I love you too, Francesca!

Yes, you saw it right- purple socks and green