Summer is here

I'm on school break. A couple of days a week I'm home with the kids, which has been really fun. Al gave me some great advice about spending the day with them..."it is great, as long as you expect to get nothing accomplished" She was right. Low expectations never fail. (like the ones I've made for this blog) I had zero expectations for projects, errands, personal grooming, etc. and we've been having a wonderful time. Al is working on being home 2 days a week too, so we'll have long weekends together. I've been trying to go out each morning with the kiddos to a new neighborhood spot...I don't have any pictures though as I have had my hands full, but I did get a great pic of them at home.
AND we finally got Iris singing on camera.

Mother's day out

Happy Mother's day to the 2-3 mothers that might read this. Oliver is now about 5 months...he's grown a bit since last update. We've gone through a lot of transitions with Al going back to work and all kid things doubled, not that I'm complaining, it's wonderful. A few break throughs this week; Oliver rolled over a bunch of times and Iris has used the potty 5 times, all on her own! I hope this isn't a blip on the map but the begining of the end for her in diapers. We'll see...or you'll find out in another 4 months. Here's some pics from our day out honoring the fabulous mom of our family.




Iris knew I was taking this one

She thought this one was off camera...much more honest.

Ollie six weeks old

Oliver's been doing great. He's holding his head up really well (see below), working on a range of facial expressions and generally, he's very chill - lots of sleeping, unfortunately not as much at night. Otherwise he tolerates his sisters rough head patting, kisses, and pouncing with little complaint. He's biding his time.
Here's a link to Youtube, Al got a good video of our boy.