Blackberry Pickin’ 2010

This year we checked out Blackberries of Houston.  These bushes weren’t super tall, but still tall enough that I didn’t have to bend over much if I didn’t want to.  There bushes, however, were thornless!  It was great to not have to strategically plan my every pick. We will definitely be [...]

Ollie’s words

Off to enjoy a beautiful day.  I hope that you enjoy yours, as well.

Ollie’s new words:

phone – sounds like bone

coffee – (cah-key)

He’s working on thank you and you’re welcome, but I need to listen more to sound out how he says it phonetically.

April showers...

Ollie’s ‘huh?’ face

This morning we headed out to the Bayou City Farmer’s market to do a little shopping and meet up with some friends.  I used to go to this market often when we lived closer.  It’s gotten much bigger since I had last been and I’ve missed it [...]

Laissez les bon temps roulez!

Life is happening so fast right now.  It seems we just had Oliver’s birthday and now it’s time to celebrate Aidan’s third year.  Wow, how time flies!  We snuck back down to Louisiana this year to celebrate with family.  While we were there, we took the boys to their first ever Mardi Gras parade and [...]

Aidan the Daddy

“Look at all my babies!”

I couldn’t resist getting  a quick shot of Aidan’s work.  The only baby I see is the one he is in the process of covering up with the silk.  All the same, the quoted phrase above is what he said, quite proudly, to [...]

Wordless Wednesday

Persimmons!

I’ll admit it.  Growing up my main fruits were oranges, apples, bananas, watermelon, strawberries, grapes, bananas – you know the lot, nothing overly exotic or outside of what you would see in an average children’s book about common fruits.  Imagine my surprise when I finally bit into the most humble-looking fruit I’ve ever seen.  Persimmons [...]

Our weekend…

An evening of celebration over wine with a dear friend for her birthday…

We finally got that recent photo that we wanted.

a little chocolate.

Of course, this may not have been possible without Grandmou in town to help with the boys.  She also crocheted [...]

October 1st

Today, my sweet baby that I swear was just born a few weeks ago, is nine full months old.  It’s bittersweet for sure.  Going back to nine days before he made this accomplishment, he took his first steps.  I couldn’t (and still can’t) believe it.  He’s growing up so very fast.  It just feels unfair.  [...]

Celebrating Michaelmas

We had a wonderful day with friends to celebrate Michaelmas. Yesterday, I finally got our nature ‘table’ set up and only added the dragon, as well as some candles that a friend brought over,  today.   We made a harvest loaf while telling  the story from All Year Round (I love this book.)  Our intention was [...]