Day 96

You'll notice I missed some days. Despite my perfectionist desire to go back and post a photo for each missing day, I have decided instead to post some of those picture on my "real" blog along with the stories that accompany them.

I will just begin posting again with today's picture.

This picture is much to dark and lacks perspective, but it's the best I could do from within the house. The snowflakes, according to my mother-in-law who does NOT share my propensity to exaggerate, were 3" across! I have never seen snowflakes that enormous... And it's April! Grrrrr...

Day 84

Adjusting the lighting for daddy.

Day 83

I'm full, mama... Full, I tell you...

Day 82

Finally, she emerged!

Day 81

Waiting...

Day 80

Odd man, I mean cookie, out?

Day 79

Teaching music.

Day 78

Family portrait by Kjersten.

Day 77

What you can't really see is how incredibly hard it is snowing thru the sunshine.

Day 76

Here comes the rain...

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Daddy playing with baby. Think they look alike?

Day 71

Here's itsy, bitsy, teeny, weeny..... Oh, never mind! Just a nine month old baby boy who refuses to stay little for his mama.

Day 70

I might be very sorry that I ordered this for Jason. He's had it less than 4 hours and already his list of "oh... we oughta make this!" is very long... On the positive side, he is completely inspired and totally entertained with his new reading material.

Day 69

Sick little baby boy.

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Day 67

The neighbor's as seen in the reflection from my (mostly) clean car. Gotta love the landscape here. Rock. Dirt. The occasional tree. And to think, I grew up in the Pacific Northwest... No, I have NOT acclimated!

Day 66

Brennen's artwork. I don't know if it's the paper or the fact that they painted with pudding, but the paper is terribly brittle. Like crack and break in your hand. Weird. Now that we've all admired his handiwork, the actual medium is in the trash. Shhhhh... don't tell George!

Day 65

Ineptitude. Mine. Not hers. Kjersten bought a loom thing today. I know I had one as a little girl. Do you think, I can remember how to do this? Nope. Not a bit. I left Lou to her own devices and this is what she did. Seems this craft is not done by intuition alone. Guess we'll have to actually try to decipher the instructions tomorrow...

Day 64

One cannot use a flash to take a photo of nice shiny apples. One really should move them into natural light and photograph them there. One should not leave them on the counter under incandescent light. That is lazy and results in a photo like the one shown above.

Stay tuned for the reason we have a vast variety of apples...

Day 63

Brennen giving Cael a big squeeze...

Day 62

Freaky spring weather. Warm. Sunny. Snowing.

Day 61

Two peas in a pod.

Day 60

Lou told me she heard her favorite song on the radio. She wrote down when it was on so we could be sure to hear it the next time it was on. I find this very enlightening. It's never occurred to me that my children might assume that radio stations play the same songs at the same time all day long... Sounds logical, doesn't it? She was disappointed when I explained how it really works... (I never did find out what song it was. I better work on that for her!)

Day 59

George was looking for a little privacy while he got dressed... I didn't have the heart to tell him a laundry basket provides little in the way of privacy...

Day 58

Ever enthusiastic.

Day 57

Auntie Sara got tired of being the "hoop" for George's basketball game so she suggested the kids bowl instead. Think they had fun?!
(Yes, George has a headlamp on. Just because he can.)

Day 56

Thanks to my friend Cynthia in Alaska and her post about RJ. (See here.) It reminded me that our little boys still fit in the kitchen sink for bath time! And, boy, does Cael love it!!

Day 55

This really is a recipe from "America's Test Kitchen." It's called "Hot Fudge Pudding Cake" and it is so yummy. Jason found it in the cookbook he got me for Christmas. Wonder what other delicious recipes are dwelling between the covers of that book?

Day 54

"Mom, that looks like a recipe from 'America's Test Kitchen."

"No, George. It's just my chicken pot pie recipe."

"Oh."

Yes, the three year old really did say this. Then he refused to eat dinner. Perhaps if I'd let the show take credit, he would have eaten it?

Day 53

Kjersten took this photo of her "Eiffel Tower" creation. See the resemblance? I guess it was a little taller before Cael "helped" her!

Day 52

Whack!!!

(from the archives... the camera batteries croaked during the lunar eclipse last night)

Day 51

What else would I post tonite?

Do you know the story of Columbus and how this eclipse in 1504 saved his life and the life of his crew? If not, click here.

Day 50

Baby Ole has learned to kneel. Suddenly that's the prefered way of playing. No sitting for Cael. No thank you. He'll kneel. Much more interesting.

Day 49

Our tooth fairy is a slacker. Rhys lost a tooth at church on Saturday night. As is customary, he put it in the dish on the counter. Tooth fairy no-showed Saturday night. Kids decided that dad had stayed up too late and the tooth fairy cannot stop when everyone is not asleep. Tooth stays on counter in bowl. Sunday night the tooth fairy skips our house AGAIN!!! Have you ever heard of such a thing? Crazy... Seems the tooth fairy got her act together. This morning, Rhys found a shiny gold $1 coin in place of that tooth. Finally.

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It's like the postmark on Christmas cards... As long as it's postmarked by Christmas, it's all good, right? Well, we made the cookie dough on Valentine's Day. Just took us until today to roll it out and bake them. We might even manage to deliver them to grandma & grandpa tomorrow...

Day 46

Just going to play a game or two...

Day 45

"I love playing with my buddy Bret. He makes me laugh!"

Day 44

Rain? Blurry, but definitely there... Of course, it was gone by 8 a.m. and it did not return. Figures.

Day 43

New goggles and face mask. He's ready to tackle that mountain. Again.

Day 42

Cael with his oldest brother.
Or, more accurately... Rhys with his youngest brother. (Thanks Carol!)

Day 41

Perfect hand hold, huh Cael?!

Day 40

"Look at the snow. Oh, nevermind... I think I'll just lick the window..."

Day 39

Junk food should never be on sale. Ever. We seem to like these little treats. They are an outrageous $2.50/ box at Target. My dear friend, Amy, called the other day to say she'd found them for a mere $.65/ box at a discount store. Really? Oh, I rue the day...

Day 38

What an ordeal... Who knew that sealants on teeth could cause such strife in a little girl's day? She survived (with the help of nitrous oxide and her mama's soothing presence). Just wait 'til she finds out that the dentist wants to pull some teeth. We're going to need general anesthesia for that one!

Day 37

This is the "Bob the Tomato" super hero cape I made Rhys at least 7 years ago. It has been resurected and, once again, is helping a three year old leap, fly, and proclaim "super-hero" status. George (and the mama) couldn't be happier!