house of 8+

The house is full, of loving cousins, sisters, parents, cats and a dog, laughter, tears, and toys! 5 adults, and 3 kids. So far it is wonderful. EARLY mornings, and lots of hugs to go around. We all sit together for breakfast/coffee/newspaper time, and then again at dinner.

These littles love their Grandpa so much, their Grandma too!

sweet Moose came over to visit us

the banana bunch. spring days out on the porch, my kids accustomed to taking off half their clothes when outside due to the heat- even tho the heat is missing here.

the Swing!

lots more to come, more family, more fun and many more memories!

11 on 11 (a day late, instead of 10 on 10)

this is all in reverse order. I don't have the umph to deal with changing it! apples for a snack before bed.

climbing this wall like a champ!

HOME RUN!

team work, carrying the water jug to Dad.

my version of a philly cheese steak, ground turkey + onion+ pepper + cheese. dinner brought to the softball games.

"don't spray each other!" were my directions..... they listen so well!

Matryoshka doll fun during nap time.

finally CLEAN. will last 4 hrs max.

making her bed

5lb bag of oranges bought on Monday, 2 left today as of 5 min ago. Glass milk jug, yum.

how the toy room started the day looking. normal after play dates.

Two

My "little" boy is TWO years old! It is hard to believe all the joy he has brought into our lives in just two years. He is growing by leaps and bounds each and every day, it is incredible to watch. In the past month he has turned into a talking machine, trying to copy every word and saying 3 words together. The voice that comes out of him is the sweetest, especially when he tells me I am cute or calls me a princess and even more so when I had the flu and he would pat me and say "poouur momma." We had a birthday party on his special day, filled with good friends. I wasn't up for making food, but I did make some tasty cupcakes. Red velvet with a butter cream frosting were made into baseballs, and carrot cake with cream cheese frosting were decorated as basketballs. I didn't take many pictures, but here is a quick look at the day!
I had to light the candle a few times, we couldn't get thru the Happy Birthday song before he blew it out!
We got E a bubble lawn mower, he loves it. He may stand at the door "mow, mow!"
The BIG blue balloon, it is HUGE. Literally it is like 3 feet wide. We were worried it would carry the kids off!
Sporting his new Mariners jersey, we now have two shirts in rotation! Ball shirt and ball shorts are all the 2 year old boy wants to wear!

Out of order, but a few days before his birthday he had a fall while climbing the ladder at the park. A mouth full of blood, but by the time we rushed the half a block home he seemed fine- I was a wreck! It was hard to tell where he bumped at first, teeth, tongue, lip- it was the lip and a scratch on the top gums. The lip got pretty puffy and bled a few more times during the day. I called the Dr and the dentist, but all was fine after a few popsicles!
Our nest had babies! I stalked the window to get this shot. Sadly we haven't seen them in almost a week. Since the day after a BIG thunder and rain storm the nest has been quiet, sad.