Pictures of your offspring
I know we had a thread like this somewhere around here, but I can't find. I'm starting this thread because I took what I think is a really cool pic of my son Maverick at the beach yesterday. Here it is.
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And here's my other son Aden. He obviously wants you all to think he's a little bit retarded. (he pulled that face on purpose about 5 mins ago after asking how come I don't have a pic of him on this thread also) Jealousy is a curse I guess.
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I know we had a thread like this somewhere around here, but I can't find. I'm starting this thread because I took what I think is a really cool pic of my son Maverick at the beach yesterday.
Here it is.
lol...my pets are generally a lot easier to look after than my kids. Not to mention how they give me less back chat! ;)
very cool little dudes! handsome, too
wow, she IS beautiful! Lucky girl.
Nice looking boys there Ali.
Cloud, that pic of your daughter looks a lot like Liv Tyler.
Like father, like daughter...
Nice looking boys there Ali.
Even the retarded looking one? lol
Cute kidlette there Flint. :)
Little Miss Smooth
And the son, who takes after me in every good and bad way possible.
ooh, spaghetti boy and curly girl.
@ classic--it's the pic; she doesn't really look like Liv Tyler much.
Awesome kids SM (killer eyess - WOW) & Flint - Rock on lil girl.
Ali - you'll be able to blackmail him with that one - or at least put it in his senior yearbook - lol
...I took what I think is a really cool pic of my son Maverick at the beach yesterday.
It
is a really cool pic.
great pics, Jinx, and a lovely, lovely daughter!
of course they're all great--they're Cellerbabies!
Awesome, everybody!
Lil flintster/pookiester looking over her shoulder is so cool! She's looking over - wants to be like dad!
Yeah, what's funny is, we're both doing, and thinking, the same thing.
Ali - you'll be able to blackmail him with that one - or at least put it in his senior yearbook - lol
Oh I have much better ones than that for his important adult dates. ;)
I'm not sure if it's just me, but all the kids on here so far are gorgeous. Doesn't anyone on the cellar produce questionable offspring? lol
No kidding. It's like a bunch of GapKids models in here.
Well, I do have a mutant child we call "spiderboy."
oh yes, it's always fun walking down the hall and seeing footprints at eyelevel. lol
We live in LA.
Our kids were born on Sunset Blvd.
How could they not be simply FABULOUS?
Spiderboy: :lol2: !!
And I used to climb doorways like that too!
I'm gonna try that when I get home! Just gotta make sure I don't put my foot through the wall ... or break something. :0)
argh... can't get my pics to a reasonable enough size to attach here! :(
argh... can't get my pics to a reasonable enough size to attach here! :(
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Darlets 1 (on right) and 2.
Darlets 1 (on right) and 2.
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where do you live again?
i mean not that im asking for any particular reason or anything cough...
ETA, it might be a good idea to ask,
how old are they?
lol @ Ibby - Atta boy - way to get back into the game
@Clod: adorable! Lookit all the wrinkly folds on the wittle one! And what an expression on her face! :D
@Dar: I bet you've got your hands full with those two, they're gorgeous!
@Griff: I love moments like those, wish I saw more of them between my own two.
holey smoley. They're ALL GORGEOUS!
Damn y'all got some great lookin kids!
hebe ...as Hebe
hector.... *sigh* (yes, we know, sheldon)
then thor..... *double sigh*
:lol:
GREAT kids. Really.
<sigh>...makes me wish I had some of my own...almost.
Blimey
I can't remember who said it, but it really is like a commercial for impossible to attain beuty on the child front.
Congrats on all your gorgeous children.
Clod, your photos always crack me up.
I love your inflatable daughter! And you've chosen one to make her look like a ventriloquist's dummy too :)
Might have been the same person who said "All babies look like Winston Churchill."
Clod, I literally burst out laughing at your daughter's expression!! Awesome! :lol: Your son has lost his babyfat and grown up so much since I last remember seeing pics. Still cute as ever though.
Great pics, everyone!
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where do you live again?
i mean not that im asking for any particular reason or anything cough...
ETA, it might be a good idea to ask,
how old are they?
:cool: Applicants are required to submit school transcripts, letters of recommendation from parents and teachers describing your morals and standards, as well as a five page essay on the virtues of abstinence.
And then you have to get past the Uncle Chucks :eek:
They have two Uncles named Chuck. Both have a fondness for guns and knives and are very protective of their nieces.
They're junior and sophomore in high school.
This was taken at about two months old... newer pics are stuck on my cam until my uplink cable can be found...
They're junior and sophomore in high school.
oh, so they're the perfect age then..!
;)
oh, so they're the perfect age then..!
;)
*shrug* If you like drama and trauma. :cool:
Ibby's an actor.
He lives for drama.
could do without the trauma though, i think...
Depends on what caused it ;)
My youngest with a baby wild boar.
Youngest.
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Merc, wow!
So cute I don't know whether to kiss it or eat it!
And you have a lovely daughter too :)
Jester - hubba hubba!
20 years too young for me, but very nicely packaged all the same.
This was two months ago at Plimouth Plantation.
From last weekend's tournament.
2.0 with a new friend
Hmmm. 3 tries and I give up. It is showing I've successfully uploaded the pic, but it isn't displaying it. I'll try it later.
OK, here is Lil Lookout making cutting in for a cross. And the pic of 2.0 with his new friend. He was very tired but he is such a trooper at these weekend long tournaments.
I posted in the Makeup thread about my daughter's purple hair. So here she is:
Great action shot Lookout. And sleepy shot of course.
And very cool hair Juniper. Our office cleaner let her son dye his hair blue during the summer holidays. He didn't have to worry about permanent staining as he's black, but it did mean he thought my hair was super-cool when it was blue. I'm all for children being allowed to experiment with colour, in fact it stops it being a rebellion thing. Time and a place and all that of course.
Have you tried hair mascara by the way? It doesn't penetrate the hair, and washes out, so it can even be done for a weekend or a party.
Hey lookout, why doesn't he have any grass stains? Even his shoes are clean.
He's a forward. *[COLOR="Silver"]says the fullback[/COLOR]*
Like Griff said. That and I've hammered the following message into his school over and over again: you're smaller than the people you play against, if you go to ground you lose. Don't let them catch you.
To be fully accurate though I'd have to point out that he has different shoes for different fields and he is obsessive so he personally cleans all of his gear after each game.
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he is obsessive so he personally cleans all of his gear after each game.
I predict that LL will be a great success at whatever he undertakes. He has the desire and more important the discipline to do well.
Here are some pictures that have nothing to do with soccer. unusual for us, I know.
That second one is really a cool shot. To many freaking adorable sprogs around here :D
I love it when you can tell kids are related. They look so much alike, even with the age difference.
and here are all my children and grandchildren together, plus one son-in law.
ETA: ah, rats--you can't see it. It's a scanned pic. Will have to see if I can get a digital copy from the ex.
the newly braceless beestmonsterlets, RFN
very very nice. make sure they keep those trutainers where no animals can get near them. dogs freaking love the things.
I love this thread. Kids are awesome, and Cellar kids are awesomer!
Those are some wonderful smiles!
I love this thread. Kids are awesome, and Cellar kids are awesomer!
All our kids are above average. :)
Those are some wonderful smiles!
Monster's kids do that a lot...they are a happy looking bunch!
For those who wonder how Lil Lookout finds the energy to play 5 games of soccer in a weekend, I present you with his secret. 24 ozs of coffee before every game. WooHoo! ;)
Ha! That's a great pic, lookout! Great kid!
The Brits will object to it though!
I think lookout is telling us a furfy. ;)
yep, that's what I was talking about. :)
While I'm in this thread, here's Aden (left) receiving his award for maths at his recent graduation. He shared it with another boy (Alex) who competed consistently throughout the year in maths.
Well done boys. :)
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Maths? You mean there's more than one? :eek:
republican and democrat of course.
Maths? You mean there's more than one? :eek:
math NOUN: Mathematics.
maths NOUN: Chiefly British (used with a sing. verb) Mathematics.
They're still trying to figure out how to stick a U in it. ;)
Wow, Ali - major congrats to Aden, you must be so proud.
Lookout... dirty boy ;)
math NOUN: Mathematics.
maths NOUN: Chiefly British (used with a sing. verb) Mathematics.
"Maths" actually makes more sense than "math" because "mathematics" is plural and so is "maths." But it sounds funny.
...24 ozs of coffee before every game...
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"Maths" actually makes more sense than "math" because "mathematics" is plural and so is "maths." But it sounds funny.
Mathematics is plural because it is the collection of all the various math disciplines, not a plural of plurals. Them furriners just talks funny.
It's maths because it's an abbreviation of mathematics.
That is all!
Those are all. There are more than one math, right?
It's all called maths because all streams are covered under the one heading over here.
It's not the same as the US.
That's all.
all streams are covered under the one heading over here.
It's not the same as the US.
That's all.
Just don't cross the streams. That would be very bad.
It's maths because it's an abbreviation of mathematics.
That is all!
It's all called maths because all streams are covered under the one heading over here.
It's not the same as the US.
That's all.
You sure? :)
YES I'M SURE!
THAT IS ALL!!!
While I'm in this thread, here's Aden (left) receiving his award for maths at his recent graduation. He shared it with another boy (Alex) who competed consistently throughout the year in maths.
Well done boys. :)
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That's cute, but why are they getting the award from George Bush?
That's Pat Purcell. He recently had to 'resign' because he thought it'd be ok to smack a couple of his staff over the back of the head.
I wish he wasn't in the picture.
My kids need guidance. Three of them. This is my "good girl." The other two are reprobates.
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Guidance, you say? I know a bloke, recently out of work, experienced at slapping heads...
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Shame on you, buying booze when the child has no shoes. :haha:
I spent 14 days in Mexico last month looking exactly like that.
So much beer, so little belly.
"If I can find a way to get this stuff to come out of the dowas, I got it MADE."
"Here's where I keep the cheap stuff for the big people. I'm saving my single-malt scotch for a special occasion."
"Great, thanks! What are YOU guys gonna drink?"
"Seriously, Dad? I told you not to buy crap like Corona!"
This is Mav practicing for being homeless some day. We picked up the babys' cot yesterday and Mav decided he wanted to sleep in the box with all the foamy stuff. Looks like he likes it. I guess I don't have to worry about him if he ever loses everything. lol
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This is Aden's first 'shiner'. He was wrestling with some friends yesterday arvo and copped an elbow to the cheekbone. I think it's going to be very colourful come the end of today.
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Nina is growing up so quickly. She's about 19 months old and she's speaking Vietnamese and English. I am sure she's going to be much taller than my wife and me.
I'll post up a few fairly recent pics of her.
She's beautiful - [COLOR="White"]must take after your wife[/COLOR];)
My wife isn't bad looking either. She got skinny again right after we had Nina. She wants another one now.
very cute radar.
I did not know he was your type.
fuck. you, hlf! punctuations, not: really, something' I? worried, about;
don't worry lookout - he's just jealous
Ali, I meant to ask you whether it was a Boori cot on another thread.
But in the UK, Boori assemble the cot and take the packaging away, so I guess not.
Still, if the box is good enough to sleep in... whydya waste ya money on a COT?! Favouritism :headshake
I'd love an update on the shiner too please!
Radar, you have a beautiful wife and an absolutely gorgeous daughter.
And I am so pleased you are raising her to be bi-lingual.
