the baby is a player...

"mom, isn't she cute?!"

"baby, your skin is so soft!"

"smoooooch!"

cuteness cannot be stopped!

and without further adieu, the cuteness you have been waiting for...




i assure you that noah was also adorable today (as he is every day).

saturday was a good day, except...

my camera died. i think it was the kids supreme cuteness that killed it.

this morning we all went to the farmer's market. this is the basket we take full of this morning's purchases- a bag of kale, a
big bunch of green onions, some organic, grass-fed ground beef, and some pastured natural pork breakfast sausage. oh, and some free range eggs too!


noah had his first soccer game of the season. he is now in the U8 (under 8) league. it is a BIG difference from the U6 league, where he was about the only one who understood the basic premise of the game. he was very very nervous, but it all worked out fine in the end. his team is the 'cougars' and i am the team mom!

brian took this cute picture of me and rowan at the game.



after lunch brian had to go to work. the kids and i made brownies.

i think i'm going to try one of the kids fisher price cameras tomorrow.

frugal-ish us

lilah, rowan, and i had lunch at costco today. it cost us $3.78.

this was a very complicated game, in which lilah had a whole lot of babies, six i think. first we all had to have a sleepover- on the floor. i was the grandmother. this part involved a lot of set up- all the pillows from the sofa in the family room and the big chair in the living room and several blankets. the actual sleepover took about 10 seconds.

after we "slept" we colored. i, of course, did this ALL WRONG, no matter how many times i was corrected. oy, it must be hard having such a dunce for a mother, i mean grandmother.

the boys were cute today too

lilah's likes...

1. baking:

















2. and port o potties. no picture of that one, but she told me so today. her exact quote was "mommy, i really like port o potties." when i asked why, she added, "because they're so fresh and clean." she is usually really smart.

babies like spring...

for dinner!





and, just because he is so cute...

he can fly!

testosterone?

noah and i both woke up with itchy and slightly pink eyes. thinking it was another round of pink eye i kept him home. mistake. he was fine but very bored, which led to some really bad behavior. it was a really long day.


BUT we recovered. the weather was beautiful, and we spent the end of the afternoon outside. check out lilah weeding while slinging her baby. that's my girl!

building our strawberry beds, with a side of very muddy girl

noah got a haircut!

lumberjacking

okay, so i'm posting this on sunday, but i took it on saturday. does that count? it was supposed to be 70 degrees out and we all were really looking forward to that. instead it was FREEZING COLD (by which i mean 50 degrees). in my defense, it was very very windy and that makes 50 feel colder.

brian got out the chainsaw and chopped up our fallen tree. we're using the rotten tree to make a bed for our strawberry patch. look for a picture of that soon.

the kids and i planted some seeds for our spring garden- golden chard, red russian kale, peas, and sugar snap peas.

be startled mom, i'm a troll!

Day 1!

Hmmm, i've already taken 1 picture but who knows if it will be THE one for today.

so far today it's rainy and dreary. noah woke up with major attitude, but settled down pretty quickly with da's help. now he's at school and it's just me and the littlers at home. we have a lot of cleaning to do today. lilah has ballet too.

after a fabulous coffee and walk with my friend anne yesterday i've been thinking a lot about the life i've settled in to. i'm going to let it wiggle around and percolate in my brain a little longer and then i'll write about it.

it's quiet here so...

why not type? right now there are (hold on, i need to count) 4 kids in my house- 2 are mine and 2 are my friend, Erika's. 1 of mine, Rowan, is sleeping. the other 3 are watching 'The Berenstein Bears.' score 1 for the suburban housewife! tv was made for times like this though. it is doing us all good.

poor Erika is having a really tough time because her son, Rory, is having a really tough time. Rory has an appointment so i'm watching her other big kids for a little bit.

soon Noah will be home and then i'll hae 5 kids. i kind of like it. have to say that i'll kind of like it when the babysitter gets here at 4:00 too!

okay, so photo to come tomorrow....

new blog!

i'm going to try one of these photo-of-the-day blogs, like my friend Erika. i'm going to start with the photos tomorrow though, because it's always better to start things tomorrow.

chrissy