I actually do have real pictures on the camera, but dragging out a cord seems like so much work right now, so I'll just share what's on the phone :)
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| He has favorite books and will occasionally read to himself (yay!) |
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| Blueberry picking at the Lower Notch Farm. I'm told this is their last year :( Super easy fast picking and we got enough for eating, muffins, and a pie. Not bad for 30 minutes of work :) |
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| "Working" in Papa's herb garden. Sorry, Papa.... |
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| Steve painted his sailboat and added oar locks while we were gone, so we loaded it up and paraded down the street to test her out. (She does have a name, we just haven't christened her yet as the paint job this weekend went a bit awry. Once it's on properly we'll pour the libation and get serious about learning to sail). |
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| He needs to learn to row properly first. We had about 15 spectators and they enjoyed the show immensely! |
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| My little pudge finally went under the sprinkler. He wasn't too impressed. |
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| Her mouth never stops moving. Never have to wonder what she's thinking about! |
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| Crazy hair |
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| He looooves this rake and someone let him bring it inside so now there's no escaping from it. |
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| Birthday morning! And yes, I used Christmas wrapping paper. It was the only non-pink stuff I had. |
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| Not that he would have cared, he loves all things pink and girly right now. Especially hair brushes and headbands. Good thing Henri's nice about sharing hers. |
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| I made carrot cake, same as Hens first bday. Made him his own smallish one, thought he'd take a nibble and that would be it like Hen did. |
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| Nope. He knew just what to do with this cake, and there was no getting any of it away from him! |
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| There were a few crumbs left and even then he was screaming for more. At least he got a full serving of veggies in :) |
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| He would not cooperate for this picture! My geraniums are reblooming and looked so nice with his rake and socks. But nope, he had to keep moving. |
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| Henri helping to anchor him |
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| Monkey see.... |
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| monkey try to do |
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| The "A" she drew. She's starting to consistently recognize some letters, and she's showing a lot of interest in lettering around her, wanting me to spell out stuff, so we might be getting closer to finally reading. |
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| Friends gave him a tool kit, he knows just how to use that hammer! |
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| I rescued him as soon as I took the photo, but he gets like this innumerable times a day and screams each time. You'd think he'd learn at some point. |
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| You might notice from the skirt that Henri's very in to being a ballerina right now. Not sure if we should start dance classes this fall or not. I'm sure she'd like it, I just don't like the commitment to activities this young as I hate to be tied to something should I decide to take off to VT or just stay home if the kids are cranky. Anyway, the Pandora ballet station is getting a workout, as are her dance shoes I found for her at the thrift store. |
So, pretty typical August. Lots of park and walks, kids are starting to play well in the yard (at least, they like to dig in the flower beds). We had a fantastic week in VT hanging out with the family and hope to repeat very soon. The kids kept a great schedule there, wish they would have maintained it here. Not sure what's going on, but Hudson's skipping his morning nap, hardly eating except to nurse, and up 3x/night lately. I'm beat, so hopefully it's just a tooth or something that resolves soon. We made a one night attempt to move him to Henri's room but that ended after a 15 minute hysterical screaming fit (his, not mine). Henri was a lot older when we moved her out of our room, so we might just have to wait, but I get the sense he's ready and might sleep better. I know Henri is very ready for him to move in, she was beside herself upset that he didn't spend the night. Only real plans are to go peach picking soon. I need some cobbler, and I'd like to put up some peach pickles again :)