Years ago I got a cab to the airport in New York, and the taxi driver said proudly that he was French and his wife Polish (or the other way round) but his children grew up to speak only American. I thought that was sad. I'm not big on roots (we're all mongrel over here) but I know how hard it is to learn a foreign language, and how wonderful it is to have one without effort. I envied my schoolfriends from Italian families enormously.
Ali, I meant to ask you whether it was a Boori cot on another thread.
But in the UK, Boori assemble the cot and take the packaging away, so I guess not.
Still, if the box is good enough to sleep in... whydya waste ya money on a COT?! Favouritism :headshake
I'd love an update on the shiner too please!
It made me laugh when I saw your comment about a Boori cot. Over here, Boori is a derogatory word for an aboriginal person. Oh the cultural divide is so great even though we try to pretend it's not. lol
Aden helped me put it together. It was pretty simple actually. Only took about 10 minutes, so I was happy. 10 mins is about as long as I can spend bending over these days. lol
I really don't know why Mav wanted to sleep in it, but it's not the first time. He still loves playing in boxes when he gets the chance. He's still a kid and I'm very glad. Aden is growing up way too fast imo. I wish he'd slow down, but I don't think it's reversable.
The shiner is mostly gone now. I meant to take a pic of it the other day when it was at its most colourful, but it's pretty much back to normal now. He's been telling everyone he got a backhander for being a smart mouth to me. lol Little bugger!
My father says he sees my wife in our daughter, but my wife and I both see all me. Though sometimes her expressions remind me of my grandmother on my mother's side.
Here's a photo of me when I was a little one. We have the same curly red hair, etc.
My niece, who is like a daughter to me:
My middle boy, my dad, and the oldest child (21):
My mom and my daughter:
@ radar - WOW! what the heck happened to you? I agree now - she does look a lot like you too.
@onyx - great Pics - nice looking family.
Aden on the left, Mav on the right.
eta: Just a minor brag. Aden was selected for the 'Academic Excellence' class for his year. We are as pleased as punch that all the hard work he put in last year has really paid off and he's now been offered this opportunity.
Awesome Ali!
What handsome young men. :)
It's cool that your school year matches your calendar year.
Up here, we refer to an academic year with two years. (e.g. 2008-2009)
My babygirl Lorelei and My son Mack
and for shits and giggles...here is the whole clan...my daughter, my son, my hubby, and me at our wedding in June of 2008
Young Master Dallas scarfs sushi in honor of his birthday.
MMmmm I'm jealous. What is that... tuna and cali rolls?
I was thinking they were cut up ho-hos. lol
My wife and I stayed with our son's family for Christmas and I took portraits of everyone on XMAS eve. My wife bought them all Christmas type PJs. The baby was only 2 weeks old.
My daughters, Bridget and Deirdre, taken last summer at their grandmothers funeral event.
This is what they looked like about 15 years ago. I used to take them out a few times goose and duck hunting. They were too young to shoot but they did enjoy the outings with me and also drinking hot chocolate. I'm glad that they have both grown up with a deep and lasting friendship, sometimes siblings don't get along.
Love that last pic Chris. Those will be some memorable events for them and a great pic to remember it by.
Awesome Ali!
What handsome young men. :)
Thanks Shawnee. They're lucky that's for sure.
It's cool that your school year matches your calendar year.
Up here, we refer to an academic year with two years. (e.g. 2008-2009)
Yeah, I think I'd find it annoying having the year split in two, but really your big break for the kids revolves around summer just as ours does, which I think is great for the kids.
here's the little guy.....yes, it's the same kid, only a few hours apart....
well hockey is tiring mum!
not too old to have fun on the playground.
MMmmm I'm jealous. What is that... tuna and cali rolls?
Exactly, very impressive. I put personally sushi into two categories: stuff made out of seafood that I'd never eat, and .. umm, OK, one category.
My wife and I stayed with our son's family for Christmas and I took portraits of everyone on XMAS eve. My wife bought them all Christmas type PJs. The baby was only 2 weeks old.
The "Huh? What planet am I on?" expression on the baby's face is priceless.
This is what they looked like about 15 years ago. I used to take them out a few times goose and duck hunting. They were too young to shoot but they did enjoy the outings with me and also drinking hot chocolate. I'm glad that they have both grown up with a deep and lasting friendship, sometimes siblings don't get along.
Well, the family that slays together, stays together.
Dayum - there are some handsome and gorgeous offspring in this group!
I'll try to get some pics of my ankle-bitin', crumbsnatchers up at some point but y'all are a tough act to follow.
She's adorable. Can I have her hair? :)
Wow V! you have some beautiful kids. Well done.
My Drummer Boys and Morgi in her new Big Girl Bed!!
Wow! A big girl bed. Cute. :)
(did she fall out yet)
Disclaimer: Just turned 13.
Name of her private gym. Gymnastics Training Center of Ohio.
It reminded me of a motor oil logo, but I figured she wasn't on a pit crew.
Big girl! The picture's already out of date though, she has teeth now. :D
Oh my goodness! What chubby cheeks she has. :)
I enjoy pictures of Flint because he would never, ever post them if it was up to him. Thanks, Pooka.
And there's no reason not to post that pic, it's beautiful, he's showing what he loves to a next generation of players. It is the epitome of parenting, to show what you love to them, and how much you love it. Not so they learn what you love, but that they learn to love - they learn to appreciate that joy for their whole lives.
Codfobble... those are some delicious looking "kissing pads"... I bet you smooch the hell out of those!!
UT- Thats why I post them... I agree... Flint is an amazing Papa... and an amazing drummer.
My bigger two littles:
My littlest little:
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Tiki, those children are *adorable*... how fun!
:) thanks! The pics are a couple of years old now... I'll have to dredge up more recent ones.
Ducks - wow - they look so grown up already!
Every day seems to bring changes.
Tiki - cute kids... but I have to ask. What is in the hotdog's mouth?! Looks a little grim!
But yes, post us some more - we're kid fans here. Even a sourpuss like me :)
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Tiki - cute kids... but I have to ask. What is in the hotdog's mouth?! Looks a little grim!
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Carmel.
Thanks! Thank heaven they look like their mother! I sure do love them.
I say the same about my girls. :D
Carmel.
Isn't that a ski resort?
SonofV last winter.
Oh wow. Will be a heartbreaker like his Dad!
First day of school for Tyler and kinder for Addison...
Hmmmm...someone doesn't look to happy about kinder. lol And someone else looks a bit fed up with the attitude in the second pic.
They remind me of Mav and Aden. A gets fed up with M not smiling and being happy about stuff.
One of the (four thousand) recently recovered photos that was makin me happy the other day. Now he can make you happy too!
SonofV, age 7.
Oldest:
Middle:
Smallest:
Three kids and three computers. Do they each have their own?
Youngest reminds me so much of a little girl who used to be my daughter's BFF before we moved. Middle one looks like he'd get along great with my almost-11 year old boy, especially since he has gummy bears! :D
Juni's kids and some friends from Disney:
Three kids and three computers. Do they each have their own?
Sort of... one of the computers (the one behind middle and smallest in both pictures) is my shipping computer. They do each have old, slow, useless computers that are pretty much only good for checking email.
Can't believe I missed this thread all these years! There's a whole lot of gorgeousness going on here! Cellar Dwellars are above average, so itr stands to reason their offspring would hbe as well. (BigV, your girl looks like Alicia Silverstone - Keep an eye on that one.) So, my turn to boast....I present to you PrincessOTR, with her new haircut:
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grandson of Banana Lady. Can you read the label? :lol:
How's this for an action shot?
And the oldest -whose hair is really dead straight- after she slept in rollers all night so she could be Victoria from Twilight for a sleepover party....
I love this pic I took of the boys over the weeked. I thought I'd share it with you.
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Ali, I love that picture. Such proud big brothers! :)
Ali that's lovely.
You can ship them over here for a while if you get drowned in testosterone.
Just a few of my many children:
Why, they're beautiful Shel! They look just like you!
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You guys have great looking kids!
Why, they're beautiful Shel! They look just like you!
[SIZE=1]Bald, skinny, and covered in man-juice![/SIZE]
Yup. Chips off the old cock.
:lol2:
I was wondering WTF Sheldon was doing posting in the "pictures of my offspring" thread. Can you be a closet straight?
:lol2:... Can you be a closet straight?
You're straight? hehehehe
A couple of prom pics of my son & his date.
extra pic before going
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at the prom
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Wow...was his date the hottest girl in school??? :D
Very nice pics Jester. :)
He mostly likely thinks so. That's actually his ex and she lives in Florida, but she came up for the Prom. Their still really good friends. And thank you.
All the "offspring" pics here are great. A bunch of great lookin' kids.
Grandauther Emily at T minus 3 months
reminded me of...
These kids are now 21 and 24 years old. The pic is from back in my single-mom days when we lived in a house trailer. We had a lot of fun back then. :)
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Ren Faire this past weekend........
Here's our little Maxy. :)
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Oh my goodness, he is so darn cute! He looks like he's thinking hard about something. :)
You want cute? Here's a cute one.
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eta: This was at my dad's place a few weeks ago. He wont fit in there next time we go up. He'll have to have a shower with mum or dad instead.
Here's my son. My kids range from 25 yoa down to 21 mos
My kids are grown and on their own. They have been for 10 years now for Rae and 9 for Shawn. They turn 29 and 27 in July. This picture was taken exactly a year ago. Now I just need grandkids to have pictures of. Rae has been married for 5 years, yet her hubby isn't ready yet, hes driving us nuts. She is more than ready. Shawn is a whole other story and no kids is good news lol.
We are a short bunch for sure, with Shawn the tallest at 5' 7" to my 5"
You want cute? Here's a cute one.
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eta: This was at my dad's place a few weeks ago. He wont fit in there next time we go up. He'll have to have a shower with mum or dad instead.
That little guy is the cutest! Dangit, when can I have another one already?
Here's my son. My kids range from 25 yoa down to 21 mos
Nice shirt. ;)
This is my first post, so I know no one knows me yet, but your children are all stunning. Here are my little offspring...
My oldest and youngest on the 4th of July...
And my middle man:
That didn't work so well, PM. Maybe you can upload it here.
PM me, PM, if you want instructions.
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I thought I'd revive this thread with a pic of Max that I took the other day.
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He's adorable. Looks like he's gonna be a little rascal too...just has that gleam in his eyes.
And a determined set to his chin.
lol, thanks Pico. He's pretty sweet really, although he's quite precocious too. I think it'd because he's being brought up in a house with two teenagers and parents, so he's learned to speak up or not be heard. I'm amazed at how well he's turning out to be honest. I've been a bit of a fruit loop most of his life so far.
On the way out the door this morning. "Hey, turn around!"
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V, nice looking young man
That's an awesome picture.
I've got one from the weekend I should share.
Thank you!
I concur, and our opinion is shared among his circle of friends, including lately... girls. It's gonna be a fun ride. :blush:
On a Cub Scout camping trip to the Chesapeake over the weekend.
AWESOME.
You two look very happy! Keep it up glatt, you'll *never* regret it.
Nice pics from both of you.
All these handsome boys around here. They just look so much like their Dads. :)
I swear, you look exactly the same in every picture, glatt. (Except that one winter shot where your wife thought you looked like your dad.) The kids look bigger every time though, fancy that. Very nice picture!
