TASCSSS Gerritsen

Monday, May 16, 2011

Sunday, May 15, 2011

We were going to wait to post the others... but after reviewing them for the first time with the kids, the vote was unanimous that we do them daily instead. Hope you enjoy this one as much as we did :)

Saturday, May 14, 2011

one minute portrait

Got this idea the other day from another blogger. It is to do a one minute portrait. No instruction, no coaching... just tell them they need to be in front of the camera for 60 seconds. Then come back into the room and turn it off. Simple... but a load of fun. Something I am sure we will be doing regularly...
Here is Camille's. If we remember, we will post the rest of the kids...

Friday, May 13, 2011

Lost blog - well, duplicate blog now

So, it appears that Google has lost my last post... :(
I will try to recreate it here... with the pictures as my landmarks

Seth playing post-8pm in the yard... ripping his clothes off lately in no time flat --- likes to sleep in just the diaper... in a big bed now

tough to get to bed... with the long days...

Camille lost another tooth... Spence regretfully falling behind Camille in number of lost teeth

Camille an animal on the rings and monkey bars...

time for a couple smile pictures

Seth finally down in the 9:00 hour

Tomatoes from John

We are the parents of 200 tomato plants... I hope they thrive, get heavy with fruit, and produce like crazy

Red Zebra, Pink Brandy Wine, Cuaro de Toro, Jersey Devil, Pineapple, Stupice, and one other

Parting shot: Amber thinks this one is disgusting!

I call it normal.

QUOTE of the day:

I have a pretty high tolerance for sweetness.

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

journal - may.11.2011

It's a little more of a challenge to get the kids in bed with the sun going down so late. But oh isn't it great to have so much daylight? Here is Seth running around in the yard at about 8:30 tonight.

Seth is the worst. He gets all wound up at night. And Sam is there to help him out... the problem is that Seth doesn't settle down and crash like Sam does.

Wow is he learning a lot. He is saying so many words. He can completely undress himself in seconds... and he doesn't like to wear clothes.
Camille lost another tooth today... she is a couple of teeth ahead of Spencer and he doesn't think that's very fair.

Oh, did I mention Camille is an animal on the monkey bars. For quite some time, she has spent her entire recess time at school working them.

Love the smile shots...

And Seth is finally down.

Earlier this evening, I was at John's house with his tomatoes. I think I have bit off more than I can chew.

Mind you, that is 7 different kinds of tomato plants, about 30 each. They need to be about 3 feet apart. When John grows these, they reach between 8 and 9 feet tall. I think I am going to need to farm these out to the neighbors in a few weeks.

Parting shot:

Seth trying to eat a noodle off the floor. He was sharing my dinner with me and he dropped a few. When I came back in the room, here he was. I guess those are a little hard to get with the fingers.

Friday, May 6, 2011

Three

Scott sure was cute today. When we asked him how old he was, he said 2. We said, "Scott, today is your birthday, so you are three now."

"Oh..." he replied. So later we asked him how old he was today... "I will be turning three." Finally this evening, he has relented and he is three.

While Mommy is finishing dinner, all the kids gather round her like noisy chicks looking for food. So it's best if Daddy distracts them until dinner is ready. Tonight, the kids went into the yard and allowed a photo shoot... Spence was holding the flash and Camille was helping Mom with the dinner, so you only get the youngest ones.