On a rare non-rainy day...

summer vacation

Summer has just begun, and yet I know we will be caught up in happy busy days. So... this blog will be taking a summer vacation; no writing, but I will post pictures from time to time. Wishing everyone I love a very happy summer.

three

The Three Billy Goats Gruff and a crazy looking troll for Jonas' third birthday. This was a really fun set to make for him, and was inspired by the wee finger puppet mice on the front of this sweet book:

3

My littlest man is three...

his favorites, blue and green

a best baby from his brother

first haircut

A first haircut, at the end of May.

a trip to Mexico

Eoghan's dance performance in early May. Our local dance studio puts together a yearly end of year performance, and this year's theme was "A Trip Around the World". Eoghan's destination was Mexico. It is always great to see all the dancers in costume and having a great time. E's class was the second youngest; J.'s class was the youngest and their destination was Antarctica (they were penguins). Jonas did not perform however as I thought it would be to overwhelming for him to be up on stage (he was the youngest in the class). I hope you have fun watching the video.

away

To my family and friends,
I'm quite sorry for having been away so long from this space. There has been at least one person sick in the family for at least a month now, and at the moment three of us. I cannot wait for us all to be healthy again!
I must also confess that I have been feeling the need to be completely away from the computer. Not that I spend much time on the computer now, I try to be on only while the boys are asleep. I guess this is what is called a love/hate relationship (what I have with this machine), it is so great to be able to keep up with family and friends in this manner, yet I also feel it keeps me away from living in the moment, of accomplishing things that are tangible (and not merely thoughts floating on some invisible web). Ohhhhhh, I could go on and on. Do any of you ever feel this way? Also, I am waiting on a battery for my camera (hopefully I will receive it sometime this week). In the meantime, here are tide pooling pictures from last month. Hoping all of you are well. Peace and love. Anna

Eoghan

some of the booty, to be left at the beach

J with grandma