Thursday, April 30, 2015

 

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A perfectly beautiful summer-like day, and those two beautiful faces have put me in just the right mood to finally get the blog going again. We had such a fun day yesterday – playing at the school play ground after school for hours, gardening, rope swinging, playing in the dirt, stripping down to underwear because its “SO HOT Mommy!”, letting the chickens out to get some sunshine, and eating lunch and dinner outside for the first time this year. Amazing! Samson picked flowers for the dinner table – and for my hair. After dinner we took the kids for a bike ride at the cemetery. Julian rode his push tricycle for the first time since Christmas 2 years ago. He loved it. Finally. Samson needed a few minutes to brush up on his riding but was going up and down hills in no time. Spring, I think, is finally here!

Friday, August 15, 2014

 

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A quite, beautiful afternoon at the park with the boys. {A week ago, before I broke my foot.} We do lots of play dates with our friends where the kids play for hours and just check in with me for the occasional drink of water or a snack. But sometimes, I like to do park days with just us, where I can soak up all of their goodness and not share them with anyone. We played “you stay back there” on the swings, one of their favorite games.  Hearing them both laugh hysterically at the same time is just about the best thing ever. Samson asked me to push him as high as Papa does. I asked him how high that was. He said “just past the clouds”. I love that he was serious. We threw rocks. We checked out tree bark. We ate animal crackers. We had the best time.

Monday, August 4, 2014


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Weekend recap:  awesome auntie visit, butterfly emergence, living room dance party, Julian learning to salsa, family wedding, backyard baseball, waffles, ice cream, and lots of getting tossed in the air.

Sunday, July 27, 2014


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Samson said it perfectly on the way home, “Farm tours are the best, it was really fun there”.

Friday, July 4, 2014


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The strawberry farm. An excellent tractor ride,  Samson picking, Julian eating, Samson going barefoot, Julian dumping out the basket, the boys fighting over their hats, the flag, the baskets, strawberry smoothies, Samson picking out corn and Julian picking out broccoli from the farm stand, a perfect little afternoon adventure.

Sunday, June 22, 2014


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I took the boys to go catch tadpoles on Friday afternoon. I was able to catch one for them pretty quickly, but Samson was determined to catch one himself. He kept at it for more than an hour, trying different net techniques, eventually taking his shoes off and wading right into the water.
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We he caught one, he was so happy. He yelled “I got one, I FINALLY got one, I did it!”. I was so happy for him, so proud of him. So glad that his patience and persistence paid off. He didnt hesitate to pick the tadpoles up out of the bucket and check them out. Some had legs and some didnt, we inspected 4 of them.  We both thought they were pretty cool.
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Julian refused to touch them. He clenched his hands in tiny fists and screamed no when I tried to help him touch one. He liked swishing the net around in the water though. Then he’d pull it up and say “Look mommy, got one. Look mommy, got one.” Pronouncing each word so sharply and perfectly. I so love hanging out with these two, my boys.

Friday, June 20, 2014


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Our favorite stream. We spend lots of time throwing rocks and exploring this little area. Tried to capture a bit of that magic today.

Thursday, June 19, 2014


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Just snapping some quite shots of my favorite flower *ever*. When we toured this house I couldn’t help but notice all of the peony bushes. To say that they didn’t influence my purchase decision at least a little bit wouldn’t be completely accurate :) There are at least 7 bushes on the property and they are UH-mazing!

Saturday, June 14, 2014


One season of tball officially under his belt. He had some nice hits, mostly straight to the pitchers mound, two solid hits past the pitchers mound. A few times missing the ball and swinging himself completely around. He swings like he means it.
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He runs the bases like someone is chasing him, mostly looking backwards the whole time.
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Lots of goofing around with the other boys. Flipping each others hats off, tackling each other for the ball, playing in the dirt, and climbing the fence in the dugout. 
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Not to be forgotten are all of his conversations with us from the out field. “Hi daddy”, “Hi nana”, “Hi grandma”, “Is papa here yet?” “Can I go to papas after this?” “The sun is in my eyes” “When is this game gonna be over?” and my favorite, “Am I doing a good job mama?" as the ball rolled between his legs.
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And this little guy was there at every game to cheer his brother on.  Yelling “safe!”, and calling to him through the fence “bubba, bubbaaaaa”. Then promptly taking Samons hat and glove when the game was over and wearing them both the whole way home.