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.

:)

Back to the music topic

So, this morning The Ramones came on the cable station on the TV & I heard Miles from the other room trying to get the lyrics of the "I Wanna Be Sedated" song they were singing. He was singing along to the "bam bam, bam-bams" & pogoing around next to Dane. Super cute!

Can a dad be more proud? :)

Well, I don't know if it will progress to this, but you have to give this kids some serious props for taking the time to do this song in so many locations , with so much "flair," & to leave in humorous bits too!

Maybe one of the brood will try something like this one day...


Maybe ours will be to a retro Falco song... come on people. You remember, don't you?! Rock me, Amadeus!

:D

Because you can't help them learn to love music too early

This comes from a friend/coworker, Michele, who gave one of these sweet guitars as a gift to her sister's kid. I am passing this along to all of you should you be looking for all things musical.


We tend to be a family that exposes our kids to quite a range of music (though not so many instruments - we're not the Partridge Family yet) & so they know all the standard kids music plus Alt Rock, House, Disco, County, Rap, Punk, Rock, etc. All the goodies. They even know what my records (yes, I mean records...vinyl, LPs, wax) & turntable are & what they do. Love my kids! :)

Angela was good enough to get some appropriate attire just the other day to reflect these choice bits of knowledge...

Who could ask for a better girl by your side?! :) Love my wife!

And then, these are the kinds of shirts we love them to wear & express. Man! I have got to start my own t-shirt company so I an get my kids in these pics! :P


Rock on! Babies

I'm a walkin', yessiree.

I don't know how many others really take note of these kinds of things, but I think it is too funny when little kids start taking on adult traits (at least the good ones). Miles has been doing this off & on for a while now, but Sophie & Dane (though I am still trying to capture him doing it). It is putting hands in the pockets of their pants when walking. It's just weird to see. Makes them look like little people instead of babies/kids.

Anyway. look for yourselves...



Too cute.

And no, of course I am not biased.

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!

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