Busy, busy

I finally missed a day, gosh.

It's been busy here lately... after much ado we had gotten permission to a)rip out blighted boxwoods and b)build some raised beds. Andrew's been working like a demon on both of these. Tuesday night he arrived home at 8pm after being stuck in traffic for ages, and immediately went down to the basement to finish the second raised bed, cajoling me to help. Assuming they'll fit through the doorway, we'll put them in an evening this week. Trying very hard to finalize our au pair choice for next year, gosh it's hard. The boys had a playdate with a little girl from church this week. I think I found a good source of fancy fancy eggs, milk and meat- local, hormone free stuff. That's about it for now!

Happy Birthday to Andrew!

This 33 year old has survived Crohn's, the first year of twins and leaving the house at 5:30am every morning! Laud him! Shower him with gifts!

Hot time in the old attic

What a weird title, you might think. It's a play on a real song, I swear. And also it's not creepy, bear with me.

It's been getting very summery of late- highs in the 80's all week. Our box fan in the window upstairs is not cutting it. I think it's probably in the 70's up there at the boys' bedtime. Considering we've been doing fleece footed pajamas for ages, a change of nightwear was in order. We've switched from footed pj to long sleeve onesie to short sleeve onesie. Today during the nap we're down to just a t-shirt. I'm going to draw the line at the diaper though.

Beaned

Andrew got beaned pretty good by Micah this weekend- he was waving around a plastic cup and got him just to the side of his left eye. Near miss.

It was a beautiful weekend so we spot lots of time outdoors...
Susanne and I took the boys to a farmer's market Saturday morning and got some spring vegetable "ephemerals" (baby greens, asparagus, ramps), as well as investigating the dairy and meat options there. One stall has all things pickled- we got ramp kraut and pickled salsa verde... amazing. Andrew and I hoped to test out our hiking carriers Sunday but ripped out shrubs to make way for raised beds instead. Andrew is a beast- I couldn't lift one of the rootballs whatsoever, it was maybe 100 pounds? Thinking about what to plant and how to deer proof. The boys love hanging out in the shade, mostly tearing up grass and trying to eat bark but hey works for me.

Swinging

It's especially nice this time of year to have a park in your backyard. The swings are becoming quite an attraction...

Mealtime

We've been using forks lately at breakfast- I spear a piece of toast or fruit or cheerio, then hand the utensil over to one of the boys who promptly pops it in his mouth then gives me back the fork for another bite to be loaded. They enjoy the newness of the experience, we'll see how long it lasts...

Also have been trying sign language- particularly mom, dad, and eat.

Laundry day

The grass has finally been deemed a safe surface to explore... by the way, Susanne is taking all these pictures during the day. I just see them eating and sleeping for the most part, so it's really nice to see their day for us, too! More highlights on the new album... figure I'll do one new album a year.