Rain Boots are the new Kazoo!

what a funky sound they make.
two posts in a day - whoa! I wanted to make up a bit for the lack of posts lately. cheers!

"My Baby See the Pirate Doctor"

I guess that explains a lot about my son's feelings about doctors - not so warm and fuzzy right now. Hi everyone! we have been struck down the past three weeks with some incredibly persistent crud. Although I think its days are numbered :) Crud or no crud, it's still big smiles (with lots of drool) around here! I hope you all are well

looks like we bought a house!

(not) capturing the moments

here are the moments I did capture on mother's day - the ominous skies on our trip to Allerton Park juxtaposed with the small window of time in the middle of the day when the clouds parted and intense sunlight poured down from the sky.

What I did not capture with the camera: miniman in the back seat of the car shouting "lookie my cracker hat!!" and upon turning around finding his face and head covered in peanut butter with- sure enough -a cracker hat! or the time snuggling with Klara while we read yet another book about the adventures of Lewis and Clark - her cold feet stuck between my knees and her head on my shoulder. But perhaps some moments are just best captured in one's heart.

out of touch

how did I miss that Jason Schwartzman put out an album?
Makes me want to go watch Rushmore....

hello spring!

we knew you'd arrive sometime!

and hello Jack (in the pulpit)! Miniman was fascinated with Jack in the Pulpits on this weekend hike and insisted on stopping at each one to say hi to the little jack hiding inside