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Hey, Ryan! Let’s Play Checkers!

Ryan Lorenc-Haluska — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:20:00 +0000

Hey, Ryan! Let’s Play Checkers!

Do you Remember How to Play the Game?

I Think So… we Each Stay On the Black Squares…

…and Then What do we Do?

I Think you ‘Jump-Over’ the Checkers, Ryan.

O.K., Dog. Thanks!

But ‘How-Many’ do you Jump-Over, Pinkie?

I Don’t Know, Kitty… Let’s Just Start to Play, Ryan.

Maybe we Will Figure it Out After Awhile.

I Like This Game, Pinkie!

I Like This Game too, Ryan!

Hey– do I ‘Jump-Over’ your Checker Now?

Don’t Forget… you Get To Keep Her Checkers that you Jump-Over, Ryan!

Now it’s Pinkie’s Turn! Take His Checkers, Pinkie. Take His!!!

Take Some More…!

No! You Can’t Just Take Ryan’s Checkers unless Pinkie Jumps-Over Them.

Well – then, Jump-Over Those, Pinkie…!

Kitty–– it’s Not Her Turn! It’s Ryan’s Turn to Play… Jump-Over her Checkers There, Ryan!

No!! Not Fair Jumping Two!!!

Is Too ‘Fair’. It’s The ‘Rules’, Kitty!

Is Not!

Is Too!

Not!

Too!!

*Hiss-sss* !! *Grr-rrr* !!!

*Acckkk*! *Oommph* !!!

*Scratch* *Kick* – *Paw*

*Bite* !!

Quit it, you Two!!!!!!!!!!!

We’re Trying To Play a Game! You’re Supposed to ‘Just Watch’ !!!

I got my Checker to the End on the Other Side. ‘Queen’ me, Ryan!

How do I ‘Queen You’? What’s That???

Put one of those Black Checkers on Top of Mine– so that there are Two Stacked Up.

Now, ‘Queen Me’, Pinkie!

You’re a Boy, Ryan… I’ve Got To ‘King’ you…

…There!

Hey– How Did He Get There??? I Think He Cheated, Pinkie!

Not True, Kitty!!! Ryan’s Playing Fair!!!! You Just Don’t Remember How to Play This Game!!!

Do Too!!! Do Not!!!!! *Hiss-sss* !! *Grr-rrr* !!!

*Oommph* !!! *Scratch* *Kick* – *Paw*

Please get your Kitty off my Dog, Pinkie!

I Can’t!!! Your Dog is Holding-Onto my Kitty’s Leg, Ryan!!

Just Look At Them Fight! All our Checkers are Moved! What Can We Do?

O.K.! Stop Fighting Dog.

Stop Fighting Kitty!

We are Done Playing Checkers for Now.

Yeah–, Pinkie! You’re Right. We Can’t Remember Where Our Checkers Go…

I Know… Let’s Play Cards!!!!!

(We Won!!) (Did Not!!)

(Did Too!!!) (*Hiss!!!*)

Anyone Remember the *Rules* for Cards?????!!!

Playing With Our Food

Ryan Lorenc-Haluska — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 02:46:00 +0000

Mommy Says we Shouldn’t Play with our Food

But Mommy is not Home Today.

Look Ryan! We got some New Cookie Cutters in the Mail.

Look at these Interesting Shapes. Let’s try them Out!

Let’s Use Bread – and we can Cookie Cut our LUNCH!

Ryan– Why not Invite Dog and Kitty to Play?

Dog. Kitty. Would you Like to Help use Our New Cookie Cutters?

OK! We Like Playing with Our Food!

I want the Bone! OK! I want the Fish!

The Dog and Bone are My Shapes!

And This Fish is For Me!

I Get the Bears! ‘Cause I’m a Bear.

Has Anyone Done This Before?

I’ve seen Your Mommy Making Cookies. I Think I Remember How This Works.

How do we do it Dog?

Well, you Push Down on the Cookie Cutter.

Like This!

You ‘gotta Push REAL Hard! Grrrr!!!!

Et voila! C’est fini!

Look at my Orange Marmalade Bone!

That Looked Easy, Dog!

Now I’ll Try!

