Eight Months!

Sammy is 8 months old today. She is crawling, opening drawers, and hates to have her diaper changed or her face washed. She loves putting things in her mouth - especially when it turns out to be finger foods, baths, and wiggling to music. 

In Between Seasons

Matthew staking out his side of the blanket

Bubbles never fail to amuse

Matthew hopped in the wagon too

She went right from sitting to sleeping

It’s not quite spring yet but all the signs are there. Flower buds poking up from the ground. Bikes on the driveway. Wagon rides and an old sheet to crawl around on for the baby. Remembering the way Matthew said ‘chickmunks” last spring. Easy picnics dinners in the backyard. Pick up game of street hockey in our driveway with neighborhood friends. Pickup game of basketball with friends in our neighbors driveway. Extra bandaid requests. Leaving the house with rain boots and umbrellas. The children’s deep slumber after spending most of their day in the fresh air.   

How Does Your Garden Grow?

We have been enjoying watching our little tomato and pepper greenhouses sprout from planted seeds to sprouts. Each day Matthew checks on them and reports the progress on them back to me.

Snowsuit Up

Somehow the couple whose idea of a winter sport is making hot cocoa and reading wound up with a snow bunny for a child. I picked him up a snowboard from an end of the season sale and he was racing down the slope of our yard on it before I could say bike helmet. This weekend was chalk full of snowboarding and ice skating.