We Love the Beach

Even when it is dang fool cold.

Seriously. This one insists on wearing her bathing suit in February. Like a Canadian.

The beach is more fun every time we go. At this age, for both of them? The beach is just perfect. They walk with me. We find things. We learn things.

We met a little girl who found 3 starfish.

We watch the surfers.

We play.

We let the wind through our hair and the sand through our fingers.

We count how many jellyfish bigger than our heads we find washed up on the beach.

We make plans for the future.

We daydream.

We bask in the love that has brought us all together.


Where is your favorite place to be with your kids?
Out of your home, I mean...

Hells YEAH!

He da Mac, He da Macaroni

You know, if you drop some different shaped pasta into some different colored food color dyes, you get more stuff to glue onto things.

And we? Are BIG on glue around here.

Garden Update

Looky!
Little bitty sprouty nubs of brussel-y goodness!
They are SO TINY!
I have had my eye out for some sign of growing, and I am so excited for them to get big and strong and delicious!


And though I have seen NO SIGN of nary a berry, these strawberry plants are so lush and gorgeous.

And my fave is the way the water beads up on them after a good dousing.

Like a little water tiara. Beautiful!


Seriously, this garden is so satisfying in so many ways beyond eating food.
Feast for the eyes, enh?

And this is a surprise. I was pulling weeds and cleaning up leaves when I saw this growing around my Dill Tree.

Can anybody ID this one for me before I decide it is a weed? It looks like parsley?

Need a closer look at the leaves?

Wordless Wednesday: Disney Princess Cousins

More of the Cousins

Because seriously, who could get too much of this?

and this...

and this?

Three toddlers makes for a wacky middle row in the truck.




If they were full time, there would be a third row seat rotation so they couldn't touch.
Gotta leave em wanting more...

Ever wake up on the "wrong side" of the bed?
Not these ladies. Well, not during Van Vacation.


Scary that one day they actually will be getting into a real REAL car together and driving away to make their trouble.
::shudder::

I see an older Madee in this picture of her. She found my old old glasses.
She LOVES horses.


But I am pretty sure she loves RACHEL more!