Here's one I took the other day, after Minifob decided that he needed to match his sister's choice of outfit:
Damn CUTE!! That looks like a Christmas card picture.
What a couple of great looking happy kids!
Two perfect smiles in one photo --- pushing the laws of probability
Very nice.
Oh, but it wasn't one photo--as a rule, I take about 30 photos to try to get one good one, and even then I don't always get lucky. Of course this method is only possible now that everything's digital.
It's hard to realize my oldest just celebrated her 50th birthday.
So now, are grand-kids considered offspring ? I think so.
Here is Abby's 3rd grade school pic, still in that princess and fashion model phase,
favorite of the boys in class, a whiz at reading, and all around great kid.
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Clodfobble, that is a great shot of a couple of adorable kids. "Match outfits"! That's great! They sure look happy. Keep takin pictures--electrons are plentiful, but your time with them at any given stage is scarce and finite.
Two nights ago BD came by to scare up a Halloween costume. As we (and by we, I mean me) were assembling it, she asked what I'd been up to. I told her I'd recently digitized some old videotapes. I told her about a particularly cute one from 1992. She lit up and I played part of it for her. She was so tickled to see herself twenty years ago she actually had me stop the playback a number of times so she could snap a (digital, what else?) picture of the screen to share with her iPhone crew.
Keep up the happy work, they look great!
Lamplighter,
That definitely qualifies as offspring. And that definitely qualifies as one cute kid. I can see how she'd be popular in school. Way to go, Grandpa!
You all have wonderful looking offspring. Apparently the cellar kidlets are high up on the cuteness charts.
holy shit, 1992 was 20 years ago?
I'm not feeling so hot right now...
@ glatt: what clod said was true. Handsome pair.
@Clod, serious adorability there, a pair of mini fobs for sure. You could get lime popsicles for them and pose them in a 60's era kitchen.
holy shit, 1992 was 20 years ago?
I noticed a few days ago that Star Trek: The Next Generation is in the obsolete narrow-screen TV format.
:thepain:
We're old, so very old.
As I said... fashion model phase
She just got a new robe, and likes it A LOT !
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Here's Mav and Katie ready for her formal (prom).
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Handsome. tiny, but handsome.
I'd forgotten about this thread.
I hate to play favorites but we need a thread devoted to pictures of Max. He is dangerously cute.
haha...he'd be very impressed to know you think so foot. I do get a lot of compliments about him and his cuteness irl as well, and because he's quite precocious he's even more endearing to most people except the ones who subscribe to the 'children should be seen and not heard' philosophy.
I'm pretty sure the other boys think they're equally as cute. lol
Katie is tiny. She weighs about 100lb and stands only about 5'3. The most lovely girl though. She's very good for Mav. Really brings out the best in him. :)
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Baby Beans.
She's beautiful! :)
(I had a pink Baby Beans when I was a kid...I'd forgotten about it. I wish I still had it!)
Baby beans is already planning your downfall.
Baby beans is already planning your downfall.
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"Mwahaha!"
Yeah. I'm done for.
Oh yeah Yer toast !!
or would that be Toast and Beans ???
she's showing you your new location/posture for the next couple decades. "see this little finger right here? you and my pinkie are going to get to know each other very, *very* well." [/voice of father of daughter experience]
So beautiful!
Yes, Choco, you are totally done for. :)
She only weighed 300 lbs at birth...
The Oregonian
12/12/03
Baby elephant at Oregon Zoo
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The naming contest has begun...
Beans has a very strong chin for a baby. I think you guys are in trouble. lol
Sooo cute though. :)
She only weighed 300 lbs at birth...
The Oregonian
12/12/03
Baby elephant at Oregon Zoo
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The naming contest has begun...
Is that your wife Lamp? ;)
(this is the pics of your offspring thread after all. It's a reasonable question right?)
Everyone in Oregon claims parentage.
Thanks, all!
A new one -- Beans enjoys the best selling novel, Fish Book.
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(It's delicious.)
she's devouring it!
eta: do you really call her beans? just here on the cellar? cause I think it's perfectly suited and impossibly cute--it doesn't matter--*I'm* callin her Beans. freakin adorable cutie bean.
A lot of times I do actually call her Beans. Her real name is Anna, but I call her "Annabeans," or "Little Bean."
That's my niece's name. :)
She gets a lot of AnnaBanana. ;)
I lived with a girl who called herself AnnaBanana.
I thought it very silly - she was 19 (preggers by the time she was 20 - I guess she liked bananas!)
But Mum used to call me CherryBonBon and my other housemate, who'd known me since grammar school called me Cherry-Berry so really I didn't have a leg to stand on.
I still miss being called Berrily by a friend I lost (Cherrily Berrily, Cherrily Berrily, Gently down the stream).
Beans is a beauty.
My oldest son and frau. Guess he's about 47 He's the one that told me, he didn't like old people. Wear the shoe now
Chocolat: Bean is adorable!
Buster: You've got a fine looking son. Why were they dressed so nice?
My grandson and a friend at his parents wedding. They're both about 3 1/2. They play together and go to the same school. Right now he's telling everyone that she's his sister.
In about 12 years he's going to regret that.;)
He got most of my son's looks. Theres a lot of clone talk.:rolleyes:
To avoid too much gratuitous multi-posting, I'm combining replies.
On the way out the door this morning. "Hey, turn around!"
Stick a guitar in his hand and you have a Springsteen album cover.
I noticed a few days ago that Star Trek: The Next Generation is in the obsolete narrow-screen TV format.
We're old, so very old.
Woot is selling
"retro" toys. I recognized most of them.
As I said... fashion model phase
She just got a new robe, and likes it A LOT !
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Nice attitude. Saw parts of the history of Vogue on some cable channel yesterday. She'd fit right in.
My oldest son and frau. Guess he's about 47 He's the one that told me, he didn't like old people. Wear the shoe now
I like the looks on her face. It's like she's saying "Yep, I caught this one."
Choco, Beans is adorable.
A quick cell phone pic of the kids guarding the tree we picked out this afternoon.
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My grandson and a friend at his parents wedding. They're both about 3 1/2. They play together and go to the same school. Right now he's telling everyone that she's his sister.
In about 12 years he's going to regret that.;)
He got most of my son's looks. Theres a lot of clone talk.:rolleyes:
They look adorable!
SonofV was warming a cheesy garlic breadstick in the microwave the other day. He did a marvelous job of it too, since when he opened the door to the microwave and picked it up, it was too hot to handle. He bobbled it and caught it, burned his fingers again and bobbled it again, repeat, repeat. This was happening right at the open door to the microwave but he was losing the battle as his bats and bumps bounced the bread off the doors of the cabinet, getting lower and lower and lower. He kept with it, I'll give him that, until he was bent over double, hands almost to the floor then, plop. The bread fell on the floor. By this time he'd chased the bread down and to the left as you face the open microwave door. With the bread on the floor, there was no more need to be bent over like that, so he stood up.
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Right under the corner of the open door of the microwave. Ouch. He kept walking forward as the corner of the door, open to the maximum, ploughed a furrow in his back. It was loud, too. Fortunately, blood was only summoned to the surface and not actually drawn. He knew it hurt, but he had no idea what it looked like, so, now we all do.
Oh, the bread? We abide by the five second rule in this house. I leaned over picked it up, and he ate it.
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Ooooh nasty! I'm sure the cheesy bread helped relieve the pain though. ;)
you could call it comfort food.
Ahh, the rule about standing up carefully in a kitchen with high-mounted cupboards (and microwaves) is an important lesson in life. Most people learn it with damage to their head, though.
Love the smug look on the younger (I think?) one.
Thanks :D. They're 7 and 17. The 7 yr old (first pic) was smirking at me because I gave her a hard time about her bangs hanging in her face, so I put a frilly "baby" bow in her bangs and took a picture.
There's a two pack of trouble. They look very happy Stormie!
Minifobette's hair is pulling straight again, the longer it gets. Here she is showing off her new skirt.
She's huge, Clod! In my mind's eye she's still just crawling.
Heh... she's actually quite small for her age. She'll turn five in April, starts Kindergarten in less than a year. :eek:
Kids always look so cute.
You have to admit there are some crazy folks on this site, but they sure do produce great kids!
Heh... she's actually quite small for her age. She'll turn five in April, starts Kindergarten in less than a year. :eek:
I see why Tiger's sister Kitty reminds you of her, I can see the resemblance in reverse. Except that Kitty is BIG for her age - she'll start Reception in September next year.
Wow, I love the look in her eyes.
So defintiely a minifob!
There is so much of you in her.
Very cute. She looks so elfin, I almost expected to see pointed ears.;)
Oh yes, pretty as her mom. :thumb:
My son and I went over to Arlington National Cemetery this morning to help lay wreaths at the graves. I was happy to see the thousands of volunteers who turned out to help.
You're supposed to take your time and read each stone as you are placing the wreath. Take a moment to straighten the bow and make it look nice. We only placed about ten each because there were so many people there to help, but it was a good experience.
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the program, but still haven't raised enough funds to place a wreath on each grave. I'd guess we ran out of wreaths when half the cemetery was covered. Those sections looked nice when we were done though.
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That's a nice action (and a good photo) but I'd rather see the resources diverted to VA. Go and help people like Buster fix his sink, and make sure Big Sarge's meds arrive on time.
Thank you, though.
That's a nice action (and a good photo) but I'd rather see the resources diverted to VA. Go and help people like Buster fix his sink, and make sure Big Sarge's meds arrive on time.
Thank you, though.
There's actually enough coin in this country to do both, it's just that bailouts and corporate welfare don't come cheap, so someone has to pay.
I can't disagree with you, Zen. There is a lot of need out there. An individual volunteer, or even charitable organization, can't do it all. In fact, I think if you look at all the need out there and try to detrmine the best place to help out, you can become overwhelmed and not help at all. But when little opportunities like this come up, it's worthwhile to join in. Like Clodfobble's decorated highway, this will lift the spirits of the people who see it, and it gets my kid in the habit of helping out. And it's a small enough job that you can see what you accomplished. It's also the kind of thing a kid can do.
I don't think you need to defend what you did, Glatt. As I said, we have the resources in this country to do both, that was what you could do and made sense for you to do. It's important to honor the dead AND take care of the living.
They were taking photos at Minifobette's therapy clinic for a little Christmas ornament craft. To get a natural smile on each kid, they were being silly and making faces. Except Minifobette is keenly aware that therapy is serious business and she is 100% compliant. So she promptly did what she thought she was being told to do.
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:lol: :p: back at ya, sweetie!
She is so adorable clodfobble. What a beauty!
Oh boy, a spoon!
Oh! Oatmeal?
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They were taking photos at Minifobette's therapy clinic for a little Christmas ornament craft. To get a natural smile on each kid, they were being silly and making faces. Except Minifobette is keenly aware that therapy is serious business and she is 100% compliant. So she promptly did what she thought she was being told to do.
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Priceless.
Oh boy, a spoon!
Oh! Oatmeal?
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OATMEAL?!
What've you got against oatmeal?
What've you got against oatmeal?
OATMEAL?!
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[beans' expression]OATMEAL?! What the heck is up with OATMEAL?? I ordered milk, warm, shaken not stirred. [/beans' expression]
sorry, I was ... being lazy.
