White

 

Fruits & Veggies

Breakfast. Peas, frozen. Blueberries, frozen. Hey, whatever it takes these days to get him to eat something vegetable or fruit-like, right?

Chalk/Toddler Belly

 

Each color chalk was tested individually during which time Zach refused to turn and look at me. "I'm busy, Mommy." Then he was done, but fascinated with the residue on his hands. Check out the belly.

 

Yoga Lesson

 

Bleeding heart

–noun
1. any of various plants belonging to the genus Dicentra, of the fumitory family, esp. D. spectabilis, a common garden plant having long, one-sided clusters of rose or red heart-shaped flowers.


2. a person who makes an ostentatious or excessive display of pity or concern for others.

Pictured here per definition #1 only. #2 is something else entirely such that it's a bit odd they share the same name, but such is our bizarre English language.

After the parade

 

Sydney, Crayon, Wall

 

The walls were about to be torn down, so the kids were allowed to use them as a drawing surface. This was the morning after the frosting incident.

Saturation

And peach blossoms.

 

 

Petals

 

 

The Great Buttercream (and hotdog) Vomit Incident of 2010

Those of you who've seen us lately or who read facebook may have already heard about the incident, as it made quite the impression on us.

At his cousin, Jason and Liu-Xuang's wedding, Josh managed to wrangle a whole tray of hors d'oeuvre hot dogs for the kids, then later we let Zachary pick something from the vast spread of desserts. His choice was a cupcake the size of his head at birth, and covered with about a cup of rich buttercream frosting. In the photo below, he'd already eaten the majority of it. (Notice the cake part is untouched.)

4 hours later, I went to check on a crying child, and found one of the scariest things a parent can see in a half-awake state: a child so covered in vomit that both parents need to get up and so one can bathe (me) while the other disinfects & picks little bits of vomit-y hot dog from the hotel rug.