Pictures between events

Trying on Josiah's kepi.  "Who turned out the lights!"

The cookie's last view.

Hands up!  Or i will fire my popgun past your right ear.

Bleaagh!

Silence, the king speaks.

Okay, i am ready to nurse now.   Didn't i say, 'NOW'

Cocoa puffs of a galactic size.

Hannah:  "Josiah, does God send satellites to punish people?"
Josiah:  "No, satellites are made by people."
Hannah: "Oh."
Noah, while throwing a lego at Hannah: "Asteroid coming to hit you!"
Hannah:  "Yeah, Asteroids was what I meant, they look like big cocoa puffs."

Worms

  "Look Mom, I've got a worm!  And I''m going to eat it"

Hmm, what is Josiah doing with the air compressor?  Do you think it has anything to do with Judah's new breakfast preferences?

  Aha! We made jello worms.

Daddy thought it would be fun to put some real worms in there with them, so when a little kid grabbed one...

The tricky part was extracting the worms from the straws.  That was what Josiah was doing with the air compressor.

Frogs, Cheesecake, Elisha and Tuttles.

Elisha camera

Making lumpy cheesecake.

Reminds me of the fairy tale where a guy's beard turns into a toad.

he is going to eat me!  Help!

He's got my arm, ouch, help help!

here, I will sacrifice this Turtle to The Dragon

Row, row, row your box. Gently down the carpet.

Dollies and Babies

Elisha doing tongue exercises.

Why are you looking at me

hey! 

Dollie family pictures

One happy little girl.

Burp the baby,

wear the baby.

She has little hands for ears.

Add caption in comments please

Tars

"Trinkle, Trinkle yittle Tar, How I know what you are.  Up above the world so high, yike a dimond in the kye. Trinkle trinkle yittle Tar, how i know, what you are."  These words have been heard sung by Judah this week.

Valkenaarisms-- the goofy things we say that you won't find anywhere else.

Every healthy family (at least we hope) has odd things it says that sound ridiculous to everyone else.  Here are some of ours
1-- Vir Moosh.  It means "very much so," as in "A Vir Moosh bad salad."  Origins-- five year old Hannah wrote a book.  Her spelling is not the greatest, so when big people read her story we can't quite tell what she says. Therefore, when she means to write " 'Do you like it?' 'Yes I do. I like it this very much" it turns out as " 'Do you likit?'  Yes I do.  I likit this ver muush'"  I loved it and made a character in one of my books say, "Vir Moosh."
2-- Mi Gones!  An exclamation of surprise.  It was first seen in Hannah's books, though she insists she never wrote it.

Ah, here is the pink sausage himself

3--Pink Sausage.  None of us know who came up with this one, but it refers to Elisha when he is dressed only in a diaper, and his chubby little legs show, but now just refers to Elisha.

Different Ways To Wear Mouse Ears

I am a robot, fear me!

Mohawk--by Noah De Woah

headphones

Cheese

The, "cool guy look"

That is what ears are supposed to look like.

you wanna pick a fight with me, huh, huh?

No comment

Elisha wearing the ears.

sideways view

top view, and the feet of the cameraman, who happens to be Noah De Woah

and now, the sassy, lopsided ears.

Auuugh! He has ears growing out of his back!

Our Goofy Judah

Judah is a photographer even at his young age.  When he is rich and famous someday these pictures will be worth millions.

Josiah took this one.  Judah's "hillbilly" look.

Judah's picture of Grandpa taking a picture of him taking a picture of Grandpa taking a picture of him taking a picture of...

Upside down room filled with toys, by Judah.

the hand of upside down Elisha

The upside down hiny of Noah, it is part of the "upside down" series.

An upside down Elisha.

Ah, a lovely view of the ceiling.

Silly Judah.

Apologies.

I am incredibly sorry for the grammatical errors in the last post.  I did not capitalize my I's and I made several other mistakes.  My blog is not texting, it is a representative of my literary capabilities.  I should have edited before I posted.  I hope you will forgive me and forget that post ever happened.
                                                       Sincerely, Michaella Anne Valkenaar

September 24 2011--Sherman and Hannah

Daddy got involved in a movie about the civil war and Sherman's march through Georgia.  We knew the people doing the movie, and they said that Daddy looked like General Sherman. Soooo, one thing led to another, and after a period of a couple of months waiting, we were informed we were filming in Herman Mo.  The filming was at a reenactment there.  Daddy and I drove down on a Saturday.  On the way down Daddy had to learn his lines.  He has to say, "burn crops, kill livestock and consume anything that will aid the rebels"  But Daddy kept making mistakes and saying, "Kill crops, burn livestock..."  He finally got it right.  At the reenactment, the camera crew set up Sherman's tent in the confederate camp.  Daddy got the award for most makeup in "Sons Of Georgia" Hope you get the idea.  It took awhile.  May it never be forgotten that I held a makeup bag.

Old and grey W.T S.

"I'm gonna make Georgia howl!"

Back home.

Finally catching up.

And now, Hannah's birthday party! "applause"

Rip! tear!       Noah--"Hmm, preeesnts. let me help you with that wrapper."

Judah, always the dignified two year old, or is he asleep?

Ah, a beautiful sight.  Cut it open already!

I have no idea what is going on here.