Goldilocks no more

I finally cut Jack's hair. (I hear my Dad yelling Hallelujah all the way from Utah.) I am really proud of myself because I did not cry and I took both of the kids to the salon by myself. Good thing I had a pocket full of candy sticks* to feed him.


BEFORE

During

AFTER

No more ringlets, Grandpa Parry.
The haircut makes him look so much older and his face thinner. But don't worry he is still the same wild and crazy boy just without the wild and crazy hair.



*Candy sticks look just like the candy cigarettes of my childhood but they don't come in cigarette boxes like they did when I was a kid and are now called Candy Sticks. My sister sent them to me as a joke and Jack loves to eat them. We were not allowed to eat these as children because of the appearance of evil so we always wanted to try them. They really don't taste good so I guess it was the idea that we were being bad by eating them that made them so thrilling. Sorry mom, I have since repented.

Sweet Adeline

Adeline really is the sweetest little girl. I can't imagine our family without her. She is peaceful, snuggly, and joyful. She smiles and sometimes we think we even hear her laugh. She is patient with her loving older brother who likes to give nose kisses and remove her socks. She sleeps through the night in her own bed. She eats so well that she has rolls on her fat rolls. She has bright eyes that seem to take in everything. She lets me play dress up with her and makes every new outfit look cute.

Why I am happy today

Warm weather all week means pink blossoms.

My baby girl has slept 9 hours straight the past two nights.

Jack's joyful self.

A picnic in Highland Park and smelling the flowers.

The Farm

We joined the play group at Springdale farm.

Jack's highlights were

the piglets,

a real tractor,

and a digger and tractor play area.

Amy's highlight was being grateful that humans were not meant to suckle 5 kids at a time.

Addy's highlight was snuggling mommy in the Bjorn.

I love the mailman

Look what he brought me.

I love my friend, Cheryl, for sending them to me all the way from Sydney. Tim Tams are part of the reason why I gained 10 pounds the summer I lived in Sydney.

DIGGERS!

Diggers in the morning

Diggers at play

Diggers at lunch time

Diggers all day


Jack is the luckiest boy in the world. For the past several weeks he's watched the construction of a new water main on our street. When he wakes in the morning he asks, "Diggers?". So we go to the window to check on where the diggers are working. The past two days the diggers have been right in front of our house. So, he lined up his diggers and dump trucks in the window and plays for hours. He even fell asleep in his highchair while watching them during lunch. He waves to the construction workers who wave back and smile. They have been quite nice to Jack as he watches them work. His exclamations of "Wow, diggers" and "Wow ook at dis" make the men smile. He's learned to use his diggers and dump trucks together and can be found sorting out toys with his digger and loading them into his trucks. I hope the construction goes on for quite some time.

Sleep is a beautiful thing

5 hours of uniterrupted sleep.
Two nights in a row.