Another activity to go along with Lentil– whittling. The kiddos had a fantastic time ‘whittling’ their soap blocks. And then they had even more fun making a soapy, bubbly mess as we cleaned up the leftover bits!

While we discussed the book Lentil this week, one of the topics was our sense of taste. As a fun supplemental activity, the boys and I made lemonade. Although I didn’t grab a picture of it, I think the littler one would have been just as happy to suck on the juiced lemons as he

Over on the Clickinmoms Daily Project, we went gold for childhood cancer awareness today.

The blog has been super quiet, lately, but 3 boys, a trip to Oregon to visit family, teaching an online workshop and the beginning of homeschooling (a season in our life that currently doesn’t have a finite length) has kept me more than a little busy. Meanwhile, this little guy has been growing! Eating, eating,

(How exactly is it August already??)

5 and 1/2 weeks and beginning to smile all the time!

Just getting around to editing these. I love daddy and baby images- such a beautiful contrast between their sizes!  

He has spent about 10 minutes in his crib so far.

I had 3 frames until the card was full. This is what we got.

We’re surviving! I’d been a bit disappointed with the images I’d captured of our new little guy (he sleeps beautifully… unless he hears the camera’s shutter!) but yesterday, with oldest brother’s adoring help, we captured Carter awake, happy and adorable!

I rearranged the craft supplies, which has reminded the boys about tempera paint. Squashing the neat-freak ‘I just cleaned the table’ inside of me, I said “yes” to his request.

Who really only wanted to capitulate to ONE photo.

I ate a few. Too many.