...Isn't This A Cute Picture?

"Frankie" Is On His Second Child

(make that third...we bought him used)

Amya's beloved "Frankie" has found a new place to land! ...usually in Nelson's mouth. Nelson loves this guy! He holds on to his neck bolts like handle bars. Today he fell asleep with one in his mouth. It just goes to show that you never know what toy is going to be the favorite!!!

Eating Tomatoes With Friends...

...is better than eating them alone...

Does Nelson Like Cheerios?

At This Age...They Like To Dance AND Play In The Mud!

What Do You Want To Be For Halloween?

Feeding The Beast!

(if you look close, you can see two tiney teeth on the bottom)

The Beast always ends up with the spoon!

Art: Marbleizing With Shaving Cream and Food Coloring

Amya and Kailey did an art project today! If you want to do it too, all you need is shaving cream, food coloring, tooth picks and paper! (warning: food coloring does NOT come out of clothes)

Drop the color into the cream and marbleize it with toothpicks...you can make swirls, designs or pictures.

Pat your paper into the color, then scrape off the shaving cream (anything flat works, like a popsicle stick).

We made stationary, play money (business card stock) and stickers (labels), but you can also use plain paper, fabric or even paper grocery bags!

CAMPING....

We are half way through our month of camping every weekend! I got this picture from Michael, who promised there were more pictures of the weekend coming. So, I went ahead and posted it, thinking I'd be adding more in a couple hours......there have been no more pictures. So here is a beautiful picture of me eating marshmallows during "Family Camping"!

Today, We Are...

...hanging out in life jackets with umbrellas...

...trying to get to the cat, through the glass door...

...and hanging out with cousin James!

Flower Prints!

All you need is a hammer, some flowers and a piece of paper, or fabric....

(and a rolling pin, if you want)

...to make flower prints!!!

A Camping Trip To The Coast!

We went to Cannon Beach and Manzanita last weekend. This is some of the most beautiful country I've ever seen!

Amya loved the tidal pools and playing on the beach

(Dan enjoyed dessert that day!)

Check out the cool purple starfish at the tidal pools

Amya adopted Nelson's "Grow Bag"...those things are great for camping, or cold weather in general!

Hanging around the campsite

Bringing the pack-n-play is the single best decision we've made about camping!!

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A little reference...

...oh, how we've changed and grown over the past couple years!

Oh No She Didn't!

So, we hardly ever listen to music in the car. The radio is usually tuned into NPR. Ok, we are NPR nerds!
Well, this morning NPR was fuzz...lost their signal or something. I pushed another of the buttons for pre-set stations and music came on. I looked at Amya in the rear view mirror and she was transfixed. I felt a little guilty for not exposing her to more music.
I decided to see what kind of music she likes. I pushed all four of the pre-set buttons, one at a time, and asked which one was her favorite. In general there was a rock song, a pop song, a country song and a mellow 70's song.
For anybody who knows me......re-read the title of this post and take three guess which one she insisted on listening to!

Big Love