Childhood Revisited

We had an awesome Snoopy phone when we were kids, we spent many hours pretending to call so many people.  I loved it.  For years now, I've looked for that phone in every thrift & antique store we visit.  Finally, I found it last year on eBay for a decent price, unfortunately, the listing was incorrect and it did NOT work as the seller said it would.  So, it's been sitting on my counter, a bit of nostalgia for me to see every day.  This week, I finally decided that it was time for the boys to experience the same fun I had with mine.  They have been calling and talking to so many "people"!  I love that it stimulates their imaginations and it's fun hearing their conversations.  Anywho, I got a video of Carl playing with it the other day, he's been running from the camera lately, so I felt pretty lucky to have gotten it!  Thought you might enjoy it too.

Cheese!

 

A Little Video

 

Drummers

Cheapest drum set EVAH!

Frozen blueberries make excellent face paint

Stormy Night at the Zoo

Here are some pictures I took on the way to Members Night at the Memphis Zoo this past Sunday.  We were under a tornado watch, but decided to head out anyway.

I see a bull, what do you see?

The cats were out and way more active than we've seen so far.  My camera was dying though...  :(

This is a Serval

Look how close you can get!

The Tigers were pacing all around

I'd just missed a shot of the front one rolling on its back.

The light was weird and the camera kept focusing on the bars.  I took more of the cats, but they didn't turn out, and the camera kept dying.

I finally got to see it's face!  I missed the shot of it climbing the tree, maybe next time!

Did I mention that it was raining?

We finally got a long enough window free from rain and lightning to make a run for the car.  The majority of our time was spent running from covered area to covered area.  The boys loved it, especially when we had to walk through a lake in the middle of the zoo to get back to the entrance.  It came about halfway up the stroller! 

I know it's blurry, but it made me think of a Maxfield Parrish painting

On the way home, the tornado sirens came on.  The clouds around us were putting on a beautiful light show and then the siren started and it was just terrifying, especially since the clouds I was watching are where the tornado was spotted!  These are some pictures I took from in front of our house.  I put the battery to charge as soon as we got home and then ran outside after a couple minutes to try and get a few pictures of the light show.  It was multiple flashes a second and it went on for a few hours.  Simply amazing.

I was trying out the different settings on my camera, trying to capture the lightning.  This was fireworks I believe, not really what I was going for, but still pretty.

Night setting, just a longer shutter

Sorry for the video going in & out of focus, not really sure why, but this video was the best of the 3 that I took. 

This n That

Who has the right of way in this situation?

Can you spot the Carl?

 

Who needs a door?

Ooops, maybe I did...

Helping Dada make pancakes

I made a bag...

...it's reversible!

Snack sharing, Carl just climbed up on Jack's lap and helped himself to his snack!  Jack was only a little ok with it...  :)

First taste of dirt, do you think he liked it?

You want some Mama?