PUSH! Right, Dog?

Whoa! Something’s not Right!

I don’t know Ryan… looks like you could use a Paw.

I think so Dog!

Thank you!

You’re welcome Ryan.

We’re Doing It!

You’re Working Well Together.

Yeah!!!

This is Fun, Dog!

I wanna’ do mine next!

Here goes!

I did it!

I cut out a Fish!

Playing with our Food is Fun!

I wanna’ do a Ducky next!

What a nice Ducky!

You’re doing Very Well, Kitty.

I’ll press HARD all over.

Marmalade! It’s just Ducky!!

I like my Ducky!

Now I’ll do a Dog.

I Like Marmalade ’cause it doesn’t Stick to the Roof of my Mouth!

Look what we did!

We can Eat these Parts that are Left too!

What a Fun Time we’ve had Playing with our Food!

Our Buggy, Buggy Night

Ryan Lorenc-Haluska — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:47:00 +0000

Watch as Ryan and his Friend, Dog, Relax and Play with Ryan’s really Neat-o Candy!

Look, Ryan. Look at the Pretty Designs the Setting Sun is Making on our Floor.

There is Your Wicker Chair, Ryan. Let’s Move it Over a Bit.

Now– There is Your Wicker Chair and Mommy’s Pretty Cut-Glass Door.

Isn’t the Sky Pretty as the Sun begins to Set?

Nightfall will Soon be here, Ryan.

Daddy? Since it’s Getting Darker, May I Please Open my New Candy Tonight?

Sure, Ryan. Soon it will begin to get Dark and you will be able to have Fun with your New Candy.

Look, Daddy. There is a Tool inside!

Yes, Ryan. You use it to pick up the Candy Bugs.

Let’s ask Dog to come Play, too, Daddy.

What do You Think about My new Lightning Bug Candy, Dog?

You’re not so Sure that you Would Eat Lightning Bugs, Dog?

Dog wants to Watch from Behind me Daddy. I think that he is a little bit Scared.

Don’t be Afraid, Dog. It’s just Candy that Lights Up!

When I Squeeze this Tool it Lights Up My Candy Bugs.

It’s Fun!

Tastes Sweet! It Does Not Taste Like Bugs at All!

Here Dog, try one Without the Light.

Now, Try it With the Light. Here Dog, I’ll Hold it for You!

Give it a Lick, Dog. See? Lightning Bug Candy doesn’t Hurt!

My Lightning Bug Candy is Delicious!

You are holding it yourself, Dog. I see that You Like Lightning Bug Candy now.

Dog, It’s getting Dark.

Real Dark!

I Think we Need need a Light!

Let’s Eat MORE Lightning Bug Candy in the Dark!

Ryan the Explorer

Ryan Lorenc-Haluska — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:20:00 +0000

Good morning, Ryan. Come on in to Breakfast.

Oh – I like Fruit, Daddy.

Will you please put Honey on my Cereal, too?

Look, Ryan! You’ve got Mail!

Oh! A Package for Me? Oh– Wow!

What’s in it, Ryan?

Daddy! – Look! It’s a Safari Outfit just like I wanted!

Now, I can be an Explorer and Hunt for Fossils like You!

Oh!– There’s even Noculars! Thank you So much!

They’re ‘Bi’ -noculars, Ryan. Go put on your New Outfit.

Look!, Dog. I have a Safari Outfit. I am going to be an Explorer!

Do you Like my Safari Jacket, Explorer Hat and Noculars, Dog?

Daddy. Dog Likes my Safari Outfit!

I’m Thinking Explorer Thoughts.

Look, Dog! I can see you in my Noculars.

These Noculars are Really Neat, Daddy!

That’s ‘Bi’ -noculars, Ryan.

Dog, do you want to Try my ‘Bi’… -noculars?

They are kind of Big for you, Dog. I’ll tell you what I see, OK?

The ‘Bi’… -noculars are Really, really, Neat!

I see You, Dog – and you’ve got Fleas!!!

Just kidding!!!! :-}

Daddy. I want to Go and Explore. Now!

Sorry, Ryan. I can not go Exploring with you Today. I have to Work.

Why don’t you Explore around the House, today, Ryan?

