365 Project: Week Twenty-One

A little light refreshment after naps.  This was a pretty blah photo in color, but I love it black and white.

 

Sometimes on hot afternoons I fill a big bucket with water and let the boys splash around in the driveway.

 

Dash playing his piano/guitar.  Check out that concentration!

Tuck and Grandpa engrossed in a book.

I think this is sedum.  It has these pretty purple blossoms this year.

 

We had a picnic in a nearby park on Saturday.  This was the view above our heads.  (This and the next photo were taken with my iPhone.  We had a busy, fun weekend -- the kind where you're already hauling around a lot and the camera bag is just one bag too many.)

We spent Sunday evening at Mount Vernon.  This is the view of the Potomac River from George Washington's lawn.

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

365 Project: Week Twenty

Don't you love toddlers in one-piece outfits?  I'd dress them like this until they were teenagers if I could (although it does interfere with going to the potty).

The peonies from my last post opened up and lasted most of the week.  So lovely.

Sometimes when Mr. E gets home from work, we intercept him in the driveway and make him play with us.

Another Mr.-E-coming-home shot, this time featuring the car.  

My little helpers.  We made a couple of trips to the garden center this week and bought some plants.  Here the boys are tending to a newly planted petunia with their mini watering cans.

We went to a "truck zoo" on Saturday (basically a bunch of trucks in a parking lot that the kids could touch and climb in).  Little-boy heaven.

Some annuals awaiting planting.  Pots on the deck is almost all I can manage, but it's fun to have some pretty growing things in the summer.

Happy Monday, everyone!

365 Project: Week Nineteen

Playing with blocks post-bath while the grandparents look on.

I got this wooden necklace this spring from Kayce Hughes.  It's a bigger piece than I usually wear, but I'm glad I took the risk.

You'll be seeing a lot of this plant in this space.  It's a hydrangea, really the only impressive plant in our yard.  Here the buds are just starting to appear.

The boys and I spent Thursday at the farm, and Dash and Grandma were walking in a field at sunset.  Of course he was too busy to give me a cute pose.

Black bean soup.  Happiness.

 

Peonies from a friend's garden.

 

We went back to the farm for Mothers Day and had a picnic by the river.  Here are Dash and Grandpa looking like they're on safari.

This post is a day late because we stayed at the farm an extra day and I didn't take my computer.  

So happy Tuesday this time, instead of happy Monday!

365 Project: Week Eighteen

Dash, clowning around in Mommy's shoes.

Button mums were on sale at Safeway.

Tuck with a book.  "Read" is a command I hear a lot these days.

Tuck's go-to toy these days is this wooden school bus.

Roasted broccoli.  It's so good; even the boys like it prepared this way.

Mr. E's parents were in town for the weekend.  This is Ah-Mah, reading a Chinese book with Dash.

Ah-Gong and Dash eating noodles for lunch.

Happy Monday, everyone!

365 Project: Week Seventeen

Tuck.  Ever since he started walking he's been an extra-happy little guy. 

 

I spent much of Tuesday purging and reorganizing our pantry.  I could have shown you a picture of piles of food all over my countertops, but the end result is much nicer.  I threw out some spices that had 2003 expiration dates!

Check out the hole in the knee of Dash's jeans.  He's so proud of it.  I, on the other hand, am wishing I'd bought a few more pairs.  Kohl's doesn't have these any more, and it's hard to find toddler jeans with elastic all the way around the waist.

 

Dash and Grandma.

When I left the room, Dash was wearing a shirt and underwear.  When I returned, he'd styled himself.

 

We babysat some friends' daughters on Saturday night.  Four kids = chaos!

 

Aliums.  My mother secretly planted these for me when I was pregnant with Tuck, and it was such a fun surprise when they popped up in my garden last spring.

Happy Monday, everyone!

365 Project: Week Sixteen

My sister-in-law got the boys this Stephen Strasburg bobblehead at a Nationals game.  We're Yankees fans first and foremost, but the Nats are our National League team.

Potty Training:  It begins!  Tuesday was day one.  It's been going pretty well, and we're very proud of our big boy.

 Lollipop!

I coveted the Liz Lemon necklace for a long time, but I couldn't justify the cost.  I finally got this more affordable version from Etsy a few weeks ago.  The O and the E represent all three of my guys, with one of the letters doing double duty for son and husband.  (No, Dash and Tuck aren't the kids' real names.)

Friday was one of those days when I should have taken tons of great pictures, but I was busy (potty training + cleaning + cooking + picking up Aunt Em from the airport), and I didn't pick up the camera until night was falling, which is never good.  This is the Nelson bubble lamp in our kitchen.

Saturday we were at the farm, and I did get lots of great pictures.  I chose this one of Em because -- let's face it -- the boys are already well-represented enough in the 365 Project.

 

On Sunday Mr. E got out the superglue and tape and held a clinic for all the boys' broken toys and torn books.  Here he's repairing the arm of a dumpling-head toy (yeah, don't ask me) as Dash looks on.

Happy Monday, everyone!

365 Project: Week Fifteen

Red azalea in our yard.  It's completely covered with blooms.

I had a much-needed appointment at the hair salon on Tuesday.  I'm quite happy with the cut.  If only I could blow-dry it as well as the stylists....

A big pitcher of lilacs from my mother's yard.  Our whole living room smelled like them for a few days.

A grin from Tuck during our afternoon outside time.

My trusty backpack and water bottle.  I've been using the backpack as my purse since last fall and I've loved it, but I'm going to switch it out for something more springy soon.

Dash with a big stick of chalk.  That car was fully decorated about two minutes after I snapped this photo.

"Hmmm, tell me more about that."  Tuck during his afternoon snack.

Happy Monday, everyone!