We've been

It's been a while my friends!  Much working, playing, thinking, eating, learning, reading, digging, discovering, running, jumping, twirling, and loving....just not so much blogging.  Which I think is probably a good thing. So, here's what we've been up to:

  

.: soaking up every last bit of summer we can 

.: cheering Neva on as she is starting to finally get the hang of her tricycle! (She is quite taken with this new sense of freedom.  She likes to direct me, "Mama, you just stay there and I'm going to ride far away from you.)

.: listening with joy at Frances' almost constant "chatter", every now and then we actually recognize a word!

.: making a day trip to the beach last weekend (we saw dolphins are the Jersey Shore y'all! Crazy)

.: taking down every last bit of bamboo on our property (that's really more of a "Robb's been...."  I've been looking at the now empty spot of thinking: chickens) 

.: happily adjusting to our new rhythm of "playschool" twice a week (hopefully I will have a chance to tell   about it some time this week!)

 

.: enduring the tumbles that come with a very adventurous toddler (see second picture below)

.: smelling, hearing, and watching autumn makes its entrance

my "students" Liem, Frances, Neva, and Jubilee.  A pretty sweet bunch.