Category: Family
Chicks can’t sleep cause they got that beat
Farmyard Beat by Lindsey Craig and Marc Brown is our current favorite bedtime story. Baby chicks on the farm can’t get to sleep “cause they got that beat”. They wake up the other animals and they each add to the music. It’s pretty dang cute to hear it in a toddler’s lisp. [amazon template=iframe image&asin=0307930823] A few…
Yellowstone through the years
Did you know there was a guy who jumped into a 200° F hot pot at Yellowstone to rescue his dog? When they pulled him out his last words were, “That was stupid. How bad am I? That was a stupid thing I did.” When they pulled off one of his shoes, the skin of his foot…
Lindgren Family Reunion 2015
Lindgren Family Reunion 2015 in Cannon Beach, Oregon – And a fun little artsy film trailer the kids made in iMovie while we were enjoying the sunset at Sunset Park in Sherwood, Oregon – A few photos, including Ecola State Park, Cannon Beach, Haystack Rock and tide pools in Oregon, and the Chihuly Garden and…
The Sarcastic Child’s Friend
On Sunday we try to do things other than watch TV and play on the computer and iPods. The kids are pretty good sports about it, but sometimes you can see some mild resentment come through in the pencil and paper artwork they have to resort to without electronics. Here’s something Kid #2 drew on a lazy Sunday morning…
Beagle vs. Lamb Death Match
We keep adding creatures to the backyard. The boy is raising a lamb for a couple of months as a 4-H project. After letting Lambert, the lamb, and Ralphie, the beagle, check each other out through the fence for a couple of days, we introduced them without barriers. It went well, although I thought the dog would…
