Today

Every mother knows what I mean when I say 'things got too quiet.' This morning at our house here is why:
the baby got lip glossed.


Another quiet and happy moment. I put Audrey in Haven's bed for a minute while I attended to some laundry, and Haven mounded her stuffed animals all around her sister. Audrey LOVED it.


Haven spent a good deal of the day playing in her new playhouse, which is fashioned from a large box that my water machine was shipped to us in. She has painted it purple with tempera paint (yay tempura!) and it has a real door, a trap door, some peeping holes, a window with a curtain and a skylight. The roof isn't quite finished yet. Personally, I think we need to do an addition.

Happy Mother's Day!

Audrey in the jumper: take 2

I certainly didn't expect this to happen.

Audrey in the jumper

She's just such a strong baby that we decided to get her a jumper a little early. She likes it more and more each time we put her in it.

Procession of the Species

It's one of our favorite events here in Bellingham. This year Wm was a pig (hooray for costumes put together 20 minutes before an event!) I was a badass bunny, Haven was a black kitty and Audrey was a mouse. A sleeping mouse. Every time that kid wakes up during the day she is somewhere different from whence she fell asleep and I often wonder what she thinks about that.

French manicure

It's one of Haven's favorites. Here, Uncle Casey obliges. Note his sweet calculator watch.