The O face - by Jacob

My little sister, Claire, makes the O face.


I was supposed to be doing school the other day, but I snuck my mom's camera into the cozy room to take a few pictures of Claire. Out of the 54 pictures and 2 videos I took, about a dozen were of Claire making her O face.








None of these were staged or rehearsed. She just likes to make that face all the time. So we all make that face back to her... positive reinforcement at it's finest.

Here's a video of her trying to eat the camera cord...you'll notice the glistening O face throughout. She likes to drool, too.



Til next time - J. T. Petersen

Katy sings for the masses

It's that time of year again. The trees start to bud, the flowers start to bloom, even the carnies awaken from their winter slumber.

The Denton Jazz and Arts Fest today was a great example. A lovely day to taste and see and hear Denton at it's finest
(or not ?)



Finest: Katy's 4th and 5th grade choir got to sing on an indoor air conditioned stage. She's on the top left.



Not so finest: Not sure Emily realized she was filming...





Finest: The Jazz Fest is by one of the nicer playgrounds

Amanda climbing up


Emily climbing down


Claire is real excited...YEAH!!!

Katy and Jacob were watching everyone else...and I was watching them


Becca was sliding..and I snapped this one at just the right time.


Not so finest: We didn't ride any of the "rides" They wanted $2 - $4 per kid for one trip through a bouncehouse/tunnel thing or a scary (old and wobbly) little ferris wheel.






Finest: Katy got to do a little painting in the kids free arts and craft tent.

Not so finest: Some little kid painted on his paper and hers :(







Finest: The kids like to take pictures with my camera. Sometimes they do a great job. Thank you, Jacob.


Not so finest: Sometimes they take pictures of random stuff or the people sitting around us. Good job, Amanda.




Finest: Claire was sharing her Kix with Amanda....

Not so finest: During the last song, Amanda starts telling me that "Claire needs more Kix"...louder and louder and louder. I think Amanda ate all Claire's cereal and Amanda wanted some more :)



Finest: We have many memories of being at the Jazz Fest over the years... Darren has played with all kinds of bands: UNT lab bands, Pecos River Brass, Inner City All Stars....

Not so finest: Which usually meant Darren was on stage while I was the main parental unit for our offspring. This year was no different. Daddy was playing his axe at a church conference, so I was still the main parental unit. Missed you daddy.
And you too, Bonhams.
But the offspring did great.

Wizard of the Bob

Out of the blue, this morning my funny 2 yr old says, " I want to see Wizard of the Bob. You know the one with that green guy, the witch."

Yes, I know the one with the witch...I just can't believe it left such an impression on her that she still brings it up, month and months and months later. We had read the book with the girls and then we watched the movie. So did Amanda.



Just because she can say it now, doesn't mean she gets to watch it again, anytime soon.