Hugh En Plein Air

Just had to share my sweet little boy as he intently painted the other day. There is something that sparks the imagination and creativity about creating art outside.....getting in touch with the earth on the most basic level... and no one is more perceptive of this than children. It was such a joy to see Hugh deep in thought and creating....<3 Just another reason to love summer!

MUD PUDDLE DAY

Mud Puddle Day

"Let's go for a walk," I said to the boy

He replied with a scowl;turned back to his toys

"and what if I promised fun on the way?"

"what if I told you it's mud puddle day?"

-Liza Rosenberg

and mud puddle day it was!!!!

When my boys saw the torrential downpour on Fathers day,

They couldnt help but run around in it!

Accross the street they discovered the deepest, muddiest, most amazing mud puddle ever!

even though the a part of me wanted to scream,

"no! too messy" the mama in me prevailed and i sat and enjoyed the pure joy they found in their discovery!

right now the house is quiet, little boys are sleeping, and the big girl is at vbs....

(I miss that girl and cant wait to hug her)

I feel oddly lonely and empty at this silence...which usually beckons me to read or write,,,,

or fold another load of laundry...but this time something is different....

and I realize time is passing entirely too fast...I feel something slipping away... then I remember that when 7 am rolls around my busy world will be reawakened and sigh with relief.....

life is good, better than good 

a few highlights from New England....

the boys at Old Sturbridge Village

learning to dance @ OSB

blackmail pics of the boys at OSB

hiking

building sandcastles at Bow Lake, NH

Ben and Jerrrys, my Graceland...

Sierra practing up on her photography in Portsmouth, NH

tug boats @ Portsmouth

Sadie at Bow Lake

Our hosts, John and Sarah

Live Free or Die!

thats what the New Hampshire license plates say anyway....

wow! I have some catching up to do, here are just a few highlights from our visit to New England!

The Kids loved Old Sturbridge Village, Mass. We were there during wool days so the kids got to see sheep being sheared..... which they thought had to be kinda mean to the sheep and had to be reassured that the sheep didnt mind at all! Lots of swimming and hiking and catching up with our dear friends John, Sarah and their lovely 2 year old daughter, Sadie. John is my husbands best friend from all the way back in their days together in the army as cav. scouts! I guess they never figured that someday they would be talking diapers and mortgage payments, but here we are!!!! Great trip but sadly we probably wont see eachother for another year or two....