[grossly ignorant] Isn't Beans a little young for solids yet? [/GI]
Zen -- I thought so, too, but turns out babies are okay to start thin solids between 4 and 6 months. (I'd always heard 6 as the start.) Beans is 4.5 months old, now, and at her check up today the pediatrician told us to get started. A few teaspoons once a day to help her body get used to digesting something other than milk. It's also cereal formulated for babies -- like instant mashed potatoes, very smooth.
V -- We'll try rice tomorrow -- hopefully that'll go over a little better. She's 1/4 Asian and 1/4 Hispanic, so she should be genetically predisposed to like rice... :)
I have been trying eva on a few solids over the last couple of weeks. So far no interest at all. Maybe next week. Yes, she is only just hitting 4 months, so no big deal. Just giving her an option. One day she will change her mind. Till then she's happy with her bottle. :)
Choco, did beans cut a tooth yet? I dont think eva is too far off it. Shes been chewing everything in sight. lol
Plenty of drooling and biting, but no teeth just yet. At least the initial frenzy has died down!
Ali, how about a pic of all four kids? :)
Yeah Ali, how ABOUT pictures of all four kids, hmm?
to Chocolatl and Aliantha
I carried SonofV in a sling for a long time, back in the day and I loved it. Here's a link to show how to carry a young baby on your back or side with a single piece of cloth. I hope you enjoy the link, however you carry the baby.
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-carry-your-baby-African-style/?ALLSTEPSI'll post a pic of the whole lot of them soon Choco. Good luck with the teething then. lol
V, I used a sling often with Max. He loved it. Eva isn't so impressed, but maybe she'll get used to it. It's pretty hot weather here since she was born, so maybe she just gets hot. Not sure. I used it with Max till he was almost 2.
We've got a front carrier that I use fairly often. Beans wasn't too impressed with the sling, either -- I think we suffer from the same heat problem.
Since the ladies offered nuttin' - Here are my three.
there's an "adopted" joke in there somewhere, but honestly, I just want to say, what a beautiful family! Sir, you have a great deal to be proud of!
boy #2 is more elusive since he's moved to Cincinnati. I'll get him next time.
OMG Classic, The son on the right is like mini-classic. Gorgeous kids, good thing you've got two flankers for your dau.
Triliobyte: That's a handsome boy. His hat's on backwards. Is he in the music business? Does he call you dude?
I love these cellar offspring!
He really is mini-Classic!
Nice lookin' kid, Trilby. Tell him I said 'yo.' :)
I love these pictures of older kids. One, because you can really see the resemblance to their parent dwellars more, and two, because even though people start to get tired of you by the time you've been around for a dozen years, big kids need just as much attention as the adorable little'uns.
Triliobyte: That's a handsome boy. His hat's on backwards. Is he in the music business? Does he call you dude?
thanks.
Yes.
No.
No.
He's a die-hard baseball/football/basketball fan.
he's also a ref for basketball and an ump for baseball. he actually got certified at OSU! But he's a business major so all he cares about is money and really horribly superficial women and working out. But he's my precious and I loves him. He's also a rabid Christian Republican. We have interesting talks.
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I'd forgotten about that Cake song. Thanks! I really liked it.
and yeah, my son is in those lyrics somewhere. Definitely.
danny my magician son....
He really, really , really loves his job.
Ha! That elf picture is great!
I'm on a binge....the job has it's perks....
last one....promise! these are the people he hangs out with...Danny is in the black half ninja mask...
onnnnnnnne more....with flapper
He's quite the social butterfly. Looks happy!
Shoot, babba - I thought I saw me in my twenties there, with pink hair.
No more pics of Mr Hottie please, you know how I am about gingers. It's inappropriate and you would have to slap me upside the head.
Seriously though, you squeezed out two fine boys.
He's quite the social butterfly. Looks happy!
He's the one with (what was) crippling OCD and I had to kick him out.
Best thing I ever did for him. He's in a job he ADORES with loads of friends (all circus people, like him; so, all weird) and he lives with an ex Ben-Gal cheerleader in Cincy - which he loves. he says dayton is soooooo boring now's he's seen cincinnati! lol!
thanks, Sundae. They are my precious. They are my amethyst and opal. they are my suns.
they are my suns.
I see what you did there.
Both very handsome guys, and how lucky that Danny has found something he's passionate about and so obviously enjoys!
thanks gals & guys.
Foot3 - I do have a mini me. Its truly frightening.
Good lookin young men, Tribly. Ya done well.
I've been meaning to tell you classic----you've got a nice bunch there but your girl----she's a killer!
Thanks, thats nice of you to say.
Ya'll have wonderful looking kids. Very nice.
Trilby - Can I get a job at the circus?? please! I'm very good at panda imitations
Ya'll have wonderful looking kids. Very nice.
Trilby - Can I get a job at the circus?? please! I'm very good at panda imitations
Yeah! They're always looking for a good panda! you'd have to move to Cincinnati, though.
you know, brown eyes in my family is considered very exotic.
we've only three brown eyed people in our whole extended family!! that's weird.
Glad to hear he's come to grips with the OCD, one way or another. He does look very happy in his new situation. Good for you, Tril.
Pink hair and biguns in both people pics... Sundae is watching over him
Glad to hear he's come to grips with the OCD, one way or another. He does look very happy in his new situation. Good for you, Tril.
You know, after I posted that he had crippling OCD so I kicked him out I realized that sounded rather cruel if you didn't know the machinations I went thru to get that boy help. Three different docs told him he had OCD and here's the med for it---he refused the med and disparaged all three docs with , "They think I'm crazy!!!" I was there in the room with them. Nobody said 'crazy' at all. He refused to go to a therapist I offered to pay for----and a good one, at that, which is no easy feat to find. Refused. When he came at me, all 6' 6" of him, I told him to get out or I'd call the police. He was pissed and that was all last Jan. He's seeing a therapist on his own now but I am forbidden to talk / ask about it, which is fine. Once he didn't have a punching bag to blame all his mojo on he had to deal with it. That's how all that came about.
Oh I remember, you posted a lot about it at the time. You put up with a hell of a lot before you finally had to do the tough love thing.
6'6".
Can I swoon any more...?
this wonderful result might have seemed unimaginable at the time. I love a story with a happy ending (middle? current episode?) :)
What? Me boinking Bri's ginger son?
What? Me boinking Bri's ginger son?
believe me-you don't want to.
he's 22. Yuck. I like my men with some seasoning on them, ya know?
I'm wondering about a stage magician with OCD. Does he always pull two rabbits out of the hat?
he just keeps pulling it out over and over
Actually the OCD helps with the training---doing the same trick over and over and over until it's perfect. It's the "magic" rituals that finally got to me. If he enters a certain room he has to do a ritual with his feet or hands (something he thinks other people don't notice but I notice) and he's weird about food (as you can see he's a bit on the thin side) all he has to do is take one little pill a day and these compulsions would go away but he won't do it. He thinks he should be able to OUT THINK his own brain wiring. Like a depressed person willing themself out of depression. All I know is that willing yourself out of chemical nuttiness doesn't work BUT he is better.
I once willed myself out of a broken ankle. It took me 8 weeks in a cast, but I was finally successful!
j/k But that is kind of how my wife thinks. She still thinks a) she's not depressed and b) Depression is a weakness of character.
j/k But that is kind of how my wife thinks. She still thinks a) she's not depressed and b) Depression is a weakness of character.
that's what Danny thinks, too.
It drives me batty when he doesn't have to suffer but insists that he does.
He has the perfect 'entertainers' face Tril. I hope this sustains him for a long while, since he loves it so much.
He has the perfect 'entertainers' face Tril. I hope this sustains him for a long while, since he loves it so much.
thanks. He is charming when he wants to be. and he has a good smile.
it's funny--when I was pregnant with him his father (who has dark brown hair) said, "He'd better not have red hair!" (my family has it) and what do you know- I got a redhead anyway!
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Trying to settle the argument with my aunt of who my daughter looks like, I pulled this together. That's me on the left and Kitsune on the right.
I'm going to say Kitsune, but there's obviously plenty of you in there Choco.
The facial expression makes Beans match Kits more, but with a smiling photo of you, that might reverse.
I think she looks like Kitsune way more than me. It's funny, though, because people say she either looks JUST like me or JUST like him. No one says "Oh, a good mix!"
Either way, I'm not sure where her abject cuteness comes from.
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I think the sunglasses help with the cute bit. lol Could be those chubby cheeks too though. ;)
I've had people tell me my girls look just like me, then they meet Pete and suggest I wasn't there at all...
My mother-in-law seems to think that the highest compliment you can give someone is that their children resemble them. She is most especially determined to do this when the child is mixed-race like two of her grandchildren. Someday she's going to start marveling in the grocery store at the cross-racial resemblance of what turns out to be an adopted child, I'm just waiting with bated breath.
My mother-in-law seems to think that the highest compliment you can give someone is that their children resemble them.
I noticed older Asians do the same. My mom said we should say the baby looks like the dad so his side of the family would love the baby. It's usually the mother's side of the family who loves and care for the baby more. I don't know about this society, but for Vietnamese, the woman goes home to her mother to give birth and to be taken cared for.
I brought the box of pictures in to work last night, and started scanning them. These are all from the pre digital days....
Spencer was a cute little bugger:
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Those are great! Are you scanning everything you have, or just the greatest hits?
I went through everything, and removed duplicates and blurry shots, separated them into pics of spencer, ripley, cats, other family, etc. I plan to give a memory stick filled with them to jinx as a peace offering at some point.
I went through everything, and removed duplicates and blurry shots, separated them into pics of spencer, ripley, cats, other family, etc. I plan to give a memory stick filled with them to jinx as a peace offering at some point.
A nice and much tidier alternative to your head on a pike. :greenface
I wish you luck, it sucks dealing with the unreasonable and unforgiving.
Well, it could be on a USB pike.
The kids, left to right.
Katie, Eva, Mav, Aden, Max.
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Good looking group, Ali! I can't believe how big Aden and Mav are -- they're young men, now.
Thanks Choco. They still act like children a lot of the time, but yeah, they are young men now. :)
You have a beautiful family, Ali. Just beautiful.
Yeah, her and mav are joined at the hip (and other parts of the body) so she's just one of the kids now. She lost her own mum a few years ago, so i've kind of adopted her anyway. So, no. She's not really mine, but as far as things go, she's like the big girl i never actually gave birth to. She's here almost all the time when she's not working, so there are not many chance to get just the biological kids alone. besides, it's pretty rare to only have one extra here. Normally there are two or three!
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This is Spencer rfn
And Ripley in the background? lol
What are they doing?
btw, I'm envious of Spencer's hair!
Yeah, we were playing reverse monkey in the middle....kind of like a 3 man version of dodge ball.
He looks like he's about to kick your ass Jim ,
"Throw that ball 1 More time , I dare ya !!!!!!"
Beans with her partner in crime, Tiny.
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Bed head and breakfast face.
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They're up to no good, I tells ya, world domination at least. ;)
She makes me giggle. Thanks. I need that. :)
crazy adorable that girl.
Thanks, guys. It's really hard not to flood this thread -- I think she's insanely cute but am admittedly biased.
No. She's actually insanely cute!
yeah, ridiculously cute. babies are cute in general, but Beans is exceptional.
No question. That right there is a super cute baby. And I don't think all babies are cute. Not by a long shot.
Damn straight, glatt, there are some butt ugly babies out there. Bean is what every woman visualizes when somebody says baby, the beautiful, angelic, bundle of joy.
