Train Table 1; Daniel 0

Daniel took on the train table today - and the train table won. Ended up being our first (probably of many) trip to the ER, just to be checked out...Luckily, he's fine. But wow did he have a major lump when it first happened. Even dad agreed a trip to the ER wasn't a bad idea..

The funny thing about families

You start with 2 - Jean and Vince Plona
From 2, you get generation #1 - 4 - Vince(Karen), Hank (Verna), Tom(Pat) and Jane
From 4, you get generation #2 - 10 - Traci (John), Kevin (Andrea), Kelly (Greg), Jennie (Tony), Galen(Terri), Katie(Michael), Becki(Chris), Bridget(Jim), Hank, and Robert
From 10, you get generation #3 - 18 (so far!) - Megan, Jack, Elizabeth, Cameron, Brianna, Nick, Nate, Maggie, Ellie, Grace, Henry, Rose, Sydney, Daniel, Anna, Emma, James and Kaitlyn



For a total of 43! Now, I may be biased, but I think that's a pretty great group :) Thanks for a great reunion/sleepout Plona family. It was great to see you all. For those that couldn't make it, you were missed - hope to see you next year!

Sydney Quote of the day!

Is it time to go to Granny and Poppy's yet?
Is it time to go to Granny and Poppy's yet?
Is it time to go to Granny and Poppy's yet?
Is it time to go to Granny and Poppy's yet?

A musical interlude

Lazy summer saturday

Brownie maker



Race Car driver

The Dig is Done!

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Mattress Guy!!!

We pass a mattress store every day on our way home from work. And they have a large inflatable mattress guy that they put up when it first opened about 18 months ago. So we check for mattress guy every single day to see if he's out. He's not out on rainy or windy days, and now it seems he's only out on Thursdays, Fridays and weekends.

Sydney is always disappointed on the days where Mattress guy is not out. And recently she started asking if she could have her picture taken with him. It took a while to catch him out, but we did, so here she is with her friend, Mattress Guy (so named by her mother, who was just trying to describe the inflatable in a way an 18month old could understand). I wanted to make sure to get a picture now, just in case they stop putting him on display. He's been such a fun part of our daily ride home that I wanted to make sure we never forgot him :)

Up close, he was a LOT bigger than she thought!