Storytime

A & K sat on the couch. A was reading a Disney guidebook to K. When she finished, she said, "We hope you have enjoyed this unabridged production of ..." Perhaps we've been listening to too many audio books lately!?!

December 22, 2010 at 9:16 am

Poland and Thanksgiving

After a short trip out east for the family Thanksgiving, we returned home in time to turn around and head further east. We had a fabulous trip to Poland where we visited Andy's long time friend, Ian Simpson. Here are a few dozen pictures.

December 8, 2010 at 4:03 pm

All trains stopped entering Poznan... why yes, we did jump out of the halted train and slide down that embankment to the road below.
Poland - December 2010

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Poland - December 2010

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Poland - December 2010

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Poland - December 2010

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Poland - December 2010

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Poland - December 2010

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Poland - December 2010

12/03/2010

The doors above the clock open at noon
Poland - December 2010

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And goats come out to gore each other
Poland - December 2010

12/03/2010

We weren't the only ones to come out for the amusement.
Poland - December 2010

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Poland - December 2010

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Poland - December 2010

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Poland - December 2010

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Poland - December 2010

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Poland - December 2010

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Poland - December 2010

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Poland - December 2010

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Poland - December 2010

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Poland - December 2010

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Poland - December 2010

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Poland - December 2010

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Poland - December 2010

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Poland - December 2010

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Poland - December 2010

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Poland - December 2010

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Poland - December 2010

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Poland - December 2010

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Tape Recorder Interviews
Thanksgiving 2010

11/25/2010

Thanksgiving 2010

11/25/2010

Thanksgiving 2010

11/25/2010

Thanksgiving 2010

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Thanksgiving 2010

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Thanksgiving 2010

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Thanksgiving 2010

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Thanksgiving 2010

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Thanksgiving 2010

11/25/2010

Thanksgiving 2010

11/26/2010

Thanksgiving 2010

11/26/2010

Thanksgiving 2010

11/26/2010

Mound State Park
Mound State Park

11/13/2010

Mound State Park

11/13/2010

Mound State Park

11/13/2010

Mound State Park

11/13/2010

Mound State Park

11/13/2010

Mound State Park

11/13/2010

Nephews!

Had a fabulously fun weekend doing nothing with my sister and her cuties. Here they are at the park.

November 4, 2010 at 9:27 pm

Nephews

10/31/2010

Nephews

10/31/2010

Nephews

10/31/2010

Nephews

10/31/2010

I met with a couple of monsters in my front yard the other day.
Monster

10/14/2010

One was disguised as a rabbit.
Monster

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They gave me sour faces
Monster

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And evil eyes.
Monster

10/14/2010

Yup, the eyes warned this was coming.
It's the "I don't want to cooperate" face.
Monster

10/14/2010

There were tongue in cheek faces
Monster

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and bored faces.
Monster

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At some point, Sleeping Beauty fell asleep and the prince had to kiss her
Monster

10/14/2010

Finally I settled for a half smiling face and packed it up.
Monster

10/14/2010

A has been obsessed with pirates for quite some time.
Not surprisingly, Daddy's childhood lego pirate ship was
a smashing success. BTW, this led to an amusing moment.
Holding at arms length a lego pirate armed with a pistol, A
shouted at her sister, "Shoot, Shoot, Shoot, Hurt, Hurt, Shoot!"
Pirate Ship

10/14/2010

Kids are on a roll today

After breakfast conversation:
A: Mommy, let's pretend you're the mommy and we're your kids, okay?
K: Yeah! And the daddy's gone to work!
M: *Speechless*


And, this afternoon K sings to herself in her room: If you're happy and you know it, two or three... Hoooray!

October 6, 2010 at 4:24 pm

My baby's not a baby anymore!

And I'm loving it. I know, I'm supposed to be sad, but I'm not. At all. I quite like sleeping all night. And with that, here's the long awaited pictures. I don't know why it took me so long.

October 3, 2010 at 3:22 pm

The result of her long anticipated trip to Build-A-Bear with Auntie
Happy 3rd Birthday, K!

09/17/2010

Waiting for food
Happy 3rd Birthday, K!

09/17/2010

Happy 3rd Birthday, K!

09/17/2010

What's a 3 year old birthday dinner without Mac'n'Cheese?!?
Happy 3rd Birthday, K!

