day 3

today's score:

a killer ball pit & 3D spectacles

day 2

today's score:

throwing rocks into lakes & more bedhead on a swing.

(i'm beginning to notice a trend here.)

day 1 of spring break

today's score:

postnap hair & the stroessler eyebrow

(see link below for more!)

** i sent this picture immediately to mark at work. his text back said, "what's up, flock of seagulls? somebody get that kid a keytar!" and that, readers, is why we're married. well, one of the 'whys.'

mama's boy

even when there are acrobatic monkeys
competing for attention,
as far as joshua & i are concerned,
cookies take precedence.

Dear Aunt Krissen & Bagdy

a big, huge Thank You to kristen and madison!

a garage sale score in shu's book :)

st patricks day

found this on a sister's facebook status today:

may those that love us, love us.

and those that don't love us, may God turn their hearts.

and if He doesn't turn their hearts,

may He turn their ankles...

so we'll know them by their limping.

thanks, kim.

i can't wait to hear

nana lay this out today

in her brogue :)

a good sign

the first worms of the season were uncovered today.

they're our helpful little buddies in the garden, so it was good to see them.

i'm hoping to get some peas in the ground tomorrow.

why so early, you ask? because Martha said so.

baby caroline

a big sneeze from a little lady (#12).

seeds for G

it was over 60 degrees today.
joy and springy spring!

happy birthday, gigi!

shua and i spent time outside
(without coats, thank you)
throwing icy, remainder-snow balls at trees,
driving matchbox cars off the "beeeeg one sliduh,"
and, best of all,
planting seeds in starter cups.

on tap today, in honor of the birthday lady:
two types of heirloom tomatoes.
and some mixed greens.

(can you find the shu below?)

shua learned how to operate the watering bottle.
the aiming took practice to perfect, clearly.

happy birthday, g!
birthday tomatoes coming in a few months :)

homemade sledding

during a nap last week,
i went outside and fashioned a pile of plowed snow
into a shua-sized sledding hill.

then, because we are who we are,
we didn't actually use it until sundown.
there are so many videos and pictures,
but they're all so dark!

i salvaged these two.

blockapalooza

who doesn't love a good palooza?

three stroesslers