Beach Runners

Hazel's Pals

 Bowling with her pal Josie

At a Library rock concert with her pal Cedella

Stunt Rider

"I'm balancing Mama, I'm balancing!"

One Day It Will Fit

 For that matter one day, not too long from now, it will be too small.

Sparkly Eyes

Sarah has been doing really inspiring posts over at Birth of a Photographer, and though I find it really hard to find the time to actually work on her tips or take gorgeous photos like hers, I do love reading her blog! So here was my attempt at the sparkly eyes tip. I find it so hard to a) get my kids to look at me AND take a good picture with the correct camera settings, b) get good light c) not have them squinting or making goofy faces at me. Picture sessions are always fun anyway though!

Kid Photogs

During a dress a day photo session the kids took over: 

By Q: 

By H:

Pretty In Blue

Q modelling his new blue sweater made by Grandma Trish:And for good measure, H pretty in pink and brown ;):

Polka Dots and Stripes

Leaf Princess

QuinArtsy

Blondies

Where the Wild Things Grow

My Wild Things

My Big Wild Heirlooms
The rest of the garden, though productive, is so wild I'm a bit embarrassed to share photos. So, you'll just have to imagine, veggies and weeds, herbs and flowers all filling up our cute little picket fenced garden, all happily wild together. Yum, I like wild.

Little May for Your June

Catching up, best of H in May:

Sheesh, is she cute or what?! ;)

Crab Season

Yum, thanks Papa!

Super Clash and Super Cute

Outfit brought to you by Quin himself:Cute dress from Cassie:Banjo playing with his blue beard ala firecracker popsicle:That first tooth really coming in and #2 peeking through:

The Boy and His Dog

Q asked me to take this pic last weekend, ahh...

Being One With The Earth

Exactly
* Q, IN the hole Papa dug for the garden extension. He was in and out, and back in for quite a while yesterday afternoon.

Surf Sailers and Sand Diggers

Firehouse Fun

We took a Preschool field trip to the Shoreline Fire Safety Center today. Quin LOVED it! He has been saying he's going to be a fire fighter when he grows up for a while now. So, he took this field trip very seriously:
We all dressed accordingly today in our fire engine red. Even Hazel, though she stayed home napping (while my friend Chrissy and her kids were here).
And I even learned a new fire safety tip: the best smoke detectors to have are those with both "ionization" AND "photoelectric" sensors (like this one). The ionization sensors (that detect fast burning, flaming fires) are what our alarms usually have, but photoelectric sensors also pick up the smoldering fires that are more often the case in house fires. So there you have it, your fire safety tip of the day. Oh and "stop, drop and roll" is only for when you are ON FIRE, so don't go teaching this to your little one, you want them out of the burning house, not rolling around. Ok, now I'm done...

Brotherly Love

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