10 on 10 July

July! I really do not understand how the days keep slipping out from under my feet. Nothing changes and nothing changes and then a month is gone and then a year. It's nice to have 10 on 10 because change is slow and ever present with kids. You're going along and then all of a sudden you realize that things are nothing like they used to be, though you can't remember them changing.

So I will love waking up snuggled next to this one for as long as I can, in spite of her morning squirming and mosquito bite itching.


Soft, bright summer mornings.



And then we sat around the house all day waiting to sign for a camera in the mail and in all the nothingness, I forgot it was 10-on-10 day. My mom even visited and I didn't take a single picture. Amazing how I can remind myself relentlessly and still forget when I'm in the middle of a project. :O)

The fairy donning her beloved gloves as we waited for the mail truck.


Testing out the camera. These don't count towards the ten, I swear!





Bella playing big sister, realizes she can undo Lia's helmet all herself.


Hopscotch after a painful math lesson. She drew this one all herself and left the numbers out this time.


Quiet time in the kitchen while I cook.


My view while cooking. I love our new white cabinets.


Daddy's home!


And to bed. They always pick him instead of me, and by bedtime I have to agree!

10 on 10 June

10 on 10 for June! Apparently I took and processed all my images and forgot to blog them. :O)

So wonderful waking up to this bouquet fresh from my uncle's garden. Those white peonies are the most fragrant flowers I have ever smelled. I call them the stinky flowers because they are really THAT fragrant. They smell like your great grandma all loaded with perfume.



A shoot for the farm -  planting broccoli starts.


Dropping Dave off at work.


And waiting waiting waiting at the doctor.


And more waiting. We waited for an hour, essentially to drop off pee. Hooray. I can say in retrospect that it was worth it, but alas, it was a long morning.


A beautiful day at the lake.


Hungry and waiting miserably for dinner.


Fresh picked strawberries!


And bathtime, at long last.


Sneaky little one reading herself to sleep.