First Fruit

Right off the plant this morning!

C'mon Baby Light My Fire

Reilly has a small backpacking tent set up in the bedroom because he wanted his own space but didn't want his own room. It's actually been pretty good, thankfully it's small enough to fit in their room. He and Kate each have their own flashlight and she accumulates books over the course of the week and he accessorizes the tent. He has a "kit" for any kind of emergency or situation he thinks might come up. He has his cape, his spy kit, his dog and it's needs, if he could have snacks upstairs - he would. Anyway, so they both have led flashlights and Kate didn't feel hers was bright enough so she yelled down to Shad "Dad, the fire went out inside my light and I need you to fix it".

I don't think she realized it's just batteries.

Oh When the Saints

Mom, when you march really hard on a stool it will really break.

More good talks with Kate.

Potty Talk

"Mom, is potty talk bad?"
"Well, we don't like to talk that way in this house, it's unneccessary."
"Oh okay, well is Shake your Booty potty talk?"

Good talks with Kate.

Hooray for Chasse

Kate's recital is right around the corner - I am working on my bun and bobby-pin skills! Oh my... who thought I would ever be doing this!

6-9 months

That's what size pants Shea is wearing now. I forgot to tell Kate it's not what size she is wearing - she is convinced these pants are hers when in fact they are her sisters! On Shea they would be down to her ankles. But hey, spandex knickers are in...I'm sure... somewhere in the world!

Thunderstorms

are cool for me because it's another reason to play "I want to be a photographer". It looked cooler than the photo shows but, hey, it's proof we had a thunderstorm. :-)

Nice Segway!

They had a good time testing these out at Dougie and Bailey's house. It is not necessary to wear a bathingsuit when using one, it's completely optional.

Oh, and it's camouflaged, so if for some reason you can't see anything but Kate or Reilly and a set of wheels, that's why!

Baby Rolls

Since the kids wanted to help bathe Shea I thought I would have them really help. So I gave them some soap and told them there was a piece of candy in Shea's neck and if they scrubbed hard enough, they might find it. Okay, not really... but they didn't want to play with her since she was in the sink.

Baseball...

Reilly went to a baseball birthday party today with Shad. He told me he left after the 6th "ending".

One of My Faves

For those of you who know me well, you know that I like my camera. I'm always snapping away and always trying to get my lighting just right or the expression that I was looking for. Well, I took a photo the other day in Kittery that I was pretty psyched about - here it is:

the LOVE triangle!

So, Shad and I had date night tonight. We went for a bike ride - quick b/c I was feeling lazy and then went to dinner. I got two drinks at dinner for the first time in years! So technically, it's amazing I am typing right now BUT this is what I'm looking at... what's up with that???

Kids in Kittery

Today we went to Kittery to find a couple geocaches and do something new. We ended up running around and playing in the ocean. Reilly is a bit stumped on the Atlantic and Pacific thing - but we're working on it.