Thanks again, everyone! Your kind words make me a proud mama. I'm not used to compliments so when people tell me she's cute I've had a tough time figuring out if they're just being polite.
But I'll boast: she's beautiful AND smart. She amazes me every day. :D
Beautiful smart and happy,
Just like her momz
Aww, thanks zip.
Cute levels set to STUN: Beans spontaneously figured out that she could use her own shirt to play peekaboo. She's never done the peeking before, so that she so quickly figured out how to make this into a game just blew me away. (Apologies for the dark video -- rainy day here in Tampa!)
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Adorable ... you've got a great voice too Choco.
I'm spending some time with Addie, Elizabeth, and Louis. Snapped a few pics to post of the new puppy & chicks.
One last pic - all played out. Long day for puppies and little girls
Cute! We have some chicks about the same age. Speckled Sussex?
Cute! We have some chicks about the same age. Speckled Sussex?
They are an Ameraucana cross that we call Easter Egg Layers around here.
The weasel got our last Aracauna. :(
The weasel got [strike]our[/strike] his last Aracauna. :(
sooooooo Sarge.... these are recent out-of-the-hospital-everthing's-fine pictures? regardless, she looks happy (and healthy). thanks for sharing. :)
This is the third time I have seen Addie since Dec 15th. Thinks are still rough between her mother and I. I have been out of the hospital for awhile. I discontinued treatment and now I just make the trip to the VA once a week
Lil' Griff with Clover yesterday.
Aww. Clover looks well loved.
Sarge, I thought Addie was in the hospital recently.
Addie was hospitalized due to dehydration. Sorry, I got confused about whom you were referring to.
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Apparently the word "pig" is the funniest thing in the world. Beans spent about 15 minutes last night cracking up every time she heard the word, or a snort/oink.
That is awesome! Thanks so much more making my day. I'll have to show that to the mm. Two of her all time favorites are:
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Baby Beans is so awesome. :)
Those are two of my all time faves, too, foot!
There's just something about the earnest nature of a baby's laugh -- usually at something so simple! -- that lifts the spirit. :)
Love em. Needed that too.
Absolutely Choco, lifted my spirit! Beans is utterly adorable, thanks for sharing.
Let us not forget the quads (edit, thx f3):
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The quads are the gold standard of laughing babies. I love the mom's accent when she says, "Do it again."
It's neat to see the quints today.
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That's an adorable shot of Max and Eva, Ali. Sibling love is awesome.
I love Eva's expression. So sweet!
Now if you guys could figure out how to send that baby smell through the Internet.
Ali you owe me a new cuteness meter!
GiggleBeans is amazing!
Max and Eva are impossibly cute!
Thanks Choco/Kitsune and thanks Aliantha!
Max looks like such an old soul.
I don't mean that in a mean way either.
One of my favouritest lads at school was like a courtly old gentleman sometimes.
It's soccer season and my wife and I went to the games last Saturday for her son who has 5 kids all playing this year, even their 4 1/2 year old. The second game day of the season is Grandparent's Day and they handed out neat little metal lapel/hat pins for the old folks so we each collected 5 by the end of the day. Here are 2 shots, one of us with the kiddos and one of the youngest hamming it up for her fan section.
This is a shot of my daughter, Bridget who lives and works in Seattle. She had a photographer friend that her company uses for PR work take some glamor shots of her. Funny how you feel when your babies grow up and become adults. She looks mostly like her mother and definitely got the Irish side of the genes.
Yes, I can seen the blarney bubbling in those eyes.
Grandparenting has perks... and pins. :thumb:
Ali, I just saw Eva in the bath. That is so freaking cute!
Nice lookin' family, chris.
Yeah, she loves bath time IM. :) Almost as much as she loves eating. lol
Great photos! Bridget has wonderful eyes. Eva in the bath put a big grin on my face. You need to save that picture to show her boyfriend someday
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well there you go, my day has been made! :)
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Thanks! I needed that smile.
No offspring of my own, but I'm looking forward to being an uncle soon. I'll be wallowing in baby pictures!
My kids are adults now but I still take pictures of them. Here is one of my 2 daughters, Deirdre and Bridget. And one of my 3 sons, Brian Colin and Liam. That one was taken at Colin's wedding. Since then Liam has married.... starting to feel old. ;)
Whoa, Colin looks a lot like Colin in Love, Actually!
Great looking family. Your girls are so pretty.
Very happy looking family, too. Love how different and yet similar your girls look.
Chris, that glamor shot of Bridget looks like a vintage 60s shot. There's nothing that gives the date away and the colors and light are straight 60s.
I take it Liam is the Mini-Chris. Handsome lads, beautiful daughters. 5 kids!
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Conflict of interest: intense hunger vs. inexplicable spoon aversion
Translation:
I don't want the fucking spoon MOM!
I want the dowas!
Boob juice! Helleaux???
Also:
"Hand over that utensil, wench, I will have the dignity to feed myself! I said GOOD DAY."
Choco, try giving her her own spoon to hold while you feed her. That's what I do with Eva (and all previous progeny) when they go through this stage. ;)
Good idea, Ali. Thankfully this was a one time occurrence -- so far. She's usually a happy camper at mealtimes, but on this particular morning she had woken up in a bad mood and wasn't happy with anything. I took the video after about 10 minutes of "I'm HUNGRY! GET THAT SPOON OUT OF MY FACE!" :)
When they're getting more self sufficient, they can be a bit resentful of you feeding them. Eva is actually doing the same thing quite often, so she has her spoon, and when she is about to put the spoon in her mouth, I quickly put a loaded one in. It's just one of those little tricks I learned from someone once who seemed to have more knowledge than me. It's important to share the little tricks of the trade. ;)
When they're getting more self sufficient, they can be a bit resentful of you feeding them. Eva is actually doing the same thing quite often, so she has her spoon, and when she is about to put the spoon in her mouth, I quickly put a loaded one in. It's just one of those little tricks I learned from someone once who seemed to have more knowledge than me. It's important to share the little tricks of the trade. ;)
That would be an awesome book, I think the cellar parents could collaborate and write it.
BABIES
Tricks of the Trade
Let's do it!
(and by that I mean all you guys, not me-I'm just the idea man)
If you put on stockings and high heels we might let you take dictation for us. :)
(and by that I mean all you guys, not me-I'm just the idea man)
You could write the very first chapter.;)
You could write the very first chapter.;)
:D
Choco, how did the spoon trick go? Did it help?
Haven't actually needed it, yet. She's been eating voraciously the past few days, with no further spoon crisis. :)
Forwarded the pic of Eva to Mum. Made her very happy.
Uncle Jim's birthday today, but we only got the answerphone this morning, assume they were out celebrating. We sang Happy Birthday anyway.
Moar pics of Eva and Max!
I'm glad she liked it Sundae. I like your Mum. :) I still haven't had any hard copies of pics printed yet, but when I do, I'll send some over for your Mum.
I'll post more when I get more worth posting foot. :)
There you go foots.
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Fuzzyhead! It looks like she is sneaking up on you.
She sort of does. She plays peek a boo from behind my laptop if I'm sitting on the lounge while she's zipping around the lounge room in her walker. lol
That hair is fantastic, Ali. :) I think her eyes resemble you. (Easy to say, since we've never seen a picture of Dazza.)
Yes, she has very fluffy hair at the moment. lol I think her eyes (like max's) are very much like my Mum's, which I guess maybe is where mine come from too.
Here is the other one... He just qualified for Honor Society. :eek:
He's a nice looking fellow. He better watch out for middle aged cougars. lol
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Got the lathe working!
Ali ... aww, it's so fuzzzzzzy!
Classic ... love the effect of the reflections in the glasses.
Glatt ... concentrate ... concentrate ... (and good use of safety gear!)
Nice looking lathe! Is that an indexing pin on the far side of the stock? (from your son)
You can do fluted columns and legs!
And palm down on the tool. Fingers are for when he's doing the fine stuff after he's roughed out the blank, tell him foot3x said so, he won't listen to his dad.
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This is my favorite photo of all time. I can't tell you how much it makes me smile.
I think this would be cool on Eva's birthday:
That is an indexing pin! I know it locks the live spindle head thing in place and there are tons of little notches in the pulley head thing that you can use. I'll have to try it some day.
Thanks for the tip about the palm.
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This isn't my offspring, but, you know.
That is an indexing pin! I know it locks the live spindle head thing in place and there are tons of little notches in the pulley head thing that you can use. I'll have to try it some day.
Thanks for the tip about the palm.
I've seen plans for jigs that are essentially router carriages that ride along the bed, for fluting and adding other decorations.
Turning is one of my all time favorite woodshop activities.
Very cool. I don't think I've touched a wood lathe since high school... gonna have to googly that router idea.
This is my favorite photo of all time. I can't tell you how much it makes me smile.
I think this would be cool on Eva's birthday:
Haha..that would be funny. She'd be almost famous. lol
Better put the date in the calendar! 28th, september. :)
Eva is way too adorable!
classic that is a nice looking son you got there. Look at those perfect teeth!
glattson is looking more like glattdad all the time. :) I laughed when I came to the thread because the first post on this page was a pic of the lathe...had to go back to figure that one out.
Yeah, that boy is the spit from his Dad's mouth that's for sure.
What pure joy looks like: breaking in the new inflatable splash pool.
just fantastic!
there aren't words to express such joy, there's no need, it's clear right there. :D
Beans after her first bath at 1 month of age, and after a bath at 9 months of age.
I can't believe the difference! :eek: And to think she's going to keep growing... how do you parents handle it?! :)
That peek-a-boo pic is really great... much fun
We keep buying larger and larger clothes until they fit into our hand-me-downs. By that point I believe they pretty much just help themselves to anything they want.
I love that age! what an adorable kid.
Cute pics. :)
Can i ask why she didnt have a bath till she was 1 month old?
She'd had sponge baths, but that was her first one immersed in water in the tub. We were told not to immerse her in water until her umbilical cord stump had fallen off, and it took foreeeeever.
Bean is just too adorable for words. I'm so glad you share her pics here, Choclatl.
Thanks, everyone! I am one proud mama. :)
She's so beautiful! Thanks for sharing your pics. :)
Thanks, everyone! I am one proud mama. :)
We'll see how you feel babysitting the grandchildren, while Bean jets off to god-knows-where with her 9th husband. :haha:
:lol: We've got a ways to go before then (hopefully).
Today's pic: first Cheerios experience.
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Choco, that's interesting about the umbilical cord. Over here it's recommended to wash the baby thoroughly (umbilical cord stump and all) from about the 2nd or 3rd day. Max's cord took a fair while to come off. Eva's was off within a couple of days. Not sure why it was so quick, but I'm thinking maybe because she was full term and it was time? Who knows. In any case, I was happy. Those things are ugly! lol
OK we can stop talking about that now.
I was 7 when my brother was born. I helped to care for him every day. A few days after his stump fell off, I asked my mom when the "other extra piece" would fall off.
"What extra piece?" she asked.
"The wrinkled baggie behind his peepee!"
My parents had a good laugh over my rudimentary knowledge of human anatomy. :lol:
haha...that's a funny one. Good way to keep the current topic going for foots sake. ;)
At least it is slowly shifting over to genitalia.
Hmmm...of children. :rolleyes: lol
Re: the Cheerios sequence
"Your offering pleases me!"
"...and now I will sing you a song of my people."
