Rock party

This evening, Theo and I sat on the deck and played with rocks. Matt is putting in a beautiful new rock path in the back yard, made entirely of various sizes of small river stones, and to Theo, its like a dream come true. A whole bunch of rocks! To his amazing imagination, each rock is a different thing. Often they are different kinds of foods. Sometimes they are a phone, or a tissue, or a shaver or lotion for his face. Tonight they were mostly foods: a big orange, an apple, a banana for mommy, some yogurt, and several different kinds of special cake. The light was lovely, and somehow, Theo was so enchanted by his rocks, he completely ignored the fact I had grabbed the camera.

A hike on the Salmon River

A little light reading on the pot

Spring time in the front yard

Matt has done wonders with the front yard. We all hung out the other evening with Theo playing with chalk and running in circles around the garden bed. I enjoy the great big evergreens across the street. So peaceful.

New haircut

Theo has learned to ham it up for post-haircut photos. I always insist we leave the curls on top!

Old McDonald

Nesting mama

Three more months to go! Time to get the new baby's room ready. Theo likes to help get the baby's room all fixed up for his little brother, but this part was just me.

Happy Mother's Day!

We celebrated Mother's Day early because Grammy Betsy was here visiting. Theo has been tapping in to his inner mama - pretending to be pregnant like Mommy by stuffing his blanket under his shirt. He's really into it! Happy mothers day all you Mommies!

Big Truck Song

Finally, some more pictures!

When life hands you lemons, make chocolate chip cookies

These were supposed to be pictures of the whole family at the beach for a long weekend. Instead, the whole family is home having a stay-cation, due to a nasty cold that has gotten all three of us. Matt had the brilliant idea of making chocolate chip cookies to cheer us all up, and it certainly did the trick. Theo was a great helper, and very enthusiastic of course.

Visit from Pop Gene and Grandma Janet