Backyard Saturday

Super Harrison is melancholy despite his massive pinecone collection.

Nobody home. "Take a picture of my birdhouse, Mommy!"

Belting out "Bottomless Pit" by The Dead Milkmen. Griffin is not impressed.

85 degrees. Griffin's first run through the sprinkler.

Gardener.

Freezer Paper Stencils

We tried out Amanda Soule's freezer paper stencils last weekend, to great success. Now that we know what we're doing, we'll stencil directly onto t-shirts or something next time.  

There are so many great projects in her book-- we look forward to trying more!

Two Snippets

[Doug gets home from work.]
D: Hi, buddy! I missed you. Give me a kiss.
H: Hi, daddy. I missed you too, but don't kiss me.

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S: Why don't you get on the potty, bud?
H: No.
S: Hey- what happened to my good listener?
H: He's dead. [laughs]
S: Oh no! He died?
H: [comes into the bathroom] Noooo! I was just tricking you, mommy!

Wheeeeee!

From the season's first visit to our neighborhood playground:

Chop chop!

We got this great knife at Wegman's a few months ago for about $3. It's plastic, serrated, and meant for chopping lettuce, but we use it for everything. It's great for young, spastic choppers like Harrison. Bonus: it's red! 

Ulterior Motives?

H: "Someday I will grow up and I can do whatever I want! I can reach the freezer!"

Brothers

I have been staring at these pictures for 10 minutes, and I'm still baffled at the genetics.

He saw red

Harrison's favorite color is red.

Weekdays, after Doug wakes Harrison up and he joins me in the bathroom so that we can brush our teeth together, he walks in and says,

"Good morning, Mommy! I'm wearing all red today, except my pants. I have two red shirts on [shows me t-shirt and sweatshirt], red socks, and red underwear!"

This is his uniform, and he wears it two or three times each week to school, as soon as it's clean....

...my funny bug.

Motoring

When Kids and Cats Cohabitating is a Problem

1. When you reach in to grab something out of your baby's mouth, pull it out, and recognize that it's a small chunk of cat shit;
2. When it gets really quiet in the dining room, so you peek in and see your baby finger painting with some cat puke on the floor; and finally,
3. When you find two mouse legs on the living room rug. And can't find the rest of the mouse.