Time With Sydney and Blakely August 23rd through 27th.

Loving Nigel

Sydney and Blakely's parents had to go toMichigan for a wedding.  Sydney is starting to school on Monday, so Papa and Nana went to Texas to watch the girls while their parents are out of town.

Loving Max

We took a lot of animal photos.  Max got to visit in Texas for him first time.  He loved the children and the dog and cat cousins.

Kevin jumps up on the kitchen sink to check things out.  I don't think he is suppose to do that but he does not care does he. 

Max plays and plays and plays with his animal cousins.  He loves playing outdoors. 

Sydney introduces Max to the swimming pool.  He is not too sure about this. 

Kevin plays with the little bees in the flower garden. 

After the swim, it is time for a snack. 

Sydney finally get's her Sushi Rolls. 

Ava's Latest MooMoo The Cow Story

Now one day Moomoo the cow decided to go to the outside bathroom
“Hey!” Cried Moomoo.  He saw a cloth. “I am going to make clothes out of the cloth and I am going to take a t-shirt and a hula skirt.” MooMoo is going to Hawaii. Now he made the t-shirt. First he cut 2 t-shirt shapes with the cloth. Then Moomoo tied grass together and found a sharp piece of mulch. Moomoo used the mulch as a needle. He sewed his t-shirt together. His skirt was easy all he did was cut a circle and sewed it together. He made a fringe for good looks. Then he found a ticket to Hawaii on the ground. So he dressed like a fat person and he got on a plane. That night for dinner he ate chicken at Chick-fil-a. Then he saw cows on the sign and that freaked him out. It said eat more chicken so he felt better.

The next day, he was in Hawaii. Moomoo bought a surfboard and surfed on it til he was growing brown spots from the sun.

Then he bought a slushy to drink.

Then Moomoo decided to go to the barn.  So, he found a car in the parking lot and the keys were on top of the car. Luckily, the car was a burglar's. Moomoo drove the car to the barn.

Finally, Moomoo was safe at home and Miss Pickeral was at home with him too.

The End Ava Collier 

Ava's Puppet Show: "Don't Let The Pigeon Climb The Vine."

How much is Ava like her mother ! Nana and Papa must have watched hundreds of creative productions put on by Aunt Sommer when she was a little girl.    This show was created after school on Tuesday and produced Tuesday evening.  As we watched from the bottom of the steps, the puppets came down from the second floor.  So many of my grandchildren are highly artistic and creative.  You will like Ava's show.

 

First AVA creates all her art work, sits up the chairs and calls everyone to come to her show. 

We wait as the scenes and voices come from upstairs and are lowered on string. 

The vine is growing, the sun is shinning.

Kitty is floating down with her umbrella.

This was the end of the puppet show.   THE END

Mondo The Monkey Introduction (1 of 5 parts)

There are many, many stories about Mondo the Monkey.  This is simply one that Papa told to Sydney as a bedtime story while in Plano.  It is in five short parts.

Mondo The Monkey Part 2

Mondo The Monkey Part 3

Mondo The Monkey Part 4

Mondo The Monkey Part 5

MooMoo's Great Adventure by Ava Collier

Ava won a writing contest at the Dancing Bear Toy Store!  Here is her story:

Once upon a time Moomoo the plastic cow went on an adventure. She decided it was time to see the world, so she left the playroom and went outside. Moomoo found a wheelbarrow and some large rocks. She put the rocks inside the wheelbarrow and brought them into the barn. After looking at them, she thought they looked like giant red cherries.
She tried to eat them, but they were too hard to bite through! “Ouch!” Then she decided it might be fun to stack them like a snowman, but they wouldn’t stay balanced. They fell down and knocked her over! “Ouchie-woo-woo!” Moomoo got back up and decided the rocks would make great basketballs. But, when she tried to dribble one, it didn’t bounce.

Then Moomoo wondered what was inside the rocks. She took a hammer and hit one of the rocks as hard as she could! After the red dust settled, two pieces laid on the barn floor. The rock halves were hollow, so Moomoo poured her cereal in one and her orange juice in the other. Then she ate breakfast! After breakfast, Moomoo put the rest of the rocks back in the wheelbarrow. She had another wonderful idea. She took them to the lake and strapped them to her arms and legs. “I bet these rocks will make good floaties!” Moomoo jumped into the water, but went straight to the bottom! Moomoo called out, “Help! Help me!” The neighbor’s dog George, heard Moomoo and jumped into the lake. He swam to the bottom and bit through the ropes to set Moomoo free!

Moomoo decides at this point she should leave the rocks alone! George and Moomoo return the rest of the rocks to the field and went home to rest after such an exciting day.

