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| Topic: Bob the Builder at the Magic House |
| Date: 2011-05-14 20:55:24 |
| Message: Today was one of the last days for the special Bob The Builder exhibit at the St. Louis Magic House. So, being a rainy cold day outside, we took the boys and went to see the exhibit.  Garrison loved playing with the plastic fish we found in the Lewis and Clark scene.  Playing in the sand light table.  Looking in a very tiny room built into the baseboards!  Playing in tunnels.   Yeah, this sounds about right!     One section of the magic house had a construction theme play area. The boys got to play with rocks, shovels, drain pipe and bobcats.   We knew the boys were getting exhausted when Garrison tripped over a piece of foam, he just laid there for several minutes, too tired to get up.  |
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| Topic: Garrison's First Haircut |
| Date: 2011-05-08 22:14:53 |
Message: Today we decided to give Garrison a haircut. His hair was getting pretty long, and he was getting hot in the heat. Garrison was really good while mom cut his hair outside.  And when he was done, he had shorter hair that would keep him cool in the heat!   |
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| Topic: Garrison Discovers Dirt Worms |
| Date: 2011-04-29 14:46:42 |
| Message: Yesterday we were clearing some dirt and wood debris from the driveway where we had our wood pile all winter long. In shoveling some of the dirt into the wheelbarrow we discovered some really large worms were hiding in the dirt. Garrison hadn't seen a worm before, and he really liked getting to hold one and play with it!        |
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| Topic: Will the Tornado Get Me Dad? |
| Date: 2011-02-28 15:20:52 |
Message: Have you seen the Elmo's World episode where Elmo opens the door to a tornado (Auntie Em! Auntie Em!) and then has to chase it out? Well Emmett has. While on our evening walk yesterday, Emmett expressed his recent fear of tornadoes. Yesterday he heard on the weather a tornado warning was going to be in effect for the evening. He kept asking questions like: "If I hide in the basement, will the tornado not see me, and won't suck me up?" or "If the tornado knocks on the door, and I don't open it, will it go away?" or "why does the tornado have eyes?". He was very concerned that a tornado was going to get him in his sleep. As it turns out, both boys were fast asleep by 9pm last night, and by 10pm the tornado sirens went off, and the wind really picked up. For those who don't know, there is a tornado siren just across the street from our house. There's no way you wouldn't be able to hear it go off. Then the marble sized hail started falling, and flash flood rain started pouring down.  A tree branch from the cedar tree in our back yard fell, narrowly missing the house, a neighbor's 15 foot cedar uprooted, his fence blew down, we saw siding laying out in the street (we don't know who's house it came from), and some power lines were down. Amy and I were standing in the garage watching the rain and hail and we had to close the garage door and quit watching because it was coming in sideways (and hurt!). Amy and I went back inside, and thought about grabbing the kids to rush them downstairs as the wind was really blowing, and we weren't sure how much longer the storm was going to last.  A few moments later, the tornado sirens went off again. Then all of a sudden it quit, and we could see the storm blew over (leaving a very impressive lightning show). Two tornado sirens, very strong wind, rain, hail (and possibly a tornado) blew right through our yard, and both kids (even the paranoid one) slept through it! ha! -Dad |
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