My boys. At some point, he let his lil brother drive the cart. Apparently reaction time is near nil... or so the visit into the tree says. :3_eyes:
Hope the tree, cart, and boys all survived the encounter unscathed, classic!
Video from tonight. Dark, but what you really need is the sound on, anyway.
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OMG ... so adorable. I remember doing that with my kids.
Cherish every moment. <3
Yeh all survived the cart/golfing... or so I was told.
That is hilarious. I didn't know you could assist in that.
New favorite passtime: Beans has figured out that she can toss Cheerios over the side of her high chair to feed the dog.
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...just every kid's way of learning the Laws of Gravity and of Cause and Effect
With a bit of Pavlovian training thrown in!
We had q bbq lunch on saturday and eva kept feeding her stuff to the dogs. They were all happy. It was funny.
moar Eva and Max photos (the cutest kids evar!)
and Beans, also the cutest kid evar!
This one's for you footsy (since I had a dig at you in nothingland ;) )
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Hope the tree, cart, and boys all survived the encounter unscathed, classic!
Video from tonight. Dark, but what you really need is the sound on, anyway.
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and she has a shockingly hearty laugh at the end there!
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Now with 3.5 teeth.
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With my brother.
I was about to say, "My, how Kitsune has changed over the years..." :)
Your brother's hair is surprising (I mean the texture, of course the color is by choice.) What heritage produced that, if you don't mind my asking?
Ha! Here's one of Beans with Kitsune.
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Our heritage is half Cuban, half Filipino. My dad is Cuban, but he is very fair, with fine blond hair and blue eyes. My brother and I both take after my mom, with her coarse, black hair and brown eyes.
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My brother's hair is coarser than mine and holds a curl pretty well.
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all those baby pictures/videos are adorable!!!
Chocolat: regarding your bro's pic with the toy soldiers in his hair....hilarious! :lol:
I had a friend in high school with hair like your brother's. One day at school, he got the idea to hide a pencil in his hair. He would be talking to someone, and snap his head forward, and the pencil would come shooting out right into their chest. It was pretty funny. I loved that physics class. That teacher let us goof around a lot after the lab work was done.
Wow, what a happy family!
Choco, I have to admit I was wondering about your racial heritage but was worried it was crass to ask. We don't have quite the same melting pot as the US and so (some of us Brits) still worry.
But it is something that fascinates me. I find the same beauty in combined accents. Like Bjork's East London accent.
The photo of the three generations of females in your family is absolutely gorgeous.
Thanks, all!
Sundae -- I always find it amusing when people ask me "where I'm from." I generally have to ask if they want the short answer or the long answer (which includes family heritage and the five cities I've lived in). I've never met anyone who was offended by being asked about their heritage, but it can be aggravating when people either assume or try to correct me. (Yes, I'm SURE I'm not from Peru. I think I'd know.)
10.5 months old!
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Happily watching the afternoon thunderstorm from our patio.
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(Thank you for your indulgence as I continue to monopolize this thread.) :)
please do not post anymore pictures of beans. i'm going to develop diabetes due to the over abundance of sweetness that beans exudes.
just too, too cute.
Beans' first birthday is Tuesday, and we celebrated today with a cupcake and presents.
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Turns out she doesn't like frosting.
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Keeping Chlorox in business, I see! Cute pix.
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More and more a little girl instead of a baby.
Did a big photoshoot of my grandchildren yesterday. Mom and dad wanted a group shot with everyone dressed up for this year's Christmas card but then we did casual shots. I turned their family room into a photo studio and shot for a couple of hours.
I always let kids be kids when they are having portraits taken and let them do silly poses if they will help me get good poses as well.
Those girls got some intense peepers!
My oldest son at the start of his most recent century ride (the Backroads Century in the Shenandoah Valley). In the second photo he's third from the right, coasting in to a rest stop at Mile 64. This was his second Century ride and he warmed up the first 66 miles, then tackled the hills in the last 35. I can't even imagine riding 100 miles ...
Another from Sunday's family portrait session, Kirstyn and Emily.
Those girls are so cute! Beautiful pic.
Thanks!
Emily is almost 5 now and is quite the ham in front of a camera. She came up with this hands on her hips pose that she does for me all the time. As shown here:
Haha...shes a super model!
Max with the first strawberry from his vines (taken a couple of months ago) and eva stuffing herself with blueberries.
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Here are the big boys. :)
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The one of aden is terrible. Let me get another.
Here he is, washing Cleo with some help from his gf.
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Wait, Ali!
Someone has stolen our babies and replaced them with men and a little boy and a toddler!
Was it a dingo?!
Thanks for the updates :)
Choc, very cute.
That combination of dark hair & blue eyes is killer.
Love the picture with the kangaroo, Ali.
I love this thread! I cannot get over how much Eva has grown. I still picture her as an itty-bitty thing. Love that pic of Max
The "big boys" are still about 12 in my mind's eye -- so strange to see them as young men. :) The whole crew looks great, Ali!
Thanks everyone. We are very happy with how they are growing. :)
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Beans helps cook dinner!
Cute! Eva is all about closing doors and drawers for me atm. After she does it, she looks at me with a big grin and claps her hands. lol. Simple things. Hehe
Aww! They just love helping, don't they? Beans likes picking up -- she'll put away all her toys then clap that she's done! Too bad that habit probably won't stick... lol
Haha...probably not, although the boys are not too bad. Aden is the messiest, but they seem to be more tidy as they go down the birth order. lol
My daughter plays trombone in the HS band. They're pretty good. I wish the football team was as good. 7 to 28 in the first quarter. It's going to be a long game.
Its amazing how fancy yhe band uniforms are. When i was in hs band/orchestra, we just had to wear our school uniform.
They're not even wearing the full uniforms. Only the hats. Keeping the uniforms clean for a competition tomorrow.
Its amazing how fancy yhe band uniforms are. When i was in hs band/orchestra, we just had to wear our school uniform.
Most American schools have no regular school uniform, so they can hit you up harder for a more expensive extracurricular uniform. In our orchestra, girls had to have a black dress sewn from a specific pattern. If your parents wanted, they could attempt it themselves, but pretty much everyone paid the one parent who was a professional seamstress to make theirs. It was like $60 or $70 bucks, but at the same time, she did alterations for free over the next four years as your boobs and hips came in and that freshman dress no longer fit.
The boys had to wear a tux, leased from a retailer the school had an arrangement with (part of the profits went back to the orchestra to pay for trips and whatnot.)
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Rest easy, neighborhood kids. Your candy has all been personally inspected by a baby.
(The crime scene after being left unattended for two minutes.)
This past week Mr. Bones came to visit. I took him for a drive around the neighborhood and then over to my grandkids house last night for Halloween. He is a great guest, he doesn't eat much or talk a lot.
Neat, Chris. Where did you get your Mr. Bones?
CVS drug store had all their Halloween stuff on clearance so they can get the store all decked out for frigging Christmas. I couldn't resist it at $25 instead of $50 for regular price. And I have to admit it seems pretty well made.
Chris, that was awesome. Fantastic idea.
Here's a photo of Addie & Elizabeth from October with Red, our rooster. I hate that rooster and he feels the same about me. But, the girls love him and he's gentle with them
A rooster! How neat.
My little one, growing up.
she is so cute. she has beautiful eyes.
Great pics, Sarge and stormie!
Somebody figured out how to open the bookcase and got in to my Pratchett collection.
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Stormie Junior is a beautiful kid!
And who doesn't love little ChocKits?
:)
Beans always make smile. Eva & Beans are at that precious stage
Agreed, Sarge. And Addie and Elizabeth and the rooster ... precious photos. If the rooster doesn't like you, it's just a testosterone thing ;). He'll be sweet with your beautiful girls.
Lil Griff went to the Yuletide Ball last night. I am old.
Ooh... who's the date? Has he seen your gun collection yet? :)
Just a friend who she's known since Kindergarten. He wants to be the Pope and she's an atheist yet good friends. :)
She's beautiful, and it doesn't hurt to be a friend of the pope.:haha:
she is very pretty and you are becoming an old geezer, says the man with a 30 yoa son. ;)
It comes to us all, Griff ... your daughter is lovely.
hmm, I think I want another baby
Go and lie down until the feeling passes, Sarge ...
Growing older is inevitable...Growing up is optional.
:D:D:D
Go and lie down until the feeling passes, Sarge ...
It's hard to do.....
Not related and from another forum ...
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I can see your face in your daughter's, Griff.
Here's recent shots of my progeny:
Ripley making toll House cookies today
Spencer opening a new box of ornaments last night.
I loves mah kiddos
I have them for 3 days in a row. We're having an awesome freaking time, I tells ya.
Win for the weeping angel t-shirt!
Here are my 3 ... Damn I'm getting old.
Beans nowadays -- 18 months old
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Look at that little person!
Hiya Beans!
Classicman, not sure how I missed the pictures of your kids, but I'm sorry I did. They are beautiful, so happy!
Damn. Time flies like an arrow. (and fruit flies like a banana)
Cute kids, dwellars. I can't believe how much they've grown. I guess I've been around here for a few years.
Here's an updated pic of Eva. I took this one a couple of weeks ago. She likes a cup of tea in the mornings now. There's a lot of milk in it. Not much tea really. haha
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ohhhhh, she is bound to grow up to be mischievous. too cute
I can't believe how big she's gotten!
Oh yes, another heartbreaker like mom.:yesnod:
Thanks guys. She is very naughty. She will be the death of me. Haha
Thanks guys. She is very naughty. She will be the death of me. Haha
my kids always said addie will be famous some day. she'll either be a stripper or a serial killer
haha...I'm with you there Sarge. Remind me never to let our two girls meet. I think they would have the power to destroy the world by the sound of it.
Here's a pic of my two youngest.
Uh...uh....cuties, but I thought Addie is your youngest. When did you have that baby?
long story, but i droped the subject earlier because it was not in favor with dwellers
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Please remove my picture of Hope and Addie. It seems to be controversial and people seem to think she has a birth defect.
I'm sorry Sarge, I asked a genuine question (privately) but I will apologise publicly because I have offended you.
You were not the only person to contact me. I feel the comments were highly offensive about Hope. The Cellar simply isn't worth it anymore. To answer the big question, I am a surrogate grandfather to her. Her mother is Addie's step sister. She is part of my life through Addie. Her mother was a classmate of Elizabeth's. Once again, there is no blood relation and no romantic involvement.
Sarge, honestly, when you make a comment about her being one of your two youngest, most people are going to think you mean she's your daughter. That's the implication. Even if she was downs, why would you be offended? I assume that's the question that was asked because i wondered the same thing. Aside from that, i thought both girls look lovely, regardless of who their parents are or their genetic make up.
Mrs. glatt and our daughter are off at a church retreat this weekend, but I didn't feel like going, so my son and I stayed home. Nice bonding time. Got pizza last night and decided to go for a hike this morning.
The boy has no fear, but an appropriate amount of caution.
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Cool. You guys have a fair amount of hiking around DC?
We actually do. There's a huge demand for it, and since there is no industry in DC, the river is undeveloped parkland for miles in each direction.
Nice looking log. It's exactly the kind that I wouldn't want the kids to go across, but would know in my heart that their dad was right to let them try it. (Unlike other risks, where I would feel quite certain that it was a bad idea no matter what.)
I didn't go over the log. I took the foot bridge that was 20 feet away.
A few years ago, the bridge was out, and the log was the official way across, and I did it then. Successfully, I might add, but I kept thinking how if I fell just the wrong way, I'd break something and be a couple miles from the nearest road.
