Watch Them Grow - First of The Month

August! (Summer finally arrived in the valley this week!)  And it is the  First of the Month, the photo meme hosted by Jan @Murrieta 365.

The goal is to capture one thing repeatedly on the first of each month. It can be a landscape, a person, an animal, a project; whatever your focus is, is fine. It can even be a record of where you are each First of the Month. 

My theme is my three grandchildren, Zbub, Mizelle, and Dinkum. It is called: 
Watch them grow!


For the most fun ever get a FREE box, cut a door and some windows and then just play. It can be a fort, or you can perform surgery in the hospital, or it is the neighborhood home of a new family moving in.



And if you are gone for a couple days, send Mizelle in to do a spider check.  Little sisters are good for something!


Post your new photo and link up HERE!

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Comments

Gattina said…
I see my grandson not so often, but each time I have seen him he becomes bigger !
12:30 AM, August 01, 2011
Jan n Jer said…
LOL...so true...why do we spend money on toys when a box is free!!! They are growing too fast!
4:29 AM, August 01, 2011
One said…
Aww... that's really adorable. So incy wincy spider climbed out...?
7:42 AM, August 01, 2011
Jan said…
Empty boxes are the best thing EVER! Love you photo.
8:48 AM, August 01, 2011
EG CameraGirl said…
They seem to be getting sweeter by the month!

Big boxes are the best toy ever! :)
9:03 AM, August 01, 2011
Karmyn R said…
I know my kids even enjoyed the big box.
12:30 PM, August 01, 2011
Leora said…
Boxes make great toys. You have beautiful grandchildren.
2:40 PM, August 01, 2011
Teresa said…
That is just the perfect toy to entertain grandkids!
8:59 PM, August 01, 2011
Faye said…
And sissy gets her own room for being the spider checker? Too bad appliances don't always come in huge boxes anymore.

Can you believe that we've kept up with this meme for eight months? That must be a record.
8:25 AM, August 02, 2011
Intense Guy said…
LOL - the facial expressions... the one sitting upright says, "Oooh the unspeakable horror!" and the brave one says, "Scaredy cats! There's nothing in here."

I remember spending hours in a refrigerator box... my parents didn't get new bigs boxes very often and the ones that did, hung around for ages!
8:05 AM, August 03, 2011
Peter said…
Hi Pamela, Kids sure do love to play in big boxes, so do kittens and puppies, great photo.
Thanks for the tip on feeling better, you may borrow the car anytime you like!!!
11:10 PM, August 04, 2011
kayerj said…
kids have great imaginations--love the photo. Kaye—the road goes ever ever on
10:25 AM, August 05, 2011
Far Side of Fifty said…
Give them a box and they can let their imaginations run wild! Sometimes simple is more:)
5:38 PM, August 09, 2011
grammy said…
Looks like great fun!
We have had many box adventures around here (o:
7:30 AM, August 15, 2011
kailani said…
What is it about kids and empty boxes? Sometimes I think they like the boxes better than what comes inside!
11:21 AM, August 15, 2011
Wendster said…
boxes are SOOO hard to get a hold of out here! They collapse them and recycle them immediately. lol But great that you got one and that the grandkids loved it. hospital ... ha ha ha great idea!
And brave little spider checker,too.
2:08 PM, September 02, 2011
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