I Heard Said the Bird

Saturday, September 30, 2017

Orchard 2017, Part 1

Had to stop and look at a dead butterfly right by the car. Elias kept saying "wow!", and Lewis insisted it needed to be buried in the rocks.

Logan helped Elias try four different types of apples. He liked 4/4.

The weather was perfect.

Now that's an American grown apple. An apple as big as your face!

Augustine enjoyed keeping track of where we were on the map. It's hard because it's not a good map.

Lewis LOVED the raspberry bushes. He ate lots, and picked about one small bowl worth.

There were so.many.apples.

Augustine tasted golden delicious at school, and decided they are the least terrible of apples. He tried to like it again today.

Reorganize

I love a good organization project, and my closet is making me crazy. Skinny clothes, pregnant clothes, fat clothes...oy. Time to get it under control.

I decided I want nicer pieces of clothing, and less of them. A capsule wardrobe, if you will. So my sweet husband is letting me revamp the clothing situation, and it's going very well!

First I sorted out the things I really want to keep. Then I put alway all the maternity things. Then I packed up the "had it since college" pieces...there were so many of those. And so on.

We had a wedding and a formal dinner within six days of each other, so I went to the mall (super ew) for an hour one night after bedtime, not even having a clue what store to go into. I ended up at Maurice's and it was a jackpot! Dress, tank, shirt, cardigan, watch, and two scarves. It's a one of those great stores where the cardigan matches the dress and both shirts too. Amazing.

Logan was so supportive of this project (I think he's sick of the piles and piles of clothes that are always being shuffled so that I fit into the ones hanging in my closet) and said I could try Stitch Fix!

Not only was I not disappointed, but I was extremely impressed. I kept a shirt and a pair of skinny chords.

It's nice to have time these days to wake up and put on some make up and a nice outfit!

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Always Busy

He made cinnamon rolls for a long time using the fire hydrant playdoh piece.

He made a poster of tattoo choices and then used the Water Wow pen to give people their tattoos. I chose #1 cecada, and #3 centipede.

Here he is doing my centipede tattoo. This idea stemmed from my cousin's graduation party last spring. He had an airbrush tattoo artist at his party, and Lewis refused to get one but watched intently while I got a butterfly on my hand.

Brothers club. Applesauce and cucumber sticks in the little slide...which Elias can now climb up and slide down on all by himself!

Soccer Report

We are really loving soccer as a family! It's so simple, this microsoccer. And G&G keep Elias, so it's relaxing too.

Augustine LOVES it. He has learned a lot, has a great coach, and his team is a nice group of kids.

Last week they practiced for 15 minutes and then it downpoured. We were soaked to the bone.

Looking forward to the last few games of the season!

Saturday, September 23, 2017

My Day Off

Three weeks ago when fall outreach was finally over, I told Logan I needed a day off. Just one. And of course, he said go for it.

It started off with a cup of coffee, a good friend, a gorgeous sunrise, and an open road.

Six hours of uninterrupted conversation, and a little shopping at my favorite...

Dinner back home with the family and first-hand accounts of their day:

Then after bedtime, build time.

The helmets don't fit in the drawers like I'd hoped, and it feels cluttered, so I'll mull it over a few days before we bolt it to the wall.

It was a lovely day. Thanks Logan!

Working

Elias has been doing lots of work lately. He's been working on his super hero skills...or at least saying "beep" when he pushes the buttons on his brother's light saber.