Why not start at the Kitchen Table? Here! Look at the Fruit.

Daddy, Fruit has Bumps!

I think I’ll Explore the Bread.

Daddy, Bread costs Money!

What’s there to Explore in this Bowl?

Oh– Look! The Feather has got ???! …Daddy?

Those are called ‘Barbs’, Ryan. Birds always use their beaks to comb their Barbs together smoothly. Together, the Barbs make up a Feather.

Daddy, I see your Truck through my Binoculars.

You’ve got a Company!

Oh!, Daddy! I can hardly wait to go Outside and Explore!

Hurry back from Work, Daddy! Hurry! Hurry!

I will, Ryan. Tomorrow, we can go out and Explore together.

We’ll Hunt for Fossils! You’ll Like That, Ryan. Be Good for Mommy!

End of Part 1

(If you are reading this to a child… this is a good stopping point – tomorrow is another day!)

Part 2

(Ryan has been Patiently Waiting for Daddy to have Time to take him Outside to Explore)

Today is Daddy’s Day Off – and Away they GO!)

Before we go off to Explore, we should Learn about What we are Looking for.

Here is our Library. What a Pretty Library Fish Tank they have, Ryan.

Let’s ask these ladies about Exploring for Fossils.

They gave us this Number.

The Number tells us Where the Books we want are Located in All These Many Books.

I think that we will find Fossils much like that one today, Ryan. It’s a Trilobite.

The Fossils we may find are all going to be Underwater Fossils from Animals that lived Under the Sea. We may even see some Similar to These.

All of the Fossils we find will be from the Same Time that Dinosaurs lived – but we will not find any Dinosaurs. Where we live now was all Under Water long ago – but the Dinosaurs lived on Land.

I think we may find Underwater Fossils like those fish and that Ammonite, Ryan.

Look, Daddy. I am Using my Magnifying Glass to Explore the Am… –nite.

We may also find Fossils of Animals that lived in Swamps

–– and we Will Certainly Find Fossils of Sharks Teeth.

O.K. – I’m ready Daddy! Let’s EXPLORE !

Let’s stop here, Ryan. Places where People are Digging with Big Machines are Good Places to Explore for Fossils. Since it Rained Very Hard last Night many Fossils may be Easy for us to See. Let’s Ask if we may Explore here, Ryan.

Sure, you may Explore for Fossils here, Ryan. But you and your Daddy must Stay Far, Far Away from our Really Big Machines. We are So Busy moving Dirt that we may not See you and we may Accidentally Hurt You. See here – I move this Big Machine with my Hands using these six Control Sticks, Ryan.

You’re welcome to go ahead and Climb Up and Explore my Big Machine while I stop for Lunch, Ryan.

Oh! Daddy! It’s High up here – but I’m not too Scared! Exploring is Great Fun!

Daddy, now I feel Very Small… and a little Scared of these Big Machines…

Well, my dear Ryan – you have a Big Heart and Big Ideas and your Mommy and I have always Believed that you can Do Big Things. Remember, Ryan – we build Big Machines to do Big Jobs – but We make them Work for Us… so don’t be too Scared of them. Now, let’s go somewhere Safe and Explore for Fossils!

Let’s go to that Hill way over there. It is Safe. There are no Big Machines working there Today.

O.K. Follow, me, Daddy.

Is this a good enough Place to Explore for Fossils, Daddy?

Sure, Ryan. Look down by your feet. There is a Fossil of a Shell that got Exposed by all that Rain last night. A Hard Rain will Wash Off some of the Dirt that covers Fossils.

We just found a Lovely Example of a Fossil Shell.

Look, Ryan. While we were Walking, I Found and Picked Up these small Sharks Teeth. I can see them easily because they are Black and Grey on the lighter colored Dirt. This will be a Good Place to Stop and Explore.

Daddy! I Found Something! Come Quick!

Oh! Ryan! You found a Fossil just like in the Book at the Library.

It is a Creature that Crawled on the Bottom of the Sea that used to be here a Long, Long Time Ago.

I’m Digging over here now, Daddy.

I think I Found Something Else!

Very Nice, Ryan. It is a Ammonite of some kind. Pretty!

