we had a party...

A DIE, CICADA, DIE! PARTY!

Our good friend Heather blogged about it here.





Steph made cicada cupcakes:

we had a photo booth:

and celebrated the death of the cicadas by being outside with our friends.

jamberry

Threeberry, fourberry, hayberry, strawberry.
Finger and pawberry, my berry, your berry.
Strawberry ponies, strawberry lambs,
Dancing in meadows of strawberry jam.

From Jamberry, by Bruce Degen
(I've only read it a MILLION times.)

grayton beach

...With our friends, the Virostko-Ornes family.

uncle stefan visits

Stefan visited,

and here are some of his pix:

visit from nana and uncle mike

happy easter!

We look with uncertainty beyond the old choices for clear-cut answers to a softer, more permeable aliveness which is every moment at the brink of death;
For something new is being born in us if we but let it.
We stand at a new doorway, awaiting that which comes:
Daring to be human creatures.
Vulnerable to the beauty of existence.
Learning to love.
-Anne Hillman

rub a dub dub...

... four babes in a tub...

rex sewing

baby steps

our house on t.v.

A commercial for Eckrich Meats's cold cuts was filmed in our kitchen, but the house was completely taken over by camera crew, set design, catering and a truck with 3 people who constructed sandwiches for the commercial. Sandwich sculptors?

lunch date

Lennon and Rex dined with baby Summer. Oh, those cutie pies!

is it just me or are my kids brilliant?

After breakfast one morning, Rex announced he could write the letter X, and then the letter M. In the same breath, Lennon pulled herself up to the easel and began coloring with chalk for the first time. Who are these children?

grammy and grandpa visit

We had a great visit with Grammy and Grandpa. Complete with dancing and chocolate cake!

February shots

Rex was so proud of putting his pants on all by himself. Of course I didn't tell him they were put on backwards.

lennon turns one

A beautiful birthday... for a beautiful girl.