afternoon interlude

squashed tomatoes and stew

happy birthday to you
squashed tomatoes and stew
bread and butter in the gutter
happy birthday to you!

indulging his knitting mama

a quick fitting before i start the sleeves.

remembering when he was small

it was time for a bath anyway

mouse drawing

big brother practice

"reading my magazine," he said.

smile like a patch of sunshine

a little break

papa

mama

a little stroll

"slided," he said.

missing the sandbox

pretzels and chalk

while we waited for the pretzels to rise, he got to try out chalk for the first time.

"this is good," he said.

a handfull of sunshine in january

it was little like tagging

"i miss opa," he said.

even if it only 22 degrees out, it is good to escape the house

mitten weather

he's learned his first poem. (no off-camera prompting either.)
the original is:
thumb in the thumb place
fingers all together
this is the song that we sing
in mitten weather

the aunts