Gray Fox

I was telling my mom a few days ago about the adorable antics of our little Gray Fox family, lamenting the fact that I just couldn't seem to get a clear photograph of them, and she suggested that I try to video record them, instead. These nightly visitors to our backyard include (as far as we can tell) a mama and at least three young pups. They are SO cute! Darren and I have even been letting Dylan stay up later than usual so that he, too, can enjoy watching them romp around our backyard. We were delighted to capture on video one of the pups coming all the way up to our back door! The quality isn't great, but you can see here that he (or she) is not at all shy about venturing right up onto our patio!

This just makes me happy.

This week, we are...

Reading:

• My First Fourth of July Book


• We the Kids


• A Fourth of July on the Plains


• The 4th of July Story


• America A Patriotic Primer


• The Star-Spangled Banner


• The Children's Book of America

Watching:

• Schoolhouse Rock: America Rock

Listening:

• Wee Sing America

Creating:

• Activities and Crafts for July 4th

(Finished so far: Patriotic Wind Sock and Star-Spangled Wavers...still more to come!)

Are you enjoying this first week of July? :)

One of the many reasons why I love my younger, single brother

"Hey, Liss!" he says when I answer the phone. "How about I bring over some Happy Meals for the kids around 11:30?"

"Perfect!" I respond enthusiastically.

"Chicken nuggets, right? And juice?"

"Sounds great! They'll love that!"

"And, let's see, Big Mac no onions and a Dr. Pepper for you, right?"

Does he know me, or what?! So far, so good!

Then, almost as an afterthought, a tentative "Oh, but what about Kristen?"

Silence.

"Ummm, no, wait, she's still too little...right?"

:)

Right.

Hippo Song

Good news! Apparently you can teach an old dog new tricks! Because guess what I just discovered! My camera? The one I got for my birthday last year? It has a video function! I had no idea. Hello, user manual!, you might be thinking. Yeah, I pretty much disregarded that handy little tool and just jumped right into picture snapping. I was having so much fun messing with all the fussy little settings that I never bothered to check out all the other main functions on that nifty little dial up top! But my sister-in-law recently asked me what kind of camera I used, as she is considering the purchase of a new one, and I wanted to e-mail her a link to the exact model. "Advanced movie function?" I wondered when I found the page. "What the..." Sure enough! Who knew?

So anyway, move over, New Kids! MY kids are way cuter. :)

Here are my girls performing a darling rendition of the Hippo Song they learned last week at Vacation Bible School. Dylan just couldn't be enticed to join them, but don't worry; he's got his own special feature up at his blog. (More exciting posts in the Super-Wilson adventures coming soon! Please, do stay tuned!)

And now, without further ado:

Racy lyrics and scantily clad women, but I don't even care.

Because basically, I love, love, love this video!

New Kids on the Block! Summertime!

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Oh, how I've missed those boys. I feel almost thirteen again! :)