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I don’t think we could have had a more perfect first trip off of base, here in Sicily. A group of military members and families caravanned out to a family farm near Mineo and we all enjoyed picking olives from old (some over 1,000 years old!) olive trees, a filling and tasty home cooked Sicilian

Towns lining the base of Mt. Etna.

About to touch down in Sicily.

And it has gone by entirely too fast. I love this stage… the sporadic little giggles, obsession with feet and general smiley-ness completely steals my heart each time a baby of mine reaches this age. So darn cute.

The last of our household goods were packed into crates and loaded onto trucks, today. After a final cleaning, we said goodbye to our home of 3 and 1/2 years. Many good memories have been made in that house, but as a military family, we have learned to hold the past in our hearts, but

I bought a bundle of flowers at Trader Joes with my only purpose for them being an incentive to pull out my macro lens for some therapy. I love working to convey mood with inanimate objects, while calming and centering myself at the same time.

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.