We were sitting on the couch by the front window Saturday afternoon. The Lemur, who is currently obsessed with fire engines and Christmas, heard a siren. It became apparent that the siren not only belonged to a fire truck, but that said firetruck was coming down our street. Then, wonder of wonders, we realized that [...]
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Christmas Surprise
Posted in holidays on December 18, 2007 | 8 Comments »
This Train Is Bound For… Snacking
Posted in holidays on December 12, 2007 | 9 Comments »
With apologies to the lovely person who first wrote the American spiritual “This Train is Bound for Glory,” we present our afternoon project today… …the beginnings of the coal tender… …filling the coal tender… …the finished train with its chocolate chip “coal” and stockpile of extra “coal”… …we left poor Kieran with only a tube [...]
Thankful Boy
Posted in cute conversations, holidays on November 22, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Liam: “Mommy, why do we not have school tomorrow?” Me: “Tomorrow is a big holiday. It’s called Thanksgiving.” Liam: “What is Thanksgiving?” Me: “Well, it’s a day where we have a big family dinner and think about all the things we’re thankful for.” Liam: “What is ‘thankful’?” Me: “‘Thankful’ means being happy about all the [...]
Happy Halloween
Posted in holidays, pictures on November 1, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Happy Halloween from SuperLemur! (PS – Note the long, ringed tail. He’s very proud of it!)
Six Months Of Brotherhood
Posted in everyday stuff, holidays, Kieran, Liam, pictures, school on October 7, 2007 | 11 Comments »
In six months we’ve gone from a little boy and his newborn baby brother to a full-fledged pre-schooler who has a little brother almost half his size: Don’t they just look like they’re up to something? Liam dyed this silk at his school’s Michaelmas festival. He brought it home and promptly used it to transform [...]
12 Weeks Of Brotherhood
Posted in cute conversations, holidays, imagination, Kieran, Liam, milestones, pictures on June 19, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Kieran is now twelve weeks old. He’ll be three months old next Saturday. It always amazes me how pregnancy seems to take forever and a week, but then things speed up to the point where if I blink I’ll miss a bunch of stuff. I did manage to get some pictures in the last couple [...]
Happy Father’s Day!
Posted in holidays, pictures on June 17, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Happy Valentine’s Day
Posted in holidays, weather on February 15, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Normally Valentine’s Day is not something we really do anything about in terms of celebration here at the Menagerie House, but we had a confluence of circumstances that led to at least a nod towards the day this year. You see, Schnorpfest ’07 is entering it’s third and hopefully final week, and has expanded to [...]
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