his puppy. At least we know Daisy is getting love in between being stepped on, driven over with toys, or basically mauled by the clan.





I wonder if it has something to do with having the name Dane...?

Archaeology: Sophie's Dig for the Truth (or "Looking for love in all the wrong places."

Lately, Sophie's been showing a deep interest in researching the rare, "yellow Brontosaurus." She first caught wind of it one day speaking with Dane. Dane has hesitantly agreed to assist her with her quest.

One evening while bathing after a hard day of searching, Dane found what appeared to be the "yellow Brontosaurus." He took it to Sophie for her to examine & determine if it truly was what she was looking for.

Seen below, Sophie, sits among some of her other finds while checking the "specimen" for authenticity. Sophie is very hands-on in her research & likes to perform all "studies" by her own hand to ensure the most trustworthy results.



Seen here, Sophie gives a very upclose examination to the "foot" of the Brontosaurus.


Since these photos were taken, there has been a falling-out between the two, & Dane has taken his yellow Brontosaurus & has gone his own way, preferring to do his own research on it. Sophie still tries to get a bit of time in with it while Dane has it in the tub for cleaning, but Dane is very close-fisted with his find.

I've heard of "Kissing Cousins"...

So, Dane & Sophie have been very cute with their abikity to kiss when you ask them to. Normally it's, "Can you go give Daisy a kiss?" Or, "Can you blow a kiss?" Or something to that effect. Super cute stuff 'cause they usually they get excited & go over & give nice, gentle kisses which, of course, totally throws Daisy for a loop since she expects them to come barrelling at her! The other night though, while everyone was destroying (a.k.a playing), Angela & I asked them to give each other a kiss so they would be nice & gentle with each other. Well, how cute are they?!

Aaawwwwww.
Isn't that sweet?!

Well, needless to say, we (well, I think it was just me) had to ask them to do it again because the cuteness factor was too great. Got to snap off a couple of more cute ones of them with the Christmas lights in the background, but click on the image to see what I really found out...



Eewwwww! And my Uncle John thought my cousin Heather & I should be kept apart?!

Well, stay tuned for the next sibling discovery. :P