Just Without the Lampshade

Life at home can be very entertaining.

It doesn't take much to figure out a way to have fun without any alcohol.

Just put a toddler into the mix.

He'll think up something.

He is our TV set.

He can make loud noises.

And replace the audience, clapping for himself.

Not just our TV, he is our little bear.

Inciting fright, er, sort of...

He'll bear hug you too.

Grrrr....

Rawrrrrrrr....

A New Park

We discovered a new park the other day.

There is something about a park--if built well--that is so architectural and geometrical.

Can you guess which one it is? 

The children, of course, were a little bit more utilitarian about the why they liked the park.

Sometimes she left him alone.

Sometimes she didn't know where she pushed him.

But he didn't seem to mind.

Mama's turn.

S's ballet skirt was such a soft and delicate contrast to the hard lines.

D had his own way of having fun.

It was a beautiful late summer evening.

Kidlets Keeping House

    The local OPC pastor in this little part of Oregon asked if my best friend and I had already betrothed our 2 little ones.  They, in fact, entered our families around the same time.  I had called her the week before she gave birth not knowing that my adoption agency was already taking care of paper work to hand over my son to me when he was just 2 weeks old.  So the next time I called I told her that we were both not sleeping well at night because of the same reasons.  

     D & A both seem to understand that they are the same age--often playing together, irritating each other or loving each other these past 4 weeks. I am glad they have really bonded.  They even kept house the other day...