Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Videos


Here are a couple little home video bits from cleaning out my iPhone: Anna at about 8 months with Tom, and a couple weeks ago at the playground behind our house.



Sunday, March 22, 2015

Seizing an Early Spring Day

A couple weeks ago, seizing a warmish day


 Some aquatic exploration


and swinging!

My wind-blown, merry Martinlings

Some video footage, telling a similar tale, is forthcoming...







Saturday, March 21, 2015

Cooped Up

Trying to get creative here while we await more than sporadic admittance to the great outdoors. In the mean time, apparently a lot goes down in this kitchen. 




Whoa--this thing has a tag??! I knew I was missing something!

Here's my view, representative and rich, on a morning play mat.

 Some quieter one-on-one moments. Yes, our boy loves hot tea.

$10 at the Tot Swap was not a bad investment for honing this skill. 

The unforeseen cost, however, is that he never never wants it turned off, even when it's in the next room. It now resides with our other vacuum, set apart for more defined periods of use. 

 One of my favorite projects of late [not that we've been very prolific]: Our "Dickey Dickey Dock" Clock. I drew as Peter dictated (and decorated) our cast of characters. We've got a clock-climbing mouse, cat, worm, and monkey.  
And this little volunteer, who wants to climb anything these days!

Sunday, March 15, 2015

Monthly Kiddos Roundup


My darling firstborn:
silly and sweet



Our lego towers. Peter's outran mine, and is rocking the patterns. 

Sweet girl. Now eating with a [pitch]fork. 

Uncle Srinath showing videos of Anirvin in AZ. 


Peter trying his first sparkling water




Just another classic "what our days look like around here" snapshot:



Anna the go-getter, now mobile and determined 



Anna's first eggs; Peter visiting his mixer. 

And finally, their first bath together. 
Anna wasted no time starting a splashing contest with Peter. There was a little bit of chaos in that tub. 

A fine time was had by all.