Emma and I created this necklace as a fundraiser. I seriously love the way they turned out! Go check out her site and buy one.

highlight of matty’s life right now? getting a lollipop from the store. so weird to hear the words ‘i need to go shopping’, and they aren’t coming out of my mouth!!

highlight of david’s life right now? being free to explore, play and especially pulling things off shelves and tables. he’ll still let me snuggle him, but he wants to wiggle free sooner.

these pics were taken last weekend in shaver lake and both boys got to enjoy their favorite things. life is good.

just couldn’t resist matty’s sweet feet while eating lunch on the patio.
these feet (and flip flops) belong to my sister sue who is with us for the weekend. it’s so, so good to catch up and be together.

like a snuggle, or unexpected hug, the warm sun, sleeping an extra 15 minutes, iced coffee (it’s 90 degrees today), chocolate chip cookies right out of the oven, belly laughing over something silly, catching up with an old friend or sister, ordering in, or eating out.

today i need to slow down and enjoy some of these little things. what little things do you enjoy??

it is very difficult to explain to a four year how is brother is older than him. yes, he is half your size, doesn’t use words, doesn’t use the potty, and in many ways looks and acts like a toddler but he is still your big brother. we try to explain that david grows more slowly and learns differently, but a child so young can’t wrap his mind around these facts. that’s ok, around here david is just david. he is a little man. in some ways growing and changing everyday and in other ways still my baby. david will be six this july and i can hardly believe it myself!

i am REALLY into dresses and jeans right now. it’s basically my daily uniform. comfortable, easy, i love it! so a week ago, i got ready and came out with just a dress on. matty yelled, “MOMMY, go put some pants on!!” I had to explain that some women actually wear dresses without jeans underneath.

Then this morning I came out with this black knit dress and silver belt over jeans. “MOMMY! That belt is too BIG and it’s too HIGH and you are supposed to wear it UNDER your shirt, not over!”. He is seriously questioning my fashion sense. But then, he thinks accessorizing is a superman cape and fireman hat with thomas the tank engine slippers. i guess i’m not too worried…

We are nearing the end of the year and I want to show the boys’ teachers how *gRaTeFuL* we are for all their hard work, nurturing and love. So, I designed this sweet necklace to say thank you to these amazing ladies. They spend hours of their day focused on my boys, playing, reading and organizing activities to stimulate their little brains. Our teachers are helping to mold and train our kids. I have watched my boys grow and change this year with the help of these teachers.

This is the concentric circles necklace. You’ll find it under ‘something simple’. Request ‘teacher gift’ in the notes and I’ll make it just like you see here, with hammered edges and different size letters. What an awesome teacher gift this would be!!

we are back from a quick getaway to shaver lake. it was so good to lay around and talk and snuggle and watch movies. i didn’t realize how much steve and i needed some time to reconnect.

i love how david is turned around in this pic. he is growing in his awareness every day.

matty loved throwing rocks into the lake. *unfortunately some people were trying to fish* oops.

the weather was cool but sunny and the town was all but abandoned, which was fine with us.

a good squeeze from daddy.

somehow they sat still for 2 seconds so i could grab a brothers shot.

happy mother’s day! hope you get some time to relax and feel appreciated!

we had a fun (but chilly) dinner in morro bay this week. we went on a sea lion hunt and ended up finding a sea lion and an otter. so fun!

this weekend we are taking some serious time to be together and relax. i didn’t realize how much we needed it. more pictures to come. hope your weekend is relaxing.

after dinner and before baths, i broke out the watercolors to do a little painting. before i gave the boys their papers, i wrote a ‘secret message’ in white crayon.

matty is just starting to see letters appear…

his secret message? WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE COLOR? answer=purple

David and I worked together. His message? DAVID IS SILLY. definitely!