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Jeffrey's pocket knife:




These pics are from last Spring when Jeffrey had his short hair do. He got the "super hero cape" at school. We told him to put his arms out like he was flying and this is what he managed:

New Toys

This is a new addition which was my anniversary present/ Jeffrey's birthday present. I found it on Craigslist used for $200. It is incredible that these plastic things go for over $500 new! Jeffrey and Arabelle were both so excited about it and played with it tons the first few days. Unfortunately too is not the great panacea that I am always searching for (the fabulous toy that will induce hours and hours of daily wholesome self-entertainment). The kids will play in it by themselves sometimes, but Jeffrey really prefers when friends come over and he can pass out guns and it can be used as a fort.









I could tell that Jeffrey was trying to think of a good pose, and evidently this is what he came up with:





This is the mud pie kitchen that Jeffrey got for his birthday. I think Arabelle has played with it more than him! She likes to rub mud into her hair.

Grandparents Visit March 2011

These are some long overdue pics from Mom and Dad's visit last March. My camera broke and I never so I never uploaded them until I got a new one and put the old SD card in it.


Arabelle has learned from a young age to be interested in things like trains and Lightning McQueen:




This was my fav part of the Children's Museum when I was young. I must have been about 5 when we visited. I remember being fascinated by the Grocery area, but very annoyed that the other kids had mixed up the foods instead of making sure they were all orderly on the shelves and in their appropriate spots. I was also frustrated because older kids wouldn't let me have a chance at being the cashier.



Jeffrey has seen this pic a couple times, and every time he sees it he starts screaming, "I want fire truck! I want fire truck!"



This is a cool over-sized nature area to make the kids pretend that they're rodents or something.





Jeffrey was quite fascinated by the Bubble exhibit. Here he is waiting for a giant bubble to drop and Papa is making sure he gets first dibs.



In the toddler area there is a play house inside a fake tree trunk. Jeffrey thought the bunk beds were really cool and kept wanting Arabelle to get in the bottom bunk.


My little woodland creature:



Jeffrey was disturbed that the wooden blocks and fruits had been wedged into the vegetable garden. Dad found a tool and was able to get some of them out



This is at a cool mexican restaurant/attraction in Denver where they have arcades, cliff divers etc. Jeffrey really liked this driving game and Dad said he was uncannily good at it.




This pic kept rotating back when I moved it, but here they are watching the cliff divers. I was worried that Jeffrey would be freaked out by the divers jumping so far into the water, but he seemed okay with it.