09/17/2010

Cake!
Happy 3rd Birthday, K!

09/17/2010

Candles!
Happy 3rd Birthday, K!

09/17/2010

Presents!
Happy 3rd Birthday, K!

09/17/2010

Sufficiently Spoiled
Happy 3rd Birthday, K!

09/17/2010

What could it be?
Happy 3rd Birthday, K!

09/17/2010

A beanbag!
Happy 3rd Birthday, K!

09/17/2010

Yay! Little Cuz approves!
Happy 3rd Birthday, K!

09/17/2010


Winter Clothes Dressup at Grammy's
Winter Clothes Dressup

09/13/2010

Winter Clothes Dressup
Winter Clothes Dressup

09/13/2010

A random collection of faces from around the house recently
Faces

08/23/2010

Faces

08/23/2010

Faces

09/05/2010

Faces

09/05/2010

Faces

09/05/2010

Faces

09/05/2010

And a family picture of the Lockes with their new addition
Asher

08/22/2010

Asher Aaron Locke

We're very excited to announce our other new nephew. Even if I'm a week late and I haven't seen him and I have no picture to post, I'm still excited. He was born Aug. 15 at 6:06 am, weighing in at 8 lbs 5 oz.


August 22, 2010 at 7:47 pm

Brentin Zane Amos

We're very excited to announce the arrival of our new nephew! He was born this morning at 6:45, weighing in at 7 lbs 10 oz.


Brentin Zane

August 4, 2010 at 11:20 pm

Waitin'
Brentin Zane

08/04/2010

Eatin'
Brentin Zane

08/04/2010

First Sights
Brentin Zane

08/04/2010

Brentin Zane

08/04/2010

Brentin Zane

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Brentin Zane

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Brentin Zane

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Brentin Zane

08/04/2010

Grammy
Brentin Zane

08/04/2010

Wisconsin Dells Trip, July 2010

We had a fun trip to the Dells. We enjoyed fishing and boating and playing in the pool, and much more.

August 4, 2010 at 11:20 pm

Cow Racing on the Wii... even Grandma had fun!
Wisconsin Dells July 2010

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Boating
Wisconsin Dells July 2010

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Wisconsin Dells July 2010

07/27/2010

Domino Building with Grandpa
Wisconsin Dells July 2010

07/28/2010

New Shades
Wisconsin Dells July 2010

07/28/2010

New Shades Too
Wisconsin Dells July 2010

07/28/2010

Goofing Off
Wisconsin Dells July 2010

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Wisconsin Dells July 2010

07/29/2010

Fishing with Papi
Wisconsin Dells July 2010

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Fishing with Papi
Wisconsin Dells July 2010

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A very short ride
Wisconsin Dells July 2010

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Wisconsin Dells July 2010

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The pony ate grass.
Wisconsin Dells July 2010

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Wisconsin Dells July 2010

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The goats ate leaves.
Wisconsin Dells July 2010

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Wisconsin Dells July 2010

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I liked the baby ostriches. It's a beak and feather thing.
Wisconsin Dells July 2010

07/29/2010

We really enjoyed Circus World
Wisconsin Dells July 2010

07/29/2010

Dressup
Wisconsin Dells July 2010

07/29/2010


My little civil engineer
Engineering

07/09/2010

I have to say I was impressed with the stability of this structure
Engineering

07/09/2010

Went to Uncle Andy and Aunt Becca's for the weekend...
I had some help taking many of these pictures.
Aunt Becca's, NC

07/03/2010

Aunt Becca's, NC

07/03/2010

Aunt Becca's, NC

07/03/2010

Aunt Becca's, NC

07/03/2010

Help in the outfield
Aunt Becca's, NC

07/03/2010

Aunt Becca's, NC

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Aunt Becca's, NC

07/03/2010

Aunt Becca's, NC

07/03/2010

Collecting sticks
Aunt Becca's, NC

07/03/2010

Trying on Auntie's Shoes
Aunt Becca's, NC

07/03/2010

Aunt Becca's, NC

07/03/2010

"Baking"... complete with chef's hat
Baking

06/19/2010

Baking

06/19/2010

Life-sized Pooh puzzle
Aunt Becca's, NC

06/12/2010

K gobbled up a piece of gnocchi on her plate and promptly asked for more pinocchi... o.