Everyone In This World Is NOT Nice

I have a story for you:
Now these people are very nice.   This is little Sydney, Clay and Chase.   They live in El Paso Texas were it almost never snows.   So the other day they got two inches of snow and their Mommie and Daddy took them to build a snow man family.

They worked and worked and worked to make their family just like their own family.  Sydney, Clay and Chase's, Daddy is in the military and he is home for Christmas this year which is very special.  Their Mommie is very special too.  She was Ava and Carson's Mommie's very best friend from the time they were about four years old.

So back to my story:   They built their snowman family and were so proud of their work and took a picture of their family.

After they were finished playing and went to get in the car to go home and warm up, another family came along walking through the park.   The father of the bad family was the first one to start knocking the snowman family down.  Then he had the other family members and children help knock down and destroy the snowman family.

Clay, Chase and Sydney were horrified so their  good Daddy went over to talk to them about what they did was not right and was not funny.    The mean daddy was very rude and acted very stupid.   The grown ups were not nice people.   So The good Daddy of Chase, Clay and Sydney told the children that building something  is to enjoy not to destroy.    The good Daddy acted the right way. 

I am so glad that my grandchildren have good Daddys who know how to train you to be good American Citizens and do what is right -- simply because IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.  Here is a high five for good Mommies and Daddys.  Now go give them a hug and tell them thank you.

Sydney's Puppet Show for Baby Sister

Sydney's Story: Snails, Slugs and Jelly Monsters

Once there was a little snail named Uggie.
He wanted to go to school but school was over


So, he went to Oraqkta (Iraq???)
And he saw some other snails playing out in the back yard feeling lonely.
But the Mommies' snail came and the little snails were all alone up in a tree.
But he couldn't do anything because his ears were stuck.



They went to the cake store and ate all the cake and then they saw another little cake,
but it was too tiny, anyway they just ate it.
A small slug ate it because he loved it.


Then, there was a giant, giant, giant, giant monster who was a jelly monster.
ELLIE THE JELLY MONSTER, loved to eat slugs. She ate a slug: she caught a lot of slugs to share with everyone who did not have a slug. The Jelly Monster ate all of them.

The Jelly Monster was too fast so they ate and ate all the slugs.
Except one was feeling bad because he got chewed on a little bit.
Then he just ate: slurp, slurp, slurp, slurp ......
Then the little slug cried saying booo hooooo sob sob ..............

The sound bite of Sydney ran out so this is the End!

by Sydney Scrivner, age 5

The Big, Big, Big, Big Bunny and Sassy Billy the Monkey

There was a monkey named Billy.
And Billy one time met a big, big, big, big bunny.
The big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big bunny said:
"Hey you need to go to the jungle."
And Billy said: 'NO, I'M NOT GOING TO THE JUNGLE.'
And the big, big, big, big, big, big bunny said:
"What are you thinking, you need to go to the jungle because that's where monkeys live."
Then Billy said: "NO"
Then the big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big, big bunny said:
"You need to go there or else you aare going to die."
And he asked how old are you.
And the Monkey said he was 95 years old and "NO, I'M NOT GOING TO THE JUNGLE."
The bunny said alright, but you can only stay for lunch.
And he said 'WHAT!"
So they went and had lunch. and then he said Let's go.
And Billy said 'NO, I AM GOING HOME.'
After a few more birthday partys, Billy was 99 years old.
The Bunny said, I'm going to do something, I'm going to shorten him up.
So when Billy said it is my birthday today, instead of putting 100 candles on his cake, the bunny put 99 candles on and he shortened a bit. Then he put 98 candles on and on until he was 95 years old again.
Then the Bunny said: "You are going to have to go to Africa."
So they went to Africa and stayed for three weeks.
Then when they came back , he met a very dangerous crazy cat.
If you meet one of those dangerous crazy cats, you have to be a goose and would have to stay like that forever.
The End. By Ava Collier, age 6

Sydny's 2-Minute Bed Time Story

There was this Bear that could not see, so He put on his see-er goggles and he could see better.

Then the sun came up and tore at the monster. Then they saw a monster bear that could bite and bite and bite and bite

Trying to get those little baby bears ... but the little bears were hiding.

So the monster bear stomped on the little bears house.
The monster bear tried but instead he fell into the sinker. The sinker sink ed up his whole body, his head, legs and ears the whole way down.
He was dying there and he was very sad. Yes, he was dying.
Baby bear said yeah, yeah, yeah, our trap worked!
Then Mommie Brown Bear came and saved the little baby bears
That had come into their little bear cub house and then

They lived happily ever after.


The End by Sydney Scrivner, age 5
June 21, 2009 Happy Father's Day
Photography by Sydney Scrivner
Of my Daddy and For My Daddy