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spring cleaning

 

 

 

 

Mommy, mommy!  I saw an ANT. 

I want you to clean the house.

~ Max, 3.  His demands Saturday morning

 

 

 

 

 

from their lips.

 

 

 

 

Pretty soon Max is going to be a lot more serious.  He turns three.

_{Emerson, 5 1/2.  Her random observation at breakfast this morning.}

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

clarity and truth

 

 

 

"Your head is really chubby."

   ~ Emerson's revelation this morning when I climbed    into bed with her and she put on her new glasses.

 

 

 

 

 

Bears & Beers

 

 

"...it would be like that Polar Bear team who drink beer and take their

clothes off and jump into the water with nothing but their naked bodies. 

Daddy would be really good at that because he loves to drink beer." 

~ Emerson, 5  

Her thoughts on swim lessons in the winter, as discussed on the drive to school.  :)  I randomly mentioned the Polar Bear Club a few weeks ago. 

 

 

 

 

from their lips.

 

 

 

  

  boys like beer.  girls like juice and water.

Emerson, 5.  a recent observation.  :)           

 

 

 

 

 

 

From their lips.

 

 

 

I love you, Mommy.  I love you, Mommy.  I love you, Mommy.  I love you, Mommy.  I love you, Daddy.  I love you, Mommy.  I love you, Mommy.

 

 

~ Max, 2 1/2.  my sweet boy has mastered the art of self expression.   often for no particular reason and many times out of the blue, he loves to love.  He loves his mommy.

 

 

 

 

 

Love.

 

While cleaning up the other night, I found this little scrap of paper among lots of other little scraps of paper.  I hadn't seen it before. 

What a little treasure.   That my husband took a moment to write down these thoughts, which Emerson must have announced one day during play, makes my heart swell. 

How lucky am I?

 

 

 

 

 

{Dear Daddy.  A place to give this Daddy the props he deserves.}

 

behind-the-scenes

 

 

 

 

24 hours in my world.

 

a night of packing, a 2:00 a.m. bedtime, an up-all-night little girl with a sinus infection, a day on the beach, a night at the zoo = one EXHAUSTED night owl.  good night! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

today's no frills, no photo look at life.

keepin' it real. because every blog has a behind the scenes.

 

 

Am I the only one?

 

 

 

 

Who has forgetten to put candy in the pinata?  oops.

 

 

 

 

 

 

from their lips...

 

 

 

 

 

Mommy, what kind of exercises does your tongue need to do? 

~ emerson, 4 1/2

 

{today's random question at breakfast.  apparently total body fitness is on the mind}