Batmans Don't Do Time Out.

I was informed yesterday that "Batmans don't do time out, Mommy."


Guess who was dressed in his Batman jammies and wasn't listening to his Mommy when she asked him to pick up his cars in the living room?

And guess which superhero had to sit in time out just a few minutes later.....

Big Boy

Rhys has been so funny recently. His little boy brain is making so many leaps and connections, and one result is the funny stuff that comes out of his mouth. He loves changing lyrics in songs ("The Farmer in the Dell" becomes "The Mommy in the Car" for example) and he's testing out ways to add humor to a conversation. He's quite the comedian!

It also totally exhausts him to be working so hard!

June Garden

This spring was cold and damp, and we had a pretty pathetic spring garden. The summer garden is finally coming on, though, and the spring vegetables are finally producing. We've had radishes, lettuce, chard and spinach, and now the peas have pods. The zucchini bloomed for the first time yesterday, and there are some miniature peppers on a few plants. The beans, strawberry popcorn and eggplant seem to be thriving and I finally got the cucumbers in the ground on Monday. I even have a holy basil plant, some parsley and sweet-leaf basil plugging away, with some nasturtiums, cosmos, and marigolds. Oh, and the onions have been doing quite well since early this spring. Yippee!

Cousins

We had family here over Memorial Day Weekend. The cousins are getting so big! Kylah is nearly 8 years old, Rhys turns four in July, and Alanna just turned 1. Wow.

And here, Alanna was lucky enough to take a cozy nap on Grandma one afternoon.

Birthday Girl

While on hiatus, our sweet girl had her 1st birthday! She is getting to be such a big girl. Alanna got to partake in a chocolate cake with chocolate cream cheese frosting and strawberries on top. We all enjoyed it, but I think Alanna enjoyed it the most!

She needed to take a birthday bath when she was finished....


We've noticed recently that she looks more like a toddler than a baby. Sniff. My babies aren't babies anymore!

Girly

I picked up a bonnet for Alanna at a garage sale, just for the heck of it. She's kind of a hat girl, and is often wearing a hat, even while playing inside around the house. In fact "haa" ("hat") is one of her words. She's frequently offering the hats she gets out of the hat box to all of us, so we're always prepared. Here, she's modeling the bonnet:

Santa Fe Southern Railroad

We were so fortunate to have Grandma, Grandpa, Kylah, and Aunt Ginnie here over Memorial Day Weekend. We finally rode the train, which was so exciting!

 

....This pretty much sums up Rhys's experience....

....and this pretty much sums up Alanna's. After she fell asleep and took a nap, she was in a better mood....

....If only we were all this flexible! Rhys is looking at the rails go by through the slats in the open flatcar. In front and in back of the flatcar was a coach car, each of which was manned by a host who told stories and facts, served alcohol, and sang songs....

....Daddy kept Alanna cozy while she napped....

....The smoke from the steam engine. The coach cars were actually from the 1890s, and so we couldn't go very fast because they might have fallen apart en route....

....We had an absolutely gorgeous day. This is pretty much what all of the area around Santa Fe looks like. This is looking northwest on our return trip at the Sangre de Cristos mountains....

 .....Just in case you were wondering....

....Whoo Hoooo!!....

General Silliness

Well, we're back at it again. Actually, we've never stopped, so we're completely exhausted....

 

...Rhys and Alanna look at the world a little differently...

...Alanna poses with her new sunglasses...

...and finally, Alanna was so excited about bath time (she always is!) that she managed to haul herself over the side of the tub and get in the water before I got her diaper and shoes off...

The Singing Almond

The other night at dinner, Rhys was taking his time finishing his green beans with toasted almonds. We were encouraging him to just finish his dinner!! instead of playing. He calmly informed us that he wasn't playing; instead, the almond he was bouncing on the table was a Singing Almond, and that he was singing for us during dinner (he had been singing very quietly until this point). "Oh!" we said, not sure what else to say. "Carry on! Just put an almond in your mouth every once in a while, okay?" Unfortunately, that almond, and all the rest, squealed terribly as they were delivered into Rhys's mouth after singing us a song....