We had the pleasure of hosting my brother, his wife, and their four boys this weekend. It always changes the dynamics of the house when you typically have a 3 to 1 ratio of girls to boys and find it changed to a 4 to 6 ratio. Everything becomes a little louder and active. Items such as baby dolls and magic wands become grenades flying over the banister and swords. I think it's good for the girls to experience a different type of play every once in a while. Friday night, I showed the boys where all the frogs hide at our house. We have a window well and on any given day you can find 5-8 frogs hanging out in the damp ground. Because I love frogs, I fetched them out for everyone and we had frog races in the backyard. Of course, Abigail chose to abstain from the activities and hid in the house so that the frogs wouldn't "get her." Aaron took a great picture of everyone on the back porch holding their frogs and Abigail leaning on the glass looking at everyone on the otherside of the door. Adelyn, on the other hand, loved the frogs. She chased them around the yard, held them, and kissed them. She would point at her frog and tell it to "pop." I guess it was a good choice to have a frog themed room for her as a baby.Sunday, August 10, 2008
Boys and Frogs
We had the pleasure of hosting my brother, his wife, and their four boys this weekend. It always changes the dynamics of the house when you typically have a 3 to 1 ratio of girls to boys and find it changed to a 4 to 6 ratio. Everything becomes a little louder and active. Items such as baby dolls and magic wands become grenades flying over the banister and swords. I think it's good for the girls to experience a different type of play every once in a while. Friday night, I showed the boys where all the frogs hide at our house. We have a window well and on any given day you can find 5-8 frogs hanging out in the damp ground. Because I love frogs, I fetched them out for everyone and we had frog races in the backyard. Of course, Abigail chose to abstain from the activities and hid in the house so that the frogs wouldn't "get her." Aaron took a great picture of everyone on the back porch holding their frogs and Abigail leaning on the glass looking at everyone on the otherside of the door. Adelyn, on the other hand, loved the frogs. She chased them around the yard, held them, and kissed them. She would point at her frog and tell it to "pop." I guess it was a good choice to have a frog themed room for her as a baby.
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Ella, who is about the same age as Abigail, has become deathly afraid of crickets. If we come home after dark, she refuses to walk from the car to the house because "the crickets will get her." I don't know that she's ever seen a real cricket. It's so funny how randomly they decide what to be afraid of!
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