Stella McBoing-Boing (203/365)

This is the story of Gerald McCloy, and the strange thing that happened to that little boy. They say it all started when Gerald was two. That's the age kids start talking, least most of them do. Well, when he started talking, you know what he said? He didn't talk words, he went...
[boing, boing]
... instead.
Narrator, Gerald McBoing-Boing, Animation, Short, Comedy, 1950

TIME: 7:23 PM
PLACE: Backyard
SUBJECT: Stella on Trampoline

There's been a lot of bouncing going on these past couple of weeks.
That’s good.

Vertical Flight (304/366)

TIME:  7:33 PM
PLACE:  Junior High gym
SUBJECT:  MonkeyBoy – jumping

Wow.  That boy can jump.

(He didn’t block the shot, but his opponent didn’t make the basket either)

Leaping & Lying (060/366)

“Thirty days hath September / April, June, and November / February has twenty-eight alone / All the rest have thirty-one / Excepting leap year / That's the time / When February's days are twenty-nine.”

One variation of a traditional English mnemonic rhyme regarding the days of the months

TIME:  9:21 & 9:11 PM
PLACE:  DramaQueen’s bedroom
SUBJECT:  StellaDella leaping up & DramaQueen lying down

Happy Leap Year! (Not if you’re Davy Jones though-He’s on the Last Train to Clarksville).  Amazing how fast children will do what you ask when you tell them to jump on a bed so you can take a picture.  SD was more than happy to oblige me.  The older daughter was kind enough to let us use her bed as the trampoline.  Thank you DQ…I know being nice tires you out.  Love ya!

Tram-pamp-o-line (150/365)

Todd: Each leap brings us closer to God.
Rod: Catch me, Lord, catch me! [They collide in midair and fall injured to the ground] What have we done to make God angry?
Todd: You did it!

The Flanders children jump on the trampoline, "Bart's Inner Child." The Simpsons. 11-Nov-1993.

TIME:  6:22 PM
PLACE:  My sister’s
SUBJECT:  My nephew, Michael and DramaQueen

Busy Memorial Day – MonkeyBoy was up at 5:30 this morning to help place flags at the cemetery, then he had to be dropped off at the Junior High School at 8am to march in the 10am parade with the band.  I picked him back up at the school at 11:30am.  Finally, we (Me, DQ, MB, SD and my dad) went to Busch Stadium so MB could perform with the band at a pre-game ceremony for the 3:15pm Cardinal game.  We stayed until the 5th inning (after the very ugly Giants grand slam in the 4th) then left to go to my sister’s house for the tail end of a family get together.  The kids were hot and tired while riding in the car, but were able to muster enough energy to jump on the trampoline after we arrived.  That’s my nephew flipping in the air – he’s going to be a senior in high school this fall.

Poolish Pleasures (175/365)

 
“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air…”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (American Poet, Lecturer and Essayist, 1803-1882)

TIME: 2:00 PM
PLACE:  Millstadt Pool
SUBJECT:  Monkeyboy

Our field trip this week was swimming.  We went to the Millstadt pool with my sister and her kids.  My sister-in-law and nephew joined us shortly after we arrived.  They have a wading pool area for the little kids, however it was closed today due to an "incident", so everyone was in the main pool.  In the "deep end" with the diving board, they rotate between letting people jump off the diving board and letting people swim in the area.  This is MB jumping off the side during the swimming time.  The kids had a good time - even though we forgot our towels at home! Doh!  I made sure that tons of sunscreen was liberally applied before we ventured out into the sun.  Around 3pm, dark clouds and thunder rolled in...closing the pool for the day.