But I feel as though I have been quite neglectful of my blogging. Have you noticed? I hope not!
It’s chaos (happy chaos, so that’s a good) around here lately. I’m getting ready for this big Western Adventure. Which means lots of strapping Henry in the Ergo and putting Jack on his bike and running to keep up. I’ve been working on Jack’s quilt. Phase 1 is now complete. I’m so pleased. It only took 2 naps to complete!
The hardest part was keeping track of where I was in the pattern, but that’s why my color-coded diagram was so key!
Aside from training, packing and quilting I’ve also been playing.
We played with playgroup. There were water ballons.
And watermellon.
We even enjoyed shade provided by my mostly annoying cherry tree. We live near Washington, DC. So in March for about 5 days I feel like I’m living at the Cherry Blossom Festival. It’s wonderful. Then the pink snow falls down into my yard and onto my sidewalk and I end up cleaning up pink petals off my floors and out of my carpets for WEEKS. Also, nothing, I mean NOTHING will grow at the base of that tree. The root system is shallow and completely overpowers anything I’ve ever planted (and I try to plant something new every spring and every fall. I officially accept that it is the way it is and no pretty flowers will grow in the ground there.
p.s. I fly to Vegas in 5 days!!
With pre-school and play groups and second babies getting the remaining members of the Mom’s Group together is not easy! (The Mom’s Group is for first-time mommas immediately after delivery, run free through the county for any residents and it runs officially for 8 weeks and then we’re encouraged to continue meeting on our own. We met starting way back in March 08, and all the kiddos are January or February 08 babies, just look at them, and us, now!)
After two weeks of pre-pre-school our kids are now graduates! Brooks, Cady and Jack showed off their paper mache fish.
We took the tots for lunch and then treated them to ice cream. They thought this was the best idea EVER. I balanced the camera on the hood of Lindsey’s car to pull of this shot. Everyone (even Henry) made it in the frame so score one for my mad camera skillz.
Jack hardly ever gets offered desert unless it’s an oatmeal cookie the size of a quarter. There might be some subconscious guilt there because I compensated by getting him an ice cream so large he couldn’t finish it.
Amedeo: I’m a little nervous about hosting this many people and my molars are freekin’ killin’ me!
Leora: I’m a big sister. Wanna see my tongue?!
Brooks: Did someone put carrots in the carrot cake?!?! Are you people trying to poison me?!?!
Jocelyn: I’m going to stick my chin out until one of you fools turns on Elmo.
Andreas: Jack, let me give you the scoop on this big brother gig….
Jillian: I hear the babies grow in mommy’s belly, but don’t ask me how they get there… I have no idea!
Jack: Guys, they’re about to try and take a picture of all of us, get in the cars, we gotta get the h*ll out of dodge!!
Cady: I’m way ahead of ya’ buddy.
Andreas, Carsten, Jocelyn, Cadence, Jillian, Jack, Amedeo
We had a birthday boy.
He commanded his army of 
We had guests: Charlie, Cady, Colin, Emma, Liam, Amedeo, Brooks & parents, Andrew and Lia.
We had a robot, which Matt re-named the ‘Abominable Snow-bot’ (both because he thinks I wasn’t maxing out my artistic skills and because it has been snowing LOTS around here.)