Took my 2 weekend charges to the park for awhile and was playing around with my new Canon EOS M mirrorless and a new lens, the Canon 40mm pancake lens. Not the best choice for impromptu portraits but it worked out ok.
Later I played with the images in some different editing programs, LR and PS and also one for portrait work; B&W seemed the best way to go with those bright colors. Here is what I got. Keep in mind Emily is 5 and Sarah is 7... Maybe I made them look a bit too much like pre teens with the sultry looks! Oh and I had to clone one of Sarah's front teeth over the one that fell out last week! ;)
But now you don't have a picture with the tooth missing. :haha:
Are you happy with the mirrorless camera?
Look at the third picture for the missing tooth.
chris, not to take anything away from you as a photographer--I think you're great--but your granddaughters are just plain lovely. I bet their passport photos are cute. Just sayin.
-your granddaughters are just plain lovely. I bet their passport photos are cute.
Thanks, they haven't traveled with the Mrs and myself yet where they would need passports but the parents have plenty of pictures of them from me up on their walls.
I love when I take them to the grocery store and people say "they look just like you!" I smile and thank them and am amused because we are not related by blood.
Addie lost her first tooth. Here's a pic her mom sent me.
Wow! How big was her tooth? Or is that sack her expected returns? :p:
That's a special tooth fairy pillow. It is personalized and they put their tooth in a pocket on the front.
Had a visit from my granddaughter late today. First in a few years. She's now 17 and in college Also a stone fox, If I might say so.
Pics or "it" never happened ....
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gorgeous and brainy. awesome.
On the other hand. I made a phone call to a girl thats calls me uncle. I've known her since she was 6 years old. Anyway she posted this somewhere and her aunt sent to me.
Nice to know that you've made someones day.
Just got one of the best Christmas gift ever a phone call from an uncle that i ain't seen in years . Telling me I'm still his baby girl . That meant so much to me better then any gift that money could buy. That's what Christmas is to me. Love of family and friends . Not the gifts lights or trees . I may not get to be with everyone i want to on Christmas but i know they love me and i love them. I will be thinking of you all. Have a very merry Christmas everyone . I know i will . Live laugh love.
Thats great. Good on you ... and her.
♪ ♫You can talk to a pretty girl.♪ ♫
♪ ♫She's everything you dream about...♪ ♫
♪ ♫but don't fall in love...♪ ♫
I had some questions for my gran daughter. Whom I hadn't seen for around 2 years. This was her reply.
"The James Madison is a homeschool program. I started in the 10th grade. I had friends from school doing it, so I decided to so I could graduate early. The Miss Hattiesburg was for people all over MS. It was a prelim pageant for the Miss Magnolia State Pageant.
The trip overseas was a scholarship program. 50 high school students all over the United States went. We flew from New Jersey to Barcelona, Spain, went all over France, and then to Italy! We also went to Monaco and Vatican City! Vatican City was beautiful and amazing! We went all through the Vatican and Sistine Chapel."
She's also on dean's list for fall term at jr. collage, and won the Miss H-burg contest. Not that I had anything to do with it.
WOW!!!
Outstanding, and beautiful. She's the complete package, eh buster?
Yeah, stunning, must get it from the other kin because she's a lot better looking than buster. :p:
I wonder who you have to kill to be a chaperone on that European trip?
Glatt said some thing about dimples. Hey they have been there all time .
A sorry photo I made at a livestock show years back. She was showing a damn pig.
That would have made a great Who is This photo, you know, now that she's a celebrity here!
Yeah, stunning, must get it from the other kin because she's a lot better looking than buster. :p:
I wonder who you have to kill to be a chaperone on that European trip?
Hebe's Rome/Italy/Greece trip is having difficulty getting a chaperone (trip is free for chaperone). A female one. How's your wig and make-up collection?
She requested me not to volunteer of I'd be it in a flash..... :(
Bummer, monster, can't you beg, threaten, or bribe her?
Nah, this is her big senior year freedom trip. I get it. As a stay-at-home parent I've chaperoned pretty much every trip there is, especially overnight ones, because there are so few people who have the time. I'm really not a helicopter parent/party-pooper, but just knowing your mom is there and other kids knowing that's your mom can put a downer on it, no matter how cool she is ;)
I'll only volunteer if the trip won't happen otherwise.
I know the feeling, my mother was on every trip for school and 4-H. The other kids do treat you differently.
Well I had lunch with Stormy today, At a place of her choice, and she ordered something to go for her BF. Well that lunch cost me about 60 bucks. Any wonder I stay my butt at home?
She has also been inducted to Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society! What ever that means?
She also told me that she had been diagnose with Dysauntomia. What ever in hell that is. I smell bull shit, but what do I know?
Did you take any pictures, buster?
Dysautonomia is an umbrella term used to describe several different medical conditions that cause a malfunction of the Autonomic Nervous System. The Autonomic Nervous System controls the "automatic" functions of the body that we do not consciously think about, such as heart rate, blood pressure, digestion, dilation and constriction of the pupils of the eye, kidney function, and temperature control.
Doesn't sound like fun but her case may be manageable.
Did you take any pictures, buster?
No. Forgot about it. After my knee went south I wasn't the the best of company
She's suppose to bring me meds from bigbox after school. Laying in the cold floor is not good for old bones:greenface
She told me yesterday that the folks at Mayo in Fla., when she was 12 yrs old said that she might grow out of the Dysauntomia.
That would be great, hope she does.
At the Miss South Central Magnolia State Pageant today with our new director Stormy Boyanton!!! She's done an amazing job as one of our youngest directors!! — with Stormy Boyanton at Laurel Train Depot - AMTRAK.
buster, you've got a whole family of attractive, intelligent, educated, successful, people to look up to you. :thumb:
I guess I got into a sort of Hasselblad square thing when taking pictures this weekend.
This is Augustus, aged about 5 months and pushing 21 lbs. BIG kid!
Pre-school Heart Breaker, make all the little girls go squee. :haha:
This latest pic of my G-son, Sam, arrived just as I opened this thread.
I don't know which river he is fishing here, but he says he camped out over the weekend.
He is working as relief Tech at 3 of the ODFW hatcheries around Enterprise (far north-east) Oregon
Sam called it a "bull trout"
... and from where he was working today I'm guessing it was on the Grand Rounde River.
Just try to find "Flora, OR" in Google map's earth view.
Lunch.
Endangered. Well, unless you're a warden or something.;)
:D Yeah, he says he gets that a lot.
And then he adds that it often comes from people who are fishing and not catching.
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Endangered. Well, unless you're a warden or something.;)
"Threatened." As in "I threatened to eat it."
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Last week my son who lives up in Alaska came south for a visit. It was the first time we got to see our newest grandchild (#15). Augustus was a big baby at birth and at 5 months weighs just over 20 lbs putting him in the 97% range at his last pediatric check up. Good kid, he hardly ever fusses and other then waking up for a feeding or 2 from his mom sleeps through the night.
I shot this on our coffee table in our family room which I converted into a mock studio.
Gosh, he doesn't look Alaskan. :lol2:
The sun finally came out after what seems like a whole lot of rainy weather. So I took my new Canon 7D MkII to my grandson's track meet and got some decent shots of him doing the Triple Jump. The camera can shoot at up to 10 fps so it's a great camera for action. I mostly used my 70-200mm f2.8 lens.
Nice new toy! The pictures came out really well.
Yes, excellent. Did you take four frames sequentially or chose these from X number of shots?
So many great looking kids and awesome photography!! I'm still struggling with pics. Anyway, here's Addie swinging in my yard. You can just barely tell she has 2 front teeth missing
Yes, excellent. Did you take four frames sequentially or chose these from X number of shots?
It really is an amazing camera that can shoot at 10 fps so there may have been a few I didn't use where his hand swung in front of his face.
Chris - Excuse my ignorance, but I'm trying to learn to take better photos. Did you use auto settings for "sports" on those photos?
Chris - Excuse my ignorance, but I'm trying to learn to take better photos. Did you use auto settings for "sports" on those photos?
Sorry, just came back here and saw your question. No, this camera is geared towards pros so there isn't a setting for sports like on consumer level ones. When I shoot sports shots like this I choose the Tv setting (Time value or shutter speed priority). I prefer the shutter speed to be 1/2000 or a bit faster. I choose Auto for the aperture and let camera choose the f/stop which will typically be fairly wide open. The camera will try to choose a fairly wide aperature coupled with the lowest ISO or sensitivity as possible.
I was playing around in Lightroom last night and noticed that I have over 42,334 images with no keywords. Most of these are older images imported into my catalog from a time before I knew the importance of keywording. With Keywording you can search for a person by name or a group of people or places you have visited and depending on what you entered with a keyword that is added to the metadata you can easily find it later. That's a good thing when you have over 76 thousand pictures like I do.
So I was just skipping through these non keyworded images and found one I liked and had never done anything with. A picture of my granddaughter, Kirstyn taken at Easter, 2008. I think the kids were coloring Easter eggs. So I played with it for a few minutes and got a shot that I may end up making a print to hang on the wall with all the other grand kid pictures. For your amusement I post the original and the retouched, I cleaned color, recropped, sharpened and decreased noise and took out the spot on her shirt.
It's a keeper! :thumbsup:
prom!
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Cute! He's got a real Owen Wilson vibe going.
tell that young man to get a hair cut
and wipe that smirk off his face
prom is srs business
He's got a real Owen Wilson vibe going.
Mos def.
Gorgeous dress Hebe! Looking good!
Very attractive couple, monster.
chris, you are a pretty good photographer, I'll grant that. But with subjects like that, it's hard to fail. What a cutie.
Also at the Home Opener Football game Friday (see Swim mom thread). So two reasons to be there, neither of them to do with watching football. TFSM
He sure cleans up real good. :thumb: Looking sharp.
they ended up encasing the ratty, still-wet pool hair in a rubber band and shoving it up in the shako (hat to me) The brush was defeated.
So two reasons to be there, neither of them to do with watching football. TFSM
So are your kids done with the charter school they were at, or is the charter school big enough to have a football team?
They were not at a charter school, it was an alternative program public school K-8. Now they are at high school and yes, three football teams -freshman, JV and Varsity, it's one of the three regular public high school in Ann Arbor (although not the one we are zoned for)
Ann Arbor has 3 full-size regular, and 3 smaller alternative program high schools (all public) and maybe 4 charter high schools and 3 private. If we were at one of the alternate public high schools, the charter schools or the private schools, the kids would then be able to be on the sports teams/bands of their zoned school if their school did not offer that program and they could get themselves to practice. So he's be in a green nutcracker uniform instead of Colombia Blue :D
Of course one is no longer there, she has flown the nest and is at University of Michigan. Bizarrely, much closer than her high school (which was 6 miles away), although she is living in dorms. :D
That's how she was able to visit and represent the graduated players to receive the State Champion accolade
What do we have here? It's a marching baritone horn.
JK. This is awesome.
That's a real feather in her cap, for sure.
That's a real feather in her cap, for sure.
um? Are you referring to the polo state champ, or the boy in band uniform? Or just mixing and matching?
just the what do we have here question--a feather --ha-- in her cap. just riffing.
you have very very accomplished children and you and beest have countless reasons to be proud of them. among other things, they reflect very well upon you two as parents.
you deserve feathers in your caps as well.
