August 18, 2009

Hey smiley boy!!! Calvin has to hang out in the exersaucer while I fuddle around in the kitchen. (you can see WHY by the floor behind him. VERY unforgiving tile--for a little guy who still flops around like a fish)

Thank goodness he doesn't complain too much! :)

August 17, 2009

I guess I should have taken this photo from the side instead of from above.

I WAS setting a really good example for Maisie, by STANDING ON THE BED to take it. Gee, I wonder why she stands on her bed? Sheesh.

When I got out of the shower, I could see piles of pillows on the bed, and Calvin's little arm sticking up between them....I went over to see what was going on, and he was alone in the bed. And the room. With a laundry basket at his head, cushioned by comforter, and with pillows stacked two high on either side, coming to a point at his feet. Moments later, Greg cruised in with a bottle. Apparently we've become a little more cautious, since Calvin has rolled off our bed TWICE!

August 16, 2009

Hmmmm...just can't seem to capture the beautiful lavender color of this Russian Sage. This is the one that's planted in the northwest corner of the iris bed. Not to be confused with the one I tried to transplant from the fence line to the berm. Eeek! That one is SAD. VERY sad. It did NOT want to live somewhere else. Poor thing.

August 15, 2009

Open mouth means: "MORE green beans, Momma!" Because you got MOST of them on your shirt, kid! I only got to whip up a small batch of green beans-I forgot to plant any! So I used Mom's, but Calvin wasn't ready for them until this month, so we only got to try a few. He likes them! (So does his shirt!)

August 14, 2009

Candyland!

Nothing like a little game of Candyland to settle down the 4 year old for nighttime. Yeah, RIGHT. At least her tongue isn't hanging out in this picture! (I'd also like to take this opportunity to thank Calvin for the barf stain on the carpet)

August 13, 2009

MORE garden bounty!

We ate all that corn last night, it's so good! Well, the red one is a little starchy, but it still tastes good--probably plant only a few next year for fall decorations, because the yellow is SO good, and I'd love to freeze it like Mom used to! Gonna have to buy some more Tupperware-I have raspberries and blueberries in all of mine!

I have so many baby eggplants! I'm so excited! I'm making stuffed eggplant with this one tonight-am hoping to get another out of the garden today. I invited Mom over for dinner to try it-Dad's on the wrong coast with Tim, so it's a good day for her to get to sample eggplant!

August 12, 2009

Oh dear. What has she learned? We went to a BBQ at Jeff and Jaimies' house--where there is a Wii. Maisie sang and danced and cheered. Here, Kiana was teaching her the cheer one. VERY cute, but I missed the best shot where Kiana was holding her from behind and helping her move her "controller arm". Maisie had such a blast playing with all the girls!!!

August 11, 2009

Maisie helps Papa on his tractor.

August 10, 2009

Went out to the garden today and found that I had enough tomatoes to can! Wow! So I packed up my kids and the tomatoes and went to Mom's house where we washed, blanched, peeled, cored, cut and pressure cooked until we had 14 jars of canned tomatoes! Cool!

August 9, 2009

I transplanted a Hen, and I think it already had a Chick!

Greg is working in the front yard, and I should probably be out there, too, picking rocks out of where we want grass to be. But I found another project I want finished--the berm. I'm putting ground cover on the sloped edges to try to keep the grass in it's place. The FLAT place.

I pulled this little guy out of the willow tree stump, and was hoping I got enough root for it to survive.

August 8, 2009

Weird angle, but I'm NEVER in front of the camera, so thought I'd include one. Calvin is wearing his "new" fuzzy onesie (it's terrycloth! cozy!) from Christopher, and having his nighttime snackie before bed.

August 7, 2009

Another day of harvest. What are we going to do with all these? I ate the yellow one on the left for dinner tonight before I went golfing. Yes. GOLFING. I think hell froze over! I think I *might* have liked it. Greg gave me a 5 minute tutorial before I left, and yelled as I drove away "Buy golf balls at the clubhouse!" Ok. So I bought 4, because I already had 6 in the bag. My first time out, I figured I'd need at least that many, then start mooching off my friends....but I played with the same ball all evening!!! Whoop! I even made it OVER the lake! I did have to fish out of the sagebrush once and a tree once, but they were only inches off the grass! :) Heeheehee. All in all, successful.

August 6, 2009

Calvin scooted off the edge of his blanket today so he could play in the grass. I had to extract some from his fingers and mouth! But he didn't seem bothered by laying in it or by it touching him, he was happy to pull on it and touch it for a good 15 minutes! Very intent.

August 5, 2009

Maiserella. Such a big girl! And Papa was able to snap a shot without her tongue hanging out, or a big cheesy fake-0 smile. :) Good one, Maise!

August 4, 2009

Calvin sitting up in the rocking chair at Papa and Gogo's! Not unassisted, mind you. Lazy little guy won't hold his own bottle, nor will he sit up on his own. He can do it if he's propped up somehow, but he's not too interested in doing it alone. I like the expression, though. :)

Photo compliments of Papa. (on a different day)

August 3, 2009

My usual view from the front seat during the drive. Maisie and her naughty tongue sticking out. And one of Calvin's feet. I'm surprised it's not blurry, because if he's awake, his feet are running in place! Still don't like that minivan, but it certainly serves it's purpose. We fit everything we needed for the weekend, plus on the way back we brought 3 boxes of Christopher's hand-me-downs. We just needed Calvin's stroller-we can't continue to carry his carseat around, it weighs a ton!

August 2, 2009

Beckers4 walking along the beach of Indianola. Thanks MAS, for the wonderful weekend (Religious Experience, indeed!) and Mark, thanks to you and your family for hosting, allowing us to descend upon your cabin!

August 1, 2009

Saturday morning we went down to the beach to make a sand castle and take a walk to the dock. There was a float plane taking off and landing very close to us. It passed by once and the kids were thrilled! Maisie said, it's coming back Mommy. I told her probably not, that it was going to land and go home, or fly away. She said, "No. It's coming back!" And sure enough, it did! About 7 or 8 times! I think twice it gave them a really close fly by, and they were thrilled! I couldn't believe they all lined up like this to watch it!

July 31, 2009

Friday afternoon--welcome to Indianola!! This is our room for the weekend! We had to have some space for Calvin's pack&play. Maisie slept on the floor. Worked like a charm!

July 30, 2009

Yikes! Don't look too closely! This is what my bed looks like when we are getting ready to go on a weekend trip. I do laundry like crazy and try to get us packed up! What a mess. But we are so excited to go to Indianola! Maisie can't wait to see her friends!