Trying To Get Back

To a somewhat normal posting routine. I mean what its only been a year since I was fairly regular at posting.  We finally had our summer start with a visit to my parents. To the regular eye it’s a single family home on a dirt road. To my children it’s a fabulous world filled with ice cream, swimming, and all the frogs you can catch. It was amazing to watch Aiden come into his own catching frogs and lightening bugs. The frog catching started with my sister in law giving him a frog habitat. The idea is that you send away for the tadpoles and let them grow up under the watchful eye of the young scientist. We saw no reason why the frog had to wait for tadpoles. Aiden started catching the bounty from my parent’s pond. He spent his days hunting for them in the reeds and the cat tails. More often than not Madeleine was watching from the sidelines. It’s not that she was above catching frogs except there was no way she was going to touch a frog.

Madeleine and Charlotte used the time in Michigan to fight, blow bubbles, fight, have tea parties, fight, eat ice cream, and fight some more. It seems to be an arrangement that works well for both girls. We were able to celebrate Charlotte’s birthday and I owe her a post on turning two. We have all suffered mental anguish since she has become a toddler. I hope one day she is able to experience her own children…who act the way she does…That doesn’t mean I was badly behaved as a child. Tomorrow Aiden turns seven…

Madeleine at the M.S.U dairy

Visiting Nana at M.S.U

Fishing with Aiden, Doodah, and Tuck Tuck

Madeleine worried about being late for class, except she is 13 years too early!

Frog Boy

Fishing...

Chuck and Tuck

Doodah and his little girls...

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