For Uncle Dub....

saw your pic of wrestling with the tiller... and we think we rented the exact same tiller last week! Here's Josh using ours :)

Look how easy it was... he can even use it while drinking his lemonade :)

OK, reality is, I don't have any pics of the beast trying to rip his arms off and run by itself into the neighbor's yard... I was convinced I'd be taking him to the hospital at some point during his first pass across the garden...

Hello out there?

sorry about posting everything at once. I finally uploaded the camera and there was lots of fun stuff on it.

I came across this the other day when I came in from working in the yard. It's Joshy's Spiderman "suitcase" and it will zip completely shut. It was moving, with Joshy inside. He was calmly saying, "Hello? Hello? Girls? I'm all done playing in here!" So instead of rescuing him, I got the camera. And eventually let him out...

Caleb's first Hershey kiss :)

I was making peanut butter blossoms the other night for Relief Society, and Caleb saw the kisses. How does he know they are food? I have no idea. He's never had them, he didn't see me eat one, but somehow he knew. And being obsessed with trying all things food, he wouldn't stop whining and reaching for them until I gave him one. So here goes...

Reaching for the kiss...

Into the mouth... obviously he's not sold yet...
Thinking... tasting.... (really, I mostly just love the expression on his face in this picture)
And he has now joined the ranks of chocolate lovers around the world.
And after eating a couple, he was drooling chocolate all over the place and making a grand mess. But he was a happy little guy!

Behold the fatness!

No... not MY fatness, Caleb's :)

Here he is enjoying the sunshine in just his diaper. He's 7 months old now, time flies!

He has the best rolls. And more rolls... and cellulite dimples, and wrinkles, and all things associated with baby fatness.

I think he's getting enough to eat, don't you?

The joys of Spring?

I was in the shower a little bit ago after my run, with Caleb in a couple of inches of water splashing at my feet. I was rudely interrupted from my almost kid free bliss by the bathroom door opening, and a little voice saying, "Mom, can I get in the shower?" Of course, my answer is, "No. Go back out." A couple minutes later another monster came in. "Mom, I need a shower." "No, get out." is my reply. A couple minutes later they are BOTH in the bathroom, "Mom, we need a shower." "Wait for me to finish mine." I reply. But they stay in the bathroom. "Why aren't you going out?" "Because Daddy says we have to have a shower."

"Why?"

"Because we're muddy."

Now I poke my head out to see.... and this is what I found.