The Hand-Off

Josiah fell asleep on the way to meet Mommy.

Reunited.

I got to cuddle with Ella.

Futebol with Josiah

Josiah came for a three-day weekend.
The weather Friday was nice, then it turned chilly, but any weather is good soccer weather, right?

Park Fun

Try to keep up with the Fearless Foursome at the park. It's exhausting!Reiley climbing the mountain

and the pirate ladder

Madison climbing, too

Luke on the lookout

and trip-trapping across the swinging bridge

hmmmm... what next?

sipping and swaying

Kate on the move

Madison trying to figure it out

Reiley swinging

Madison, too

Madison rocking

Kate corralled

and in the swing

flying high

Luke sees a birdMaybe the bird wants to eat wood chips?

Men, Anyway!

At the hospital the other night a patient asked his son, who was visiting, to turn on the fan, as he was feeling rather warm. The son obliged; switched it on and inquired, "Do you want it ovulating?"... then he paused, as if searching for the right word.
His embarrassed wife quickly interjected, "Honey, I think you mean oscillating."
"Oh... right!", he agreed.
It was one of those eye-rolling moments where the wife just sighs and carries on.
I couldn't stop laughing.

Crackers!

Luke pulls the stool up to the counter on every visit to my house.
He's very methodical, and he likes his crackers.
He opens each jar and takes out an even number of all three types: graham, saltine, and ritz.

Sometimes he makes "sandwiches" of them and eats them two at a time.

Sometimes he lines them up across the table.

But he always shares.

Where's Gramma?

Madison.
It seems like she's always happy and very charming.
Seemingly....

This morning I saw another facet to this jewel. I'd just washed and towel-dried my hair when she wandered in, looking for me. Well, she took one look and ran away, screaming at the top of her lungs, crying inconsolably. I guess she was wondering what I'd done to her gramma.
(She was visibly relieved when I reappeared with my hair combed and dried.)

Pre-reading Skills

We hired a lawn service to apply fertilizer and weed control this Spring. They put down the first application a few days ago, and planted their sign at the lawn's edge, warning us to stay off until it was dry. When Luke spotted the sign flapping in the wind, he exclaimed, "Look, Vovó, it's a party!"
So we went inside and pretended it was.

Talk About Rain!

Does anyone want to go fishing?
I have the night crawlers.

Lots of 'em...

Take your pick; the robins are stuffed.

I hate it when that happens.

A Blur of Activity

90 minutes at our house this morning:

I think they are ready for a nap.
I know I am.

Go Fly a Kite

Reiley with his Thomas the Train kite

It's flying!

Lukie's Elmo kite is up, too

These aren't the best pictures, because...
2 kids with kites + 2 babies heading for the street/mud/pebbles = lots of action