Mud

Today was the day that I have learned to embrace the mud!

I decided that there was more value in watching the kids discover how slippery wet mud can be then trying to save the few sparse pieces of grass there is left.

Because really....... if you cant beat it.... then you might as well join it!

The kids spent most of our rainy outdoor time squishing and scraping the mud into a giant pile and then jumped into it.

After all..... it is one of my favorite sayings......

A dirty kid is a happy kid!

Blossoming buddies

Getting everyone dressed for outdoors on a rainy day always takes a while. I always start with the big kids and work my way down. When I made it to the babies I dressed Kai first and plunked him outside the door where he always waits until I am ready before he crawls away. Next I dressed Rosie and put her just outside the door beside Kai while I put on my boots and coat. The two of them just sat there and stared at each other.

Kai sat and watched while Rosie poked at his hat, hair, nose and finally poking him in the eye.
That's when she leaned over and gave him a kiss! It was the cutest thing ever.
This could be the beginning of a beautiful thing!

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Wonder

One of my favorite parts of my job is sitting back and watching children explore, learn and grow.

It truly is a privilege to watch young children as they develop new skills and become aware of the world around them.
One of my favorite moments is when you can observe the growing sense of wonder in a child.

On this day I loved to watch as Kai discovered the buckets of water in the sand box. He stood in the sand adding one handful and then one scoopful of sand at a time.

It was as if he was amazed at how when he put sand into the bucket of water, the sand just disappeared. You could almost hear the gears in his little head clicking as he wondered " where did the sand go?"

I love my job!

Blueberry Buddies

Beautiful blueberries! It seems like forever ago that we went to the blueberry field, so I thought I had better get the photos of our adventure out there for you guys to see!

Evelyn was in heaven with berry picking until she noticed the slugs in the grass. Bugs are one of her favorite things. After this discovery the berries didn't really seem all that important!


Phoenix ,by far, wins hand down, as the best blueberry picking helper. Not only did he fill his basket.... and then re-fill his basket after someone dumped it.... and then refill his basket AGAIN after he dumped it, but he also picked some for Kai.

Nathan on the other hand was so busy comparing his "big one" to all the other blueberries that he didn't end up picking many.

Amelia did put a few in her basket..... but at least 10 times that amount into her mouth.

Indirah was also a great picker. unfortunately she was also a dumper with her basket as well.

So she as well picked the same berries at least 3 times!

Kai loved being set free on the blueberry bushes...

Unfortunately he doesn't quite get what the color blue is yet....

but I don't think he really cares.

Everyone had a great time filling their tummies as well as their baskets with those wonderful blueberries!

Funny girls

OK... I just want to say that Amelia comes up with the funniest things....

Today during nap time while I was doing some paperwork at my desk the girls were watching a movie and chatting. I wasn't really listening to what they were talking about until the last sentence caught my attention;

Amelia: "just try it, this way we will not have to smell stinky diapers"

It was at this point that I turned my head to see them both sitting in front of the TV watching Happy Feet like this;

Ya gotta love them!

Water fun

You know the old saying "better late than never"....

...well here are some of our "just hangin out playing in the water" photos

Ya gotta love the warm sunny days of summer!