June 26, 2010 at 9:16 pm

2 year old logic

K: I like the tinkerbell one!
M: No honey, I don't like Tinkerbell.
K: Why?
M: She's not modest.
K: Yes she is. She's modest on her face. But not her tummy.

June 12, 2010 at 2:26 pm

We went to the Fort Wayne Zoo last weekend.
Ft. Wayne Zoo

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Ft. Wayne Zoo

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Ft. Wayne Zoo

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We saw a lion,
Ft. Wayne Zoo

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or two.
Ft. Wayne Zoo

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We rode a turtle,
Ft. Wayne Zoo

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and hatched out of an egg.
Ft. Wayne Zoo

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Ft. Wayne Zoo

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We saw real animals too. The peacocks were on full display.
Ft. Wayne Zoo

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And the kids pet a chick.
Ft. Wayne Zoo

05/15/2010


Finally, our large lot is good for something besides mowing!
Jeep

04/10/2010

Jeep

04/10/2010

Driver Concentration
Jeep

04/10/2010

Oh, the faces
Jeep

04/10/2010

They have as much fun picking weed flowers and stashing them in the trunk as they do driving the thing.
Jeep

04/10/2010

Jeep

04/10/2010

Tummy

P: Did you finish your strawberries?
K: Yep. *Points at her tummy* They're curling up with my eggs and my sandwich.
Note: Eggs were for breakfast, sandwich was lunch, and this was evening.

Thursday, May 20, 2010 at 2:34 pm

Our discussion over breakfast

M: Do you know whose birthday it is today?
A: Whose?
M: Uncle Eric's.
A: Oh! Does he have a husband?
M: A wife?
A: Yeah.
M: No, he doesn't have a wife.
A: Are husbands boys or girls?
M: Husbands are boys and wives are girls.
A: Ok. Do I have another uncle who doesn't have a wife?
M: No, just one. All your other uncles have wives.
A: *Pause* Mommy, I'm still thinking about who I'm going to marry.
M: Really?
A: Yeah.
M: Who do you think it might be?
A: I don't know. Maybe Uncle Eric?
M: Probably not Uncle Eric.
A: Why not?
M: Well, people don't usually marry their relatives.
A: Oh.

Thursday, May 6, 2010 at 2:10 pm

My girls on party day
Happy 4 Years, Annika!

04/10/2010

Happy 4 Years, Annika!

04/10/2010

Happy 4 Years, Annika!

04/10/2010

Let's just say no one will be hiring me to do their wedding cake... Happy 4 Years, Annika!

04/10/2010

Happy 4 Years, Annika!

04/10/2010

Happy 4 Years, Annika!

04/10/2010

Happy 4 Years, Annika!

04/10/2010

Happy 4 Years, Annika!

04/10/2010

Happy 4 Years, Annika!

04/10/2010

May I try my new scooter, please?
Happy 4 Years, Annika!

04/10/2010

Little Cuz Stamp of Approval
Happy 4 Years, Annika!

04/10/2010

Hula Demonstrations
Happy 4 Years, Annika!

04/10/2010

Practice...
Happy 4 Years, Annika!

04/10/2010

makes perfect!
Happy 4 Years, Annika!

04/10/2010

Age 4 arrives with disappointment

A: Mommy, my dress still fits me. I'm four, but I'm still little.

Thursday, April 8, 2010 at 4:31 pm

Keira plays till she sleeps these days.
Happy 4 Years, Annika!

03/30/2010

Little conversations with little people...

K is up screaming at 5 am. Mom comes down, bleary eyed and finds her sitting on her pillow.
M: "Keira, what's wrong?"
K, pointing down frantically: "Somebody's in my bed!"
M, heart skips a beat knowing she did leave the kitchen window open a crack, tries to resist the urge to look under the bed: "What?"
K: "Somebody's under my covers!"
M, still bewildered, looks at the lifeless covers: "What is it?"
K: "A ladybug!"
M, breathes a sigh of relief and proceeds to sift through the covers. Found nothing.



K: "Mommy, I'm Cinderella and Aurora hit me."



A: "I don't want to be real. I want to be a statue."
M: "Really?"
A: "Yeah. I don't want to be real because it's too boring."

Monday, April 5, 2010 at 4:37 pm