Auntie Jac is Back

Auntie Jackie came to visit us. I forgot to take out my camera until just before we left for the airport ... Oops!
We had a great visit with lots of shopping, a day in Olympia at the farmer's market and sightseeing and oh the uncooking! I have successfully convinced Jackie that raw organic food is best, so we had tons of fun trying out new and old favorite recipes.
We miss you Auntie Jac! Thanks for a great visit!

Mother's Day

On Mother's Day we dedicated little miss Jane to the Lord. Here we are with our pastors, Rick and Gino.

Afterward we had everyone over for brunch. I don't think my "healthy" food was a big hit, but hey, I must do my part. I didn't even serve raw food!

A nice snuggle with my babies to end the day. Ahhhh life is good. :)

Catching Up

I know my posts have been few and far between (sorry Mom!). So here's a bit of catching up. Matthew is such an adventurous eater. He loves when the produce delivery arrives and I can't wash the food fast enough to get it in his mouth. His current favorites are apricots, cauliflower, mung bean sprouts, cashews, and raw cheese. Oh, and the good old favorite: almond butter and honey sandwich. Here he is helping me make (and stuffing his face with) nori rolls. Yes, my child very much enjoyed eating raw seaweed stuffed with an almond-ginger pate, spinach, and sprouts.

Jane is one tough chick. She is curious and fearless. Her smile is contagious and she loves to be loud enough to be heard. She adores her big brother and loves playing with him. He adores her too and uses his imagination to include her in his play. Theses plates had tape on them from their former job as wheels on the cardboard box train.

Since we have such a great eater, we thought we'd try something new to us all: a horned melon. It's very spiky on the outside and a bright green gelatinous goo inside. It tastes like banana of all things!

Mr. Cool enjoying the front yard.

What a Daddy's girl! Look at these two all cozy in bed.

Happy Easter!

Jane-in-the-Box and Matt-in-the-Box

Cute Kiddies

Jane has mastered pulling herself to standing no matter how many times we try to push her down. (Have you read that babies who don't crawl have problems reading? We want this girl to read, so she needs to crawl before she walks!)

Auntie Jackie sent an extra special package in the mail. The sweet mail carrier brought it to the door and asked my boy if he was Matthew because she had a special package for him. We got to celebrate Auntie's birthday with cupcakes.

My beautiful girl got a new headband. Jackie knew I had a hard time finding red, and sometimes you have to back off the pink a bit. I know it's on her head like a miner's flashlight, but she was being fussy and I had to put it on and take the picture with one hand while I held her in the other. You get the idea. She is gorgeous and the headband is cute too.

That strange bright light shining on my girl is the sun. Pretty neat, huh? I out her right in it and skipped the vitamin D drop for the day.

Just plain cute.

Matthew had entered the phase of toddler hood where children forget how to smile and make weird shapes with their mouth instead while saying cheese and squinting. Whatever. He is loving his new playroom and all the new toys I brought from my classroom storage. See the chalk smeared all over his shirt? Fun!

Janie Dear (and the deer)

Check me out! I can pull myself up to my knees.

Ha ha! I know how to open a drawer all by myself. And look what I found - a washcloth!

Our neighborhood deer. This is our view from the kitchen table. So far they love to eat our dandelions. I am a bit worried about the garden we planted. Hmm ... better find ways to keep them away from the veggies but still let them enjoy our yard.

Crawling is easiest going backwards on the linoleum.

P.S. I am totally unskilled at utilizing blogger correctly (yes, still, after all this time) so the pictures and captions don't match. If you wait until I fix it, you will never get to see the pictures, so please accept my apologies and look at my adorable daughter.

Hanging with Auntie Jac

Matthew and Auntie enjoyed a play dough picnic. I think they were eating coconut balls and raspberry balls. Sounds good!

Bright and early goodbyes. (Sniff sniff) See that pile of laundry in the background? That's so Jackie will remember what it's like at our house. :) (By the way, Matthew has entered that phase of childhood where he can't remember how to smile. Instead, he flashes this rather mean looking face. Interesting.)

We love you Auntie Jac and are looking forward to your visit in August! (I'm gonna hold you to it you know.) We miss you already!

Happy Birthday Grandpa!

We took Grandpa a raw breakfast to celebrate his special day. Banana flax crepes with banana ice cream and sliced strawberries topped with chocolate sauce and cashew coconut cream. Yum! We love you Grandpa and hope you enjoyed your morning with us. :)

Gorgeous Girl

No words needed.

Photo Shoot

My cuties got to be models for the new line of Up-cy Daisy, up-cycled children's clothes. How handsome is my boy?! And the clothes are pretty darn cute too!