We're Baaaaaa----aaack!

Ozarks Vacation
Originally uploaded by Kimmy Crack Corn.

Home again home again hippety hop. We're back from our Ozark adventure, and we're relatively tick, chigger, and poison ivy free. Relatively I said.

Four generations met up for some hiking, eating, game-playing (mostly chess and cribbage), and a lot of just rocking on the porch. We had a fantastic view of the Ozarks from our cabin right outside of Jasper, Arkansas.

I don't have much time to write, but I will say that one of the highlights of the trip was when The Goose pooped on the front porch while standing up by the picnic table totally naked. There was also a fun cribbage tournament which I would've won if we had had time to finish. I believe a certain never-ending chess game blocked the completion of the tourny.

When we got home, The Goose was so excited that he did laps around his playroom and attempted to play with every single toy, book, and perty he owns before crashing at 7:00 p.m. last night. He was an angel the whole time ... even in the car, and I'm starting to think we're gonna keep him.

If you click on the photo above you can see some other shots of the weekend. More later ...

It's all in a day's work: playing, eating, waving, & destroying

It's all in a day's work for The Goose. Between yesterday and today, Goose has had two playdates with friends.


Goose & McKutie (not her real name), a park employee's daughter, are drawing with markers. She's about two.



Here, Goose & Little Ricky (not his real name) are playing bang-bang on the ironing board, which was lowered to their height. He's about the same age as Goose.

Here are some more shots of these cuties ... just to continue showing off the new camera:


Otherwise, it's been business as usual ...

Eating pickles & spaghetti.

Waving ...


And destroying magazines ...



Tomorrow we're off to the Ozarks. The next update will probably be on Monday night ... stay tuned.

Wild Child

goose
Originally uploaded by Kimmy Crack Corn.

Hi folks. This may be the last post for a while because in two days from now we will be headed to the Ozarks for a family vacation with Goose's paternal grandparents (even Great Grandpa B will be there!) and his only aunt and uncle.

I took some pictures yesterday of Goose and his dad and then B took some of me and the Goose which you may be interested in.

We'll be back on Monday, and hopefully I'll have some fun shots of four generations!

SNEAKY DEVIL

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Originally uploaded by Kimmy Crack Corn.

Isn't he sneaky? Look at those eyes! And the teeth! And the curl of hair extending over the left ear!

For the Fourth, we celebrated at B's boss's house. The Goose spent his time there stalking another guest's dog, poking the dog in the eyes multiple times, and teething on a corn cob. It's so nice that I have this really great camera that I forget to take with me EVERYWHERE.

B says that it may be a blessing in disguise that I am so forgetful since likely the camera would not come back home with us (and the warranty doesn't cover loss or theft). So the picture above is from the part of the holiday where we were watching Baby Beethoven for the 237th time. He still loves those videos and in case you need any ideas about what to get him for his upcoming birthday (he has one a month BTW), there are many other Baby Einstein videos that we do not own. Like, for example, "Baby Shakespeare," "Baby Galileo," etc. Not that I'm hinting, I mean, really, I'm much more subtle than that.

Sunday Blues

Multi-burst mode
Originally uploaded by Kimmy Crack Corn.

No, your computer is not messed up ... I actually intended the photo to be like that. If you look at it from top to bottom and left to right, you will see that it's a record of about 1.5 seconds of The Prince's life. I can't get over how amazing this camera is!

Well, the title of this post is appropriate: Today was not the greatest day. Last night we went to the Holmgren's house for dinner and Goose stayed up WAY past his bedtime. So all day he was fussy and finally I just had to put him in bed at 6:45 p.m. -- the earliest bedtime in the history of Goosekind. I'm sure I'll be up at 4 a.m.

His newest dislike is diaper changing. Tonight after dinner, he was writhing like an alligator (have you seen that show about the guy who hunts the crocodiles? That's what it's like.) to the point that I had to physically restrain him to get the diaper on. I assume it's normal since the changing table comes with a strap. I give him all kinds of inappropriate things (e.g., rubber bands, bracelets, picture albums, etc.) just to keep him occupied while I quickly wrap up his butt in a pamper. Another request we have is a full-time nanny/housekeeper since it takes two people to deal with and clean up after this one little guy.

Currently he has three loves: old plastic water bottles without the caps, the old camera, and our stereo. Also, he MUST eat with his own hands and refuses to eat out of a spoon unless it's something really good (like some of my grits from breakfast this morning). As a result of this do-it-myself phase, I am forced to mop the floor around his highchair after EVERY MEAL. I'm sure no other mom has ever worked as hard as me.

The picture above was taken in multi-burst mode, but I also took some fabulous (if I do say so myself) black and white portraits of him today. To view those, please click on the picture above, as always.

Maybe Monday will be better ... after all, it is a holiday. Happy 4th of July to all!

Out of Control Mom Gets New Camera and is On the Loose

Teased
Originally uploaded by Kimmy Crack Corn.

I had to show you what this camera can do ... sepia and black and white! The pictures are reduced, so they may appear a little blurry on the website, but when I print them they look FABULOUS! You can see what all I have done today if you click on the picture above.

The Prodigy

Who needs $180 music classes?
Originally uploaded by Kimmy Crack Corn.

See ... the music class yesterday inspired him!