Monday Movies!

Here's a little movie I took at Maggie's soccer game this past Saturday. I used our regular camera, but it came out alright. Maggie is number 1. She did a lot of falling down during the game. Mostly she stopped the ball by sliding into it. This week at home we're going to work on running and stopping before she falls down. The kid has hustle, though, that's for sure!

Hailey is number 6, and Avery is number 4. The other kids on her team are Mackenzie, number 2 and Maggie's friend as well as the coach's daughter, Sam is number 5, and Caleb is number 3. The team we played this week was pretty equal in skills to our team. Last week Maggie made a break away goal! (The team they were playing wasn't very good.) The week before that the team they played was very good - with a couple of very big boys who seemed to have been born playing soccer. So this last game was fun because neither team was being beaten to a pulp. Maggie has two more games and I'll bring the video camera next week to try and get a better movie.

Enjoy!

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When I was in fifth grade we each had to choose a Shel Silverstein poem to memorize and recite in front of the class. I picked "Too May Kids". The girls have recently been enjoying Mr. Silverstein's work and Beatrice has picked up on my favorite of his poems. Silliness abounds!

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One of Obie's sweetest little habits is his tendency to sing throughout the day. Mostly he sings the Bye-o Bye-o lullaby that I sing to him at nap times, but I've heard him hum other little ditties, too. It is just too adorable for words to have a singing toddler. The boy can barely talk, but he is a wonderful singer!

That's Beatrice in the background giving her two cents.

I also love that the first frame of this movie is Obie giving us his Harrison Ford half grin. What mama wouldn't love a boy who looks like Han Solo??

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Here's a little glimpse of our Easter Egg Hunt. The weather was beautiful for Easter this year and we took advantage of it! Enjoy!

I'll get more pictures from Maggie's Birthday Extravaganza soon.

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Here are two videos of Obie tooling around at Grandma and Grandpa Keehn's house. Our visit there was Obie's first taste of Spring as a walking, talking, adventuring, discovering little boy. He got to chase birds and throw balls and dig in the dirt and sniff flowers. All of the kids had a great time playing outside - all day long Maggie and Bee were playing in the clubhouse or the wooded hills. Every so often I'd hear the front screen door slam shut and know that they were still alive. And when better to be alive than Spring??

Possibly, though, the best part about visiting down south for their Spring was that when we came back up north Spring had started here, too! This is the first March in over a century that it hasn't snowed once the entire month! We have crocuses blooming and daffodils and tulips shooting up out of the ground. There are robins and other Spring birds every where. It is amazing!

I've always loved Autumn so much, but when you live in Minnesota Spring definitely takes the cake!

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Here we have Obie doing all of his tricks. He's starting to talk and he can definitely parrot. The only thing missing from this segment is "nooo!" which he says a lot. At the Y tonight the woman in the babysitters said she had him saying red and green. By this time next week he'll be reciting nursery rhymes!!

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Of course, today's movie had to feature Beatrice's 4th Birthday! Here she is blowing out the candles and enjoying her cake and ice cream!!

Somewhere the girls got the idea that Bee wouldn't actually be four until she blew the candles out on her cake. You can hear her tell us that she's four now! (You all remember, though, that her birthtime was at 1:57 am, right?)

Oh, and Happy Birthday to our new baby niece/cousin, Avery Jane McElya!! She was born early this morning to a very happy Aunt Carrie and Uncle Mike. She missed Bee's birthday by a fraction, but it's still a very special day!!

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Uno has become a very popular pastime in our house lately. Both girls love to play and know all the rules. We've been playing with every one's cards face up so that we can keep the game flowing. Beatrice loves to play the skip card. Maggie loves to win. Here's a movie of a recent very long game.

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Here's a movie of Obie enjoying our recent Water Park Christmas with the Supan side of the family. It has occurred to me that Obie is being featured in most of the Monday Movies. I'll try to get my girlies up here next week.

(Note: the water park is a very loud place. You may want to turn your computer's volume waaaaay down for this one!)

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Well, we woke up to snow showers this morning and the kids instantly began bugging me to go outside. So, here's a video of all three of them enjoying the flurries. I apologize in advance for the segment with Obie's really runny nose. Yes, it's gross and snotty, but he's such a cute boy I'm sure you won't even notice!

(PS: Please say a quick prayer that Autumn comes back to Minnesota. My sanity may depend on it!!!)

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Here are my two favorite Little Guys!! Aren't they cuties??

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I finally got a movie up on a Monday! Yay, Me!! In this clip we see Obie eating his favorite vegetable, Corn, and we can also hear the non-stop jabber that comes from my girls at meal times. (All the time, really!) Enjoy!!

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Goodhue County Fair

Zumbrota, MN

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As promised here is your first Monday Movie. In this clip we see Obie doing all of his newest and greatest tricks: Playing "So Big", clapping, crawling, and clucking his tongue. Enjoy!!

Obie's First Ice Cream

Obie got his first taste of mint chocolate chip ice cream on his sister's birthday. He doesn't seem to be very impressed by sweets yet! A boy this sweet doesn't need ice cream!!

(These voices belong to Mommy, Daddy, and Grandma Supan.)