Mimicry

Today is a Junuary day (as they call it here).  A checker used the word gloomy today and I snapped back at him.  I reminded him that he had seen the sun yesterday and that this is a day of beauty and should be celebrated.  We agreed to disagree.

What a great day to plant cactus, right?  I have fallen head over heels for mimicry plants.  Little succulents that look like little butts.  Need I say more?

Will my tiny tuckus plants get the sun they need?  It's in the stars.

Book Bound

My mom left this book with me before she headed back to Sacramento.  I was skeptical at first because I dislike fiction.  I disliked this book in the beginning because it was fictional and added another level of emotional attachment to my already emotionally consumed life.  I got absorbed in the book and really enjoyed watching my kids play in the backyard while I put my feet up on my patio furniture, reading in the raindrops.  I'm done now.  Thanks mom for the good read.  I have a familiar appreciation for my own emotional happenings and look forward to getting back to it, and only it, tomorrow.  It is that comforting feeling like getting home from a vacation.

Lighthouse

I took the boys exploring to see the Discovery Park Lighthouse.  Beautiful, peaceful, and wonderful air.  Back to real life now - time to attack the grocery store with my three kids.

(don't tell anyone they are all sick with colds!)

Tree Swingin'

I ordered our backyard tree swing this morning from Ropetreeswings.com.  I wonder if Andrew and I will smile like this when Piper is up on the swing in overalls?  

Father/Dad/Mr. Man

Today we celebrated the dad of our household.  I hosted a brunch with two new sets of neighborhood parents (7 kids total between us) and then we turned into lazy blobs.  We went to Home Depot and then Mexican food.  I love this kombucha makin' man.  Our farm is a dream come true and I thank him for being my Superman.

P1per

My littlest is 1 year old today.  She just walked into my favorite window of child development.  Literally, she walked just yesterday for the first time.  I love this sweet juice.  I love that she has no words yet (just like her brother).  I love that she is sharp (just like her other brother).  I love that she looks just like her daddy (and brother and aunties).  I love that she: climbs everything, screeches like a girl, hugs dollies, makes girl sounds, asks to be put to sleep at night, and gets a mouthful of teeth all at once (unlike anyone else in the family).  She is her own Piper Hallie Kay and I love her oh so much for that.  I put her to bed and she smelled just like cake.  I will gobble up all her yumminess and 

dough-y-ness for the rest of her life.

                                We climbed to the top of the Space Needle for her birthday adventure.

Piked

We explored the Olympic Sculpture Park and the Pike Place Market.