Relativity...

While driving we responded to the classic question from the backseat:

About 5 more minutes.

Atticus: The slow 5 minutes or the long 5 minutes?

Us: What do you mean?

Atticus: You know how in time out it's the long 5 minutes?

Random Family Stuff...

After dropping Atticus off to school I was walking through the garage and saw this:It made me think of some other fun pictures from the past few weeks.

Yippee...Ryan is finally almost 15 pounds!

(As verified by our favorite Winn Dixie greengrocer, Gene.)

I found this random shot on my camera. I thought Atticus did a pretty great job of capturing our obsessions simultaneously: Atticus's transformers, my keyboard, and Wyatt's 2 favorite books.

A few Saturdays ago Atticus did some accessorizing. He used boxers, briefs, AND boxer-briefs...So diplomatic.

Safety first for Ryan at Lowe's.

I'll take naked-vacuumer over naked-napper any day.

Circle of Life?

Atticus had a fantastic time last night catching lizards with Gavyn and MaKayla Russ. He keeps them in his peanut-butter-jar-turned-terrarium and was petting one on the way home from conference today.

We overheard him say, "Oh, my lizard is taking a nap. How cute."

Nervous sideways glances in the front seat.

"Oh, he woke up again. That was a quick nap."

Sighs of relief in the front seat.

"Kindergarten's Pretty Easy"

Atticus has informed me that "Kindergarten's pretty easy."I should think so...He only went 2 of the first 5 days!

Thanks to warnings for Tropical Storm Fay Sumter County only had school on Monday and Wednesday this week.

(It mostly drizzled in Wildwood until the weekend.)

First Day of Kindergarten!

Atticus Jonah Boone

8/18/2008

Wildwood Elementary School

Mrs. Strickland

A very patient woman. :)

Coggy Doggy Mania...

Once again Grandma gets props for a super-cool gift.

We worked on Coggy Doggy a lot after Georgia, then mommy needed a break.

We pulled it out again and rediscovered how fun it is to create.

Even Ryan got in on the action, to the dismay of brothers.

(I love the buns in the background!)
The finished product...

Family Olympics, Summer 2008

All eyes were on Florida last night as "Family Olympics, 2008 - Wildwood" kicked off at Boone stadium. The opening events were simply the beginning of a 2-week celebration of culture and competition some call...the Summer Olympics.

The players: Atticus Jonah, Gabriel Wyatt, Ryan Sierra

The Officials: Daddy and Mommy

Atticus rocked the standing long jump with a whopping 52".
But it was Ryan who took the gold when height to jump ratio was considered.

Turns out white girls CAN jump!

Some groupies joined up part way through.

Reagan MacKenzie and Samantha Lee were tremendous assets to Team Boone.

The sprint was the favorite event of all five athletes.
The girls especially loved that the finish tape was hot pink.

NBC news crew scheduled to record the games were held up with flat tires.

Luckily we had out little digital camera.

(It reminds Paris of the old silent movies.)

The pole climbing event was harrowing.

And, of course, tree swinging.

Wyatt got perfect 10's.

The invasion of two monkeys into Olympic Stadium was something all in attendance are sure to remember for the rest of their lives.

We can only hope the Olympians in China have as good a time as we did.

(Doubtful.)

To Swing or Not to Swing...

After hours of enjoyment on Grandad's huge bag swing...



Wyatt and Atticus decided we needed a rope swing in our yard, too.

They picked a tree small enough for Atticus to climb...

And this result, seemingly pathetic in comparison, also provided hours of entertainment.

I love how he has to flex his feet hard so they don't hit

and how his little buns just miss the ground.