getting healthy

There's lots of reasons to do get healthy, some are more motivating then others, like say my sister's wedding coming up!

Mimi, while watching me do yoga, and then reacting to hearing one of my joints cracking,"Your body is breaking, uh, Mom! Your body is breaking!"

Mimi doing the half-moon yoga pose
__________________________

Dried blueberries

Fresh blueberries

Did you know how crazy good blueberries are for you? I find out new reasons all the time. Mostly we eat dried ones, but I got some fresh ones last week and served them to Indiana. His response?:"I like the wrinkly ones"
__________________________

Mimi showing me the tai chi she did one morning with Greg before I woke up:"I do-ed this"

Who Moved the Dirt?!

That's what my sister Jill said when she was a child and my parents had moved the swing set. Mimi said "MUD!" and promptly put on her rain boots, got her umbrella and started dancing.

Show and Tell

For show and tell this week Indiana's class brought in their favorite game--Indiana's choice was (of course) Chess.

3 months...

Baby A

Baby B

Baby C

Can you tell who is who? Take the poll! No fair using the furniture, or rugs as hints! And just because a baby is wearing blue does NOT matter. Mimi wore lots of blue as a baby:)

I really have to come up with a better nick-name then C...

manners

Mimi:"Dad, I got you a hot dog bun"
Greg:"thank you"
Mimi:"I'm so nice"
__________

Mimi, speaking to the pancakes:"You're my best, favorite recipes."
__________

Mimi, on a warm day and looking to our still leaf-less tree for some shade and relief:"the shade is broken!"
__________

over heard from Mimi playing by herself.
"I am the baby, lord of the sith"

Sounds Familiar

A bit of a disclaimer:
my mom is very cool and accepting of most of the weird things I did in high school including when I colored my hair pink, green or purple or when I cut it in the middle of the night, or when I squeezed 9 kids into our tiny Honda.

A conversation that may have happened in the 90's
Mother:"what is that music?"
Teenager:"Pearl Jam"
Mother:"Could you turn it down, please. It's a little loud"

Conversation in 2010
4-year-old:"What is that music?"
Mother:"Pearl Jam"
4-year-old:"Could you turn it down, please. It's a little loud"

hmmm...

Camera still in the shop, photos coming soon--I know you can't wait.

Guess what I'm planting this week?

I'm salivating at the thought...

T-rex

This girl LOVES her dinosaurs!

Mimi:"Let's play Tyrannosaurus Family. You are the mommy Tyrannosaurus, Baby C is the baby Tyrannosaurus, and I'm the..."
Me:"Crazy Tyrannosaurus?"
Mimi:"Yeah"
*later*
Mimi has done something silly and I say:"You are a crazy girl"
Mimi:"No, I'm crazy Tyrannosaurus"

the nerd game

I called Chess that as a joke once, but it caught on and now it's pretty much what we call it.
Greg introduces chess whenever possible. Indiana eats it up. Mimi likes to get in on the action as well.
Mimi:"I gonna kill you"
Greg:"No, it's called capture"
*later*
Mimi:"I sorry I captured you."
Photo coming.

a little dinner music

snow fort

These are from a few days ago, before the camera broke. They don't mind the cold as long as there's snow.

A few moments of a blissful bath with Baby C