Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Summer's HEEEERRRRREEEEEEE!!!!!!!

This is how I know:

green grass

tomato plants

humid air

fireflies

butterflies

and bugs in general

crickets singing

sprinklers

and

sun-kissed cheeks!




Phoenix turned TWO at the end of May!

Guess what he got for his birthday?

(Besides new swim trunks...)

SLIP 'N' SLIDE!!

which is apparently recommended for ages

FIVE and up

oops

oh well -- he still loves it

and so does Lily.

Works for me!


Happy Birthday Phoenix!









Saturday, January 29, 2011

I heart snow days!

The kiddies and I have had so much fun

playing in the snow this week.

Lily is old enough now to throw some really great snowballs

and to take some in return as well!

She spends her time outside

bombarding her mother with snowballs,

sucking snow of her mittens (which look a lot like socks -- weird! ;),

creating snow-track art and snowangels,

building snowmen,

climbing snow "mountains"

and using them as safe havens when her mother attacks back!

She is a tough girl out in the snow.

It took her two hours to realize that all that snow-sucking

had completely soaked her socks, er, mittens

and she was ready to head inside for hot cocoa.


Phinn also enjoys the snow

but only if he doesn't have to step in it

or touch it in general.

His "mittens" stayed dry and kept his hands warm

The. Whole. Time.

He had a great time walking up and down the plowed lane,

telling mommy to throw snowballs at Lily,

listening to Festus Jr practice his gobble,

watching Uncle Robert drive the tractor,

pointing out all the snow that he kept noticing everywhere,

and eating the raisins that we were trying to use for snowman eyes.

He was especially happy to go inside for hot cocoa,

but mostly because that meant...

MARSHMELLOWS!

And who doesn't love marshmellows?