Random Pictures and Video

Here are some recent pictures of the kiddos. I took the first set at lunch while they were becoming proficient with their forks. As you can tell, their mouths are full in all the shots! These are from a couple of days ago when they were playing in the living room.Daniel in mid-jump!

Olivia's hair is a mess because she had just finished hitting herself in the face with a sock! Oh, my!

Matthew, striking his "oh, so serious" pose!

The video is from last week - it was taken in the morning after they kids got up and had their morning milk. Everyone was still in a good mood! Enjoy!

The whole gang peacefully and calmly enjoying a show!

Patriotic Program 2010

This year, 2nd graders at Branch Elementary here on base put on a Patriotic Program. Parents were invited to attend the third and final show, so I packed up the kiddos and headed to the school. I got there only to find that none of the doors to the MPR (multi-purpose room) were wide enough to fit our stroller! With some help, I managed to get everyone inside before the show started. We even go to see Kolya lead his line of patriots into the show! How exciting!
The kids all did a great job. I even got to hear my favorite song from elementary school, "Fifty Nifty United States," which I still sing today to the kids. Mykola thinks I'm crazy to sing it to them, but if that song helped me through the years with my geography and state names, it might help them, too!

The other group of kids sang a really cute song, too. I think it was called "The Mighty Presidents." I posted a video of part of it. Check out the Statue of Liberty in the front right corner of the stage. Boy, can that girl boogie!

Dancing Queen....

Really, it's more like the "Shake-Your-Bum Princess!" Take a look...

Abundant Harvest

A few of my friends on the base had mentioned to me that they receive a basket from Abundant Harvest every Saturday. "What is Abundant Harvest," you ask? Well, in a nutshell, it's an organization that gets fresh food from local farmers in the area, and distributes the baskets to all it's participants.

It sounded fantastic! Fresh food for the family and at a reasonable price. I'm in! Well, the first week, I completely forgot to get my basket! In my defense, I was hosting a Pampered Chef party that day and didn't realize what I had done until after one of my friends mentioned it! The next week, I promised myself I would not forget again even if I had to staple a post-it to my forehead. All turned out well in the end, and we've been very pleased (if not overwhelmed at times) with the quality and quantity of the food we've received. Now, if I can only find new and creative ways to use kale, turnips and tangelos! The picture above is of our first basket. Yummy!

Spirit Tree Award Winner!

We are so proud of Kolya! He received the Spirit Tree Award for his class last month! He was so proud of himself. I was happy that I could go to watch him get his award. Congratulations, baby!

Sorry, the pictures didn't turn out very well. My camera's been acting up....but you get the idea of what happened! Here he is just after he got his award!

A visit from old friends....

One day, out of the blue, we got a message that some friends at our base in Germany, Josh & Stephanie Lodde, were going to be passing through our neighborhood. They and their three children were driving from Fairbanks, Alaska all the way to Robins, Georgia. Both Josh & Steph are active duty Air Force and Georgia was going to be their new duty station.

They got here in the early afternoon. We barbecued and let the kids run around the backyard together. Mykola got to catch up on everything going on in the Bio world and everybody got a chance to relax and stretch their legs!

After a few hours, it was time for them to pack up and head east. It was great to see them! Here are some pictures from their visit.

Toothless Wonder Boy!

Just an update... From the opening picture you can see that Kolya has lost his two front teeth. That's four teeth total with another bottom one on it's way out! I hope the top two come in soon. He finds it's really hard to eat apples without something to bite with!