The Shumways: May 2008

May 27, 2008

Justin Roberts

I have to take a minute and tell you all how much I love Justin Robert's music. He is a children's music singer who is absolutely amazing. His stuff is so cute, funny and witty that I will not do it justice here. But to give you an idea of what he sings about...an imaginary Rhino, sidewalk chalk, picture day, a meltdown, day camp, a space ship to the moon, crossing guard and much much more. I am not a kid any more but I think he sings about things that interest them...or are in their lives any way. I love how upbeat the music is and the lines are so catchy and humorous. You have to check out his music if you have kids. Justin Roberts site
Check out his music by clicking on the radio on his web site. Let me know what you think.

I am very happy to say we got to see him in concert on Saturday (there was a big children's festival here in Kansas City this weekend). As a bonus we got to see They Might Be Giants too. TMBG have three children's cd's out now and some of the songs they sang where quite fun...but no where near as awesome as Justin Roberts.

Here he is the man I love...well I love his music anyway.

Here is the real man I love and our little angel.

And here is They Might Be Giants.

A little help please

If any of you have moved with a small child you know what we are going though. It is almost impossible to unpack with this little explorer on our hands. She is constantly getting in the way and getting into things. Here she is unpacking a few things for us unfortunately she does not know where to put them away.

Our new house

So last Friday we went to sign all the papers and buy our house. It went very smoothly and we got the keys and went over to see the place and clean it a little before the big move in. While we were there I took some pictures to show you all the inside of the house. It is empty but I figured better to take them before we have a million boxes everywhere than after. And I was right the house is still a mess four days after we moved in.

All set to move

It took a lot of work but by Friday we were all set to move. Here is Elsie showing off her balancing skills.

The zoo

Last week we went to the zoo with our play group. It was a beautiful sunny day and we had lots of fun. You can see we saw a variety of animals and I have to say this zoo is better than the Boston Zoo. In this last picture Elsie is playing the game "So Big".

Enjoying the grass

On nice days Elsie and I like to go out side and sit on the grass. She is still hesitant to touch it very much but she does not cry so we continue to do it. We have not made it onto our new lawn yet as it has been raining off and on since we moved in...plus all we have been doing is unpacking.

A new walking /riding toy

One of Elsie's Uncles bought her this toy. She likes it a lot...for now. It is amazing how quickly toys loose Elsie's interest. If she is in the living room with all her toys she would much prefer to play with a water bottle or the remote then any of her toys.

May 5, 2008

Garndma's house

We went to Grandma's house and had lots of fun. At first Elsie was being scared of everyone except mommy and daddy but she warmed up to all the attention and love soon enough. Add to that a few fun toys and a nice walk to the park and you have a wonderful day. It was very fun to have all Will's brothers and sisters together.

Exploring the great outdoors

Elsie has now had several chances to sit on the ground and explore. The first time she did this we were on a hillside that had a lot of small sticks and dirt on it. So as you might guess she tried to eat all the sticks and got quite messy. On a few other occasions I have put her down on a nice lawn and she does not know what to do with herself...until she finds something to grab. Here she has a small pine cone. She also enjoys pulling apart leaves on our front lawn.