Sunday, July 19, 2020

Mother's day 2020

Each year, I try to take pictures with each of the kids on Mother's Day. Here are the pictures from this past May:

Theodore was first to get a picture with me. He's always available!

Lincoln was the next most available. I love his smile!

Cecil took some cajoling to come over and smile.
Later, we played Carcassonne together as a special Mother's Day activity.

Daddy made Levi laugh for the picture!
I believe we did a puzzle together for our special activity.


Saturday, July 18, 2020

Theodore: 1 year

Theodore is a year old now! 

remnants of the birthday cake adorn the birthday boy


He loves to:

flip light switches
play peekaboo
 put things in containers
eat cucumbers and tomatoes from the garden
swinging at the playground
eat blueberries straight off the bush 

get wagon rides from his big brothers



Some things he does now:



Goes up and down stairs with ease
Points at something interesting and says, "that"
Stands on his own for brief moments
Copies everything Lincoln does


He'es also adorable, but that's nothing new!








Friday, May 8, 2020

Growing!

I love Spring! I love the flowers, the promise of new life, little bitty plants in the garden--all of it! Here are some pictures from our spring this year.

Heading out to the garden!
Pointing out the watermelon seedlings :D
I promise he's not trying to look grown up! He's just proud of our green blueberries
Grandma Laura's roses are really something!
This gorgeous rose bush was cut down several times in the name of the hedge, but just kept coming back! This year is its most beautiful yet. We're going to find a way to keep it from getting chopped this year.
This bush has gotten so big! 
Cucumber
Zinnias--to attract pollinators! (don't worry, I'm going to thin them)
Carrots! (also going to be thinned)
Levi's trying to point out a developing pear.
We're finally going to get pears this year! (I planted the tree at least 4 years ago)
Can you smell this picture?!
Look closely for the photobomber.
Just precious.
He looks so worried!
Levi cleared out this area with just loppers and brute force!
Before, the area was impenetrable and you couldn't see the fence back there.


The thorns on these trees are vicious. It's called Callery pear and it's an invasive species.
These trees made up bulk of what Levi cleared out, along with a fair amount of privet.




This is similar to what the other area looked like before it was cleared out.


He likes to nibble on the clover

 I have to say, my garden is coming along nicely, but I love my crop of boys even better!