Feb 21 - Boys

One year for Christmas I painted this frame for Steve. You can't really see it, but in the detail on the two side pieces are the words 'father' 'hero' 'friend'. The photos are of he and the boys at one of our local beaches when they are about 3 and 4. Funny, I thought they were so grown up then. When you have a four year old they seem like such a big kid compared to babies. Then you have an 11 year old and look at a 4 year old and realize they were still so little.

Feb 20 - Long Overdue

We just packed up our tree today. Yes, you read the date right. Feb 20. OK so this is our first year with a fake tree. And there are many benefits to having one. One is you don't have to worry about packing it up right away because it doesn't became a dried out husk of a fire hazard like a live tree. Wait, is that a benefit?

Feb 19 - The Park

I've always found something very picturesque about this line of trees at our local park. If only the cars and buildings and other urban things would get out of the way it would be perfect.

Feb 8 - Cuddles

I thought it was just too cute how Sampson wasn't just laying on Steve, he actually had his little arm wrapped around him

Feb 17 - Playing

A group called 'Fusion' can to Lucas' school this week. We had no idea what it was so we went along with him to check it out. It's run by a group of young adults and if I understand correctly, it is connected with a group that started in Australia. There were games and balloons and hotdogs and crafts. Lucas said it was 'a once in a lifetime chance.' Steve found himself intrigued with this game - now we need to track down a set for him.

Feb 16- Another Collection

Much as I'm not sure when I started to collect suns, I'm also not sure at which point I decided it wasn't 'cool' to collect suns anymore. So many people had sun collections and it wasn't unique enough for me at the time. So I started collecting dragonflies instead. At some point I decided it was OK to have both collections LOL.

Feb 15 - Jewelry

I don't actually wear much jewelry anymore, but when I was younger I wore tonnes of it. I used to have a ring for almost every finger! I still have a lot of my jewelry. I laerned years ago that anything within easy reach of children or cats was not safe, so I put up this narrow shelf in my room. The boys could still reach it if they really wanted to, but it's too much work for them passing curiosity now.