Exploring for Fossils is Hot, Hard Work, Daddy. But it is Fun!

Look, Ryan! See what I Found here. It is a Trilobite.

It looks like I found a Whole Family of Trilobites, Ryan!

Daddy – I Found More Fossils! They look like Fish, Daddy!

Oh! Ryan! Remember at the Library, I said we might Find Fish Fossils? These are Wonderful Fossils of Fish from a Very Long Time Ago. What a Great Find!

Look what I Found in my Fossil Sifting Pan, Daddy!

I think it is one of those Am… –nites, Daddy.

Yes, Ryan. It is a Fine Example of an Ammonite. You really are a Great Explorer, Ryan. A Great Explorer is someone who not only Works Hard – like you – but is Lucky, too. Wait till Mommy hears what an Excellent Explorer you are. She will be So Proud of You.

Daddy…? The Wind Blew my Hat Off of my Head and my Fossil Sifting Pan Rolled all the way Down the Hill. I’m tired and my Eyes Hurt from the Sun and the Blowing Dirt. Can we go Home?

You look Quite Tired, Ryan. Why don’t you Nap on the way Home?

Adventuresome Dreams, little Explorer!

Note to readers: Please do not tell Ryan – but Daddy did ‘help’ with the fossils on his fossil hunting adventure. Florida does indeed have a great many fossils – just NOT the fossils pictured in this story for the sake of making the story flow well – these lovely (polished) fossils are from Morocco, North Africa
(except the first grey fossil shell and the sharks teeth).

The Snow is Going Away! Let’s Play!

Ryan Lorenc-Haluska — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:05:00 +0000

Daddy. Look! The Snow is going Away!

Can my Friend Tags and I Play Together Outside?

Sure, Ryan. The Snow will not be here Tomorrow.

It’s not the same as last time, Tags.

There’s not much Snow.

Let’s do Something Else, Tags. Wanna’ Play with my Farm Animals?

This is Fun! You have Very Nice Animals, Ryan.

What Else can we Do, Ryan?

Hey! –Tags. Let’s Make a Snow Bear!

Oh– this is Nice, Tags! Let’s show my Daddy.

Oh–oh! A Squirrel is coming. Bark, Dog! Bark!!

Look, Daddy. Look at what we Made! It’s a Snow Bear, Daddy!

Oh! What a Fine Snow Bear you Boys have Made!

Dog helped. He scared the Squirrel away from our Snow Bear!

Daddy–– I am having a Very Happy New Year!

Daddy, I’m Bored!

Ryan Lorenc-Haluska — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:08:00 +0000

Daddy. I’m bored!

Why don’t you play, Ryan?

Look, Daddy!

I’m wearing Big shoes!

You’ve got really Big feet, Daddy!

Look at me, Daddy. I’m a sheep – BAAAHH!

I’m still bored!

Why don’t you play with Dog, Ryan?

O.K.

What do you want to play, Dog?

Let’s wrestle!

Ow! Dog–– No Biting!

Don’t play too rough with Dog, Ryan.

We’re not playing too rough, Daddy.

I’m tired! How about you, Dog?

That was fun, Dog! What do you want to do now?

Yes– Let’s play with the Duckies for awhile.

It’s time for your nap, Ryan.

We’re ready for our nap now, Daddy.

We’re really tired. But wrestling was Fun!

Ryan’s Big Surprise!

Ryan Lorenc-Haluska — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:10:00 +0000

Wait in the chair, Ryan, said Mommy.

I have a Big Surprise for you today!

O.K., Ryan. Come look in your bedroom, said Mommy.

Daddy and I have a Big Surprise for you!

Oh!, said Ryan. Oh, gosh!

Oh, Look!

Mommy, It’s a new bed!

Daddy, it’s a new bed!

My new bed is a big bed. My new big bed fits all my animal friends.

It fits Dog. It fits Fireman Duckie. It fits Pooh. It fits Swimming Duckie. It fits Turtle.

It even fits Dog’s ball! What a big new bed!

The sheets are BEARS! Mommy. They look like me. I like the sheets Sooo much. I do. I do!

Thank you Mommy for my new bed. Thank you Daddy for my new bed.