My posse and me. When you are as old and useless as I, you breed your own - lol
No man with three "children" that age who still want to hang with him is useless.
Remind yourself sometimes.
(Yeah I get you were joking. But I'm serious.)
What uuuup ClassicClan?!
Good looking bunch, man.
classic, you need to print, or tattoo, Sundae's post where you can keep it in mind, all the time.
Well put Sundae.
Well done, Dad.
What uuuup ClassicClan?!
Good looking bunch, man.
Except the gimp with the beard. :stickpoke
Thanks all... you are too kind.
Damn right we are...But, at least, you appreciate it.
:p:
One of these is related to me
I'll be damned, no webbed feet. :haha:
IKR? I think she took some antigillyweed (It was a Harry Potter Yule Ball hosted by the Quidditch club)
Wow she looks great in that awesome dress! YAY! ;)
:D It was like $6 from a thrift store years ago, we call it the "goldfish dress", and this is he first time she's worn it!
I want that dress! For really reals.
He started working on this helmet yesterday. Cutting out paper templates. I guess with 12 DAYS off from school because of snow, and weekends, and teacher work days, you have to fill your time with something.
My son is Kylo Ren. I hope he doesn't gut me with a lightsaber.
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Be careful, Kylo Ren is going to get nastier than Darth Vader ever was. :worried:
Here's a pic of Addie making cookies. I'm working hard on my photo skills.
Well CRAP!!! Evidently I can't post out of my Flickr. Can someone help me?
Aw. That is some adorableness right there. Don't tell her I said that. :)
Griff's in his heaven, all's right with the world. ;)
Trying this again. Here's a photo of Addie making chocolate chip cookies
A couple of very nice shots, guys.
Freckled girly!
Like her mommy and most of my past loves. Anybody notice the improvement in my photo skills?
I noticed it was pretty nice photo.
ty Gravdigr. I used to have probs with blurry, shaky photos. Now I'm using an DSLR on a tripod with cable release. I'm also using photo editing software.
I wish I could post soft core nude of her mom I recently did.
grrr.
without helmets, they all -but the goalies especially- look like the shrunken head guy in Beetle Juice
Yeah, they'd look much different in the locker room wearing a towel. :haha:
Did a portrait session with 3 of my granddaughters who live nearby. My garage/workshop is a bit jumbled up right now so I moved the furniture in our family room and set up a background and some lights inside.
I'm trying out my newest camera, the Canon 5Ds which boasts a 50 mp sensor. Very high resolution but also large files to work with. Ideally I will use this camera for portraits and landscapes where I want incredible detail and it helps if you pair it with really good lenses. So far I am very happy with the camera.
Emily (in red) is 8 and in second grade. She has really crooked teeth that will need to have braces some day so she didn't want any big toothy smiles. Sarah is 10 and Kirstyn is 14.
It's hard to really see with these smaller images that will post here but the detail is incredible. These could easily be poster size and still be super sharp.
Last batch...
Kirstyn is at typical teenage girl stage of life. Spent hours getting ready, showered washed her hair, did her makeup and carefully picked her outfits but hated the pictures when I showed her. Not my work but the way she looks.
Oh, one last shot. For many years whenever I shoot kids I always let them make funny faces every now and then if they have been giving me some good poses. Sometimes the funny ones are the best. Emily has been able to cross her eyes in different directions since she was little. She just had to do it for me one more time.
What a great record for them to treasure later on, something that won't embarrass them like bare on a bearskin. :haha:
She hates the pics now, but in 25 years, these will be the pics she brings out that show how lovely she was when she was younger.
Great grandchildren.
tarheel
I can hear the hearts of boys in the future breaking from here..
Good looking family, Chris.
Nana nana nana nana
nana nana nana nana
BATMAN!!!
A lovely thread you guys :)
Its not as fun when I post pics... my kids are all adults.
I did get a good one of my amazing daughter recently though.
She hadn't seen me without my beard in a looooong time.
Wine may have been involved. <3
I'll see your no beard and raise you a broken nose.
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I had to change your link to HTTP as I couldnt see it with HTTPS..
They Look nice BigV and yours do also classicman,thank you for sharing :)
What link, the pictures are right there on the page?
What link, the pictures are right there on the page?
I can't see them either. I used to see yours and not Gravs. Now I can't see either one. Bummer.
I had to change your link to HTTP as I couldnt see it with HTTPS..
They Look nice BigV and yours do also classicman,thank you for sharing :)
tarheel
thanks guys. Damn SonofV got HUGE! What the heck you feeding him?
What link, the pictures are right there on the page?
The link to BigVs picture.....
I cant see
https://cellar.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=59286&d=1485921464
But I can see
http://cellar.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=59286&d=1485921464
I can't see them either. I used to see yours and not Gravs. Now I can't see either one. Bummer.
If you wouldnt use the HTTPS side you would still see everything :)
Login with the reg URL:
www.cellar.orgumm... so this happened....
Did the Monsta get a Ninja?!?!
Good thing you have that full helmet. It covers your face.lol.
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Did the Monsta get a Ninja?!?!
Wait...fergot which thread I was in.
Offspring.
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Make sure he takes advantage of the free flying miles that come with it.
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Wow... I am impressed by all the dwellar's children! Everyone has such beautiful offspring! I especially enjoyed seeing them grow up as I read through this thread.
I figure since I'm back I should share some pictures of my daughter. :p:
The first picture was last year, the second and third were this year, and the last one was Christmas when she was almost 2 (just because she was totes adorbs). :heart-on:
oh I see what you mean ...I looked back for
the first pic of mine in this thread Biker Boi is the one on the right :eek: The other two look exactly the same, just bigger.
No question about the Igglette being yours, what a heart breaker. ;)
My
first picture here. 8.5 years ago, they're a bit bigger now.
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HAH! Thread winner. From left field even.
Thank you, I'll be here all week. Try the home made hot pepper infused honey.
That's gotta be different.
Absolutely fantastic on vanilla ice cream.
Thorpedo!
Dive meet. His last season of diving as he ages out....
So ... this happened last week in Maine. Yup, I married off my one and only daughter.
And just to be fair, here are my other two.
Prosciutto-wrapped asparagus! Looks like it was a nice gathering. Good job, dad!
and on the opposite end of the glamour spectrum, my archaeologist daughter and her trenchmates.
It'd better be, the effort it took to find the right one.... this is her third year and third hat. Thank goodness for Amazon Prime and free returns
or did you mean classicman's?
#Jedimama
(ready for 4th July parade with his Stunt Action Theater Troupe)
Beautiful people!
Congrats on the wedding man!
or did you mean classicman's?
Surely he is being Blessed by the Noodly Appendages there?!
Lil Griff and Yorkshire frenzo.
They look genuinely happy. :thumb:
I have never, in a half-century of being alive, never, in fifty years of noticing weird shit, never, NEVER have I EVER seen beltloops on overalls.
Also, I want me one o'them Yorkshire Frenzoes.:yum:
Also:
Holy shit it's ClassicMan!?!?!?!!!!!!
:jig:
And in some freak coincidence, third, camera shy offspring, bajaboy (formely known as goalieboy) just furnished me with a pic from today
Wow! I have missed a lot of great photos. Good to see them, and congratulations classic!
Monster, I'm assuming he built that dune buggy himself?
That's the U of Mich Baja Racing Team car from this year, so he built some of it, yes. He's practicing to try out as a driver for next season. Next year he's in charge of some system or other too. maybe steering related.... ::eyesglaze::
you have married children.
you are old.
thank goodness your children are beautiful.
Well I saw this thread and I thought y'all should know. Ya hoo the newest great granddaughter born today, 5lbs 8oz. She will be named Edward. Not really they naming it some fucked up movie character name.
Well I saw this thread and I thought y'all should know. Ya hoo the newest great granddaughter born today, 5lbs 8oz. She will be named Edward. Not really they naming it some fucked up movie character name.
Getting old the picture here somewhere, ah.....
Congratulations!
Best to keep it to yourself about the fucked up name.
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From what I hear about MI roads it's going to be a bumpy ride.
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nice!
Cool 2 wheeler does he always ride out of focus?
Thunderboy making the thunder noises
(yes, there will be googly eyes....)
dudes, dudes... throwback Tuesday....... um, one of these kids rides a motorbike now.....
A beautiful pic indeed :)
21 Today.
I made a collage of the last 20 birthdays
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Super organized to pull that together.
21 Today.
I made a collage of the last 20 birthdays
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Shouldn't that be her FIRST 20 B-Days?:stickpoke
Happy 21st Hebe!
Ya gonna help her get her drank on?
If anyone deserves a drunk it's you guys.
On the inside front cover of the Michigan Engineer magazine Spring 2019 edition.....
BAJA BOY!
well also, he built it with his team....
and so as one Wolverine Water Polo player moves on to become a Seminole....so another takes her place. Thunderboy's first game as a Wolverine.....
I assume he's making a splash. :bolt:
and today he scored! Against the masters team form Ann Arbor, who are called Wolverine.
So now my phone keeps suggesting I look for showtimes since I posted that Thor scored on Wolverine. :lol: I bet all my ads from google take a Marvel slant....
How cute is this? I knew Pologirl was getting a little homesick as the shops etc entered Christmas mode, and she forgot to take her mini tree and decorations with her..... so I ordered a small (4') fake tree and 2 sets of lights. They were supposed to arrive tomorrow, but I saw the lights already arrived. A couple of hours ago she messaged me she was thinking of going out to get some lights and just kind of arrange them in a tree shape, so I told her to go check her mailbox......
I'm a little concerned about the tree as it's been marked out for delivery since 7am. due by 9pm....and it's now 9:30 but no-one's available to answer my questions. I didn't tell her that was coming....
Is she in the same time zone?
yes. It ain't arriving tonight I'm guessing. Still, there's another surprise for tomorrow.... hope it gets to her before she does something else with the lights...
That's no problem, you'll just send more lights. :haha:
Got the fam together to give thanks. Hosted by Lil G.
Lovely, monster and Griff!
Griff's Christmas card picture. :thumb:
Lovely, monster and Griff!
Thanks!
above-average beard game
Philly beard on the your right, Boston on the left, CNY, and NEPA up the middle. Boston has recently moved from mustache to beard for solidarity.
Griff's Christmas card picture. :thumb:
This is in fact true.
My daughter today, trying to catch as many water striders as she can in a local park, and count the ones she carefully marked with white-out last week. She's doing her senior year of college remotely and this is a water quality lab course she's doing online, from home. I'm impressed with how well her professors are teaching her remotely. She caught and marked about ten last week, and was able to catch eight this time, three of which were marked.
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And on a camping trip over the weekend.
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And my son, who is in New Mexico, working on a Boy Scout ranch during his gap year before starting college. This was over the past weekend, when he had a day free. He loves to rock climb.
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That boy don't look like he be working.:)
Nice pictures everyone :)
I never think about how unusual it is to see outdoorsiness in kids these days, until it's right in front of me. Good job, glatt & Mrs. glatt!
The girl is BBQing water striders! :haha:
You are definitely parenting properly. Awesome!
thanks guys. I'm a little envious of them.
I mean, I had my youth, and got to do stuff then, but they seem to be doing it in ways I never did. The world is their oyster and I see hope for the future in them. Hope this world doesn't crush them.
and here I am in covid lockdown working from home. As least I bought a nice new desk chair.
Me too, you want to adopt a middle-aged man? ;)
