Goofball and Funny Face

Just a couple cute photos of my goofballs...  

We often call N "Goofball."  

Here is N's proud smile after demonstrating how he can drink the milk from his cereal bowl.  

B is demonstrating her "funny face" and the phonebook cover I made for her.  

You know me, I can't just have an ugly phone book out - plus, with it's beauty, we're avoiding paper cuts!  Ouch!

Getting Better

Just a quick update for you all - B & N are feeling better.  

They both have colds, but the fevers are gone and they seem to be feeling so much better.  

It's nice to see the smiles again... asking to do more activities is always a good sign.  

Here's to happy, healthy'ish kids!

Painting... paper, hand prints, and a birdhouse.

i carry your heart

My bliss... my babies.  Lately so grumpy, moody - they don't feel well and I miss my happy little side-kicks.  

I want to go out and play - and they would love to as well.  

We will get better and we will play.  

Today I will be extra sweet to you and we will get better.  

I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart)

I am never without it (anywhere I go you go, my dear; and whatever is done by only me is your doing, my darling.) 

I fear no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) 

I want no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true) 

and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant 

and whatever a sun will always sing is you 

here is the deepest secret nobody knows 

(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)

and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart  

I carry your heart (I carry it in my heart)

~ e.e. cummings 

Let's Plant Something Good

Homebound - what are we going to do?  

Small projects here and there... today we will plant.  B has been asking to plant flowers.  

Since our freeze date isn't until next week, we will have to wait to plant our outside flowers.  Today we decided to give this a try.  

Obviously I have not been a good keeper of this Amaryllis bulb.  

It's been in our garage on a shelf for two years.  But instead of tossing it I did keep it, which says something, right?  

We'll see how it goes.  I think it's typically a Christmas flower - 

we're just hoping for anything at this point.  

The kids liked putting it together.  We decided on rocks and water, instead of dirt.  

Now they will enjoy watching it and talking about it's growth.  

N enjoyed taking a photo of it, too (below).  Not bad for 20-months!  

So, here's to indoor, low-key activities.  Ciao!

New P.J.'s -

B & N - the sick-o's... they've clocked a lot of time in their jammies the past few months.

  Sometimes there isn't a lot we can do for them - lots of fluids, loves, snuggles, and yesterday - new P.J.'s!  

It put a smile on their face.  I caved and went with Disney - Wall-E & Princess.  

I'm not a fan, but I think B was born with this subconscious love for all things Disney.    

Again...

The wave of illness is upon us!  N seems to kick it off for us each time and B is not far behind.

  This time it's fevers.  At least Mom & Dad are healthy to take care and give lots of loves - and at least the kids can still sleep okay.  

The fun never ends at our house!  Are you sure you don't want to visit?  

You may have an opportunity to do a little immunity building!

Let it snow

A few weeks ago we told our friends - it never snows in Oklahoma... it has since snowed twice!  Here are a few pictures from our day in the snow.  By the way - it fell in one day and melted away the next.  We're back to our usual nice Spring weather!

B and Daddy made a snowman and snow angels.  

N did his usual digging... in the snow this time!

We went for a walk around the neighborhood. 

 

Play with Your Food

It was a snowy weekend in Oklahoma.  We needed a little extra entertainment.  So - I made food for the kids.  Not the eating kind - the playing and pretend kind!  They loved making their sack lunch - sandwiches, chips, and hohos.  

Then we made pretend pizza and REAL pizza for dinner.   Yum!  

She's Back!

After nearly a week of bring sick, B is finally good to go... asking for pink milk, macaroni & cheese, and to make strawberry ice cream!  So for now, both kids are well.  Yeah!

Outside fun

Monday, March 16th - 

We got a short break between illnesses - a day.  We decided to enjoy the weather and spend a little time at the park.  We had a quick picnic and a some time to play.  

It was a nice morning.  

After naps, we spent a bit of time in our backyard playing in our make-shift sandbox... a planter converted to sandbox.