A weekend fairy tale

Once upon a time, we lived in a pink house with chunks of concrete and hideous shrubs that no one wanted to buy.





The concrete became material for a pond far away in Vancouver and the landscape was shifted more apppropriately.





Husband fought the shrubs with a chainsaw as his weapon. He was victorious.





Please buy me and come live happily ever after.

Slugs are bugs

I love the fully fenced backyard we have at our house. You could say I've loved it all my life. We don't have any elaborate play structures or a pool. Just a worn patio and deck covered with second hand ride-on toys, plastic trucks, buckets and shovels. There is a beautiful maple tree that provides a ton of shade and the ground is barefoot friendly. (No poop or thistles) And of course, lots of good old fashioned dirt with wonderful bugs. Ami found a slug today. She ran around playing with it for half an hour. Eventually, she tucked the slug in the soft earth and insisted it was taking a nap now. I then insisted on bathing my children.

Yes, Crissy, we named him Slimy.

Boy cousins

Friday evening, we had the pleasure of hosting Jason and Christine's boys for several hours. Calvin LOVED playing with his boy cousins, especially Preston. It was so nice for him to have a playmate since Ami can be uh...difficult. She was a snob most of the evening but finally warmed up to them after playing in the backyard with Logan. I made pizza and a box of mac'n cheese that Christine had provided. She had actually left three boxes and I foolishly only made one, which wasn't enough (duh!).


Calvin has been mistaken for Ami by two set of grandparents now so I'm seriously considering taking him for his first haircut. I trimmed it a little in the front so it wasn't in his eyes anymore but I think that makes him look even more girly.


What should I do about my little man's mop? I know he'll look like a big boy if I take him to get his hair cut (if he'll even sit through one), but I don't know if I'm ready for that. The shaggy look captures his babyness.

Gray skies are gonna clear up

It finally stopped raining and these two couldn't have been happier.


This is the third year I've used this sprinkler/pool.


Everyone kept telling me she'd slim down as she got older and more active. Never happened.


I love you, my little chunkster.

Remember when ...

the box was more fun than what came in it?


dad was a mountain to be climbed?



you used to play under the bed with your siblings?

That's my boy

Calvin is everything Husband had hoped for in a son. They shower together, share breakfast, run errands, tolerate the playpen just to watch his dad cut the grass. He even taught our tinyman to shut the door behind him when following Husband into the bathroom. And of course, Husband teaches Calvin to tease his momma and sister relentlessly.