Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Sunshine and Sand Boxes

As a kid I spent a lot of sunny days in a big sandbox. Four kids mounding tons of sand and then laying faces smashed in the grit, digging until we reached each others fingertips. I'm glad my boys will have memories like that and I'm glad to remember mine while I dig tunnels in the sand with them. :)   







Monday, April 29, 2013

They're Here!

Daisy kidded on her due date and brought unexpected triplets (2 bucklings and a doeling) into the world. She was such a champ, willing to let me help her when the need arrived. And she's a wonderful mom, having accepted and nursed them straight off. 

Checking out the neighbors...


Snuggling in the sunshine...

 And getting a bit rambunctious on the teeter totter...

I promise to return to our usual broadcast subjects soon. :)
April
(The Ina May of Daisy Mae) ;)

Monday, April 15, 2013

Through little eyes...



J has taken a bit of an interest in photography lately. It's pretty adorable to see him walk around, camera swinging from the neck strap, deliberately pointing and shooting as "inspired".
Hope you enjoy seeing the world as he sees it. 
Sometimes literally.

my (J's) eye

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clouds

the fence
I have to climb on the picnic table or my slide
to see over this when the school buses go by.


the grass

my green bike

the window box

mom and dad's books

mama's flowers from joppa

daddy's records

The Red Stallion

coasters

the kitchen

the curtains




my books

the yellow couch

my bookshelf and my legos

my play dough stuff, pizza kit, and the thing I'm not allowed to
 play with that looks like a rope I should hang on.

my tractor 

my daddy's bible and my brother

my brother with a balloon

I heard mama make a big deal about these clean floors, so here they are.

that's my dad

the EXIT sign
i want mama to take it down, i don't like the letters being up there


the laundry baskets

the laundry

the radio
where I like to listen to "the clapping song"
(also known as "Classy Girls" by The Lumineers) 



Sunday, April 14, 2013

Progress not perfection...





like build lego robots (J built this one all by himself),

make music,

and read books.

J also drew his first person (it's a sideways person with only a head, legs, and eyes)



While we're talking art I'll slip in the next installment of "busy mama = busy boys". (to be fair he was supposed to be taking a nap, so being quiet wasn't such a helpful tell) Was it perhaps a foolish idea to let a 3 year old nap in a room where there are art supplies on a shelf above the bed? Yeah, ok, it was.


Apparently indoor, rainy day activities weren't all that tiring... which is only one small reason we are so happy the sun has been visiting us again!


Hello goats! They're happy for the sunshine too! And we should be having spring babies in just a couple weeks!

This was such a lovely morning... I was actually able to just sit at the picnic table reading my bible while the boys got wonderfully filthy in the sandbox. :)

Unfortunately I'm almost positive I found twice digested cat poop in E's diaper later... don't think about it... don't think about it!



A couple small house projects:
A make shift sewing table/desk. (Don't cringe Dad, I put adhesive protector pads on the underside of the plywood, Grammie's washstand isn't being scratched up.)

A new closet: lockers from the restore!

And a second shelf above the bed... paint job is next.

See you next time! (let's pretend that what's happening in the background isn't happening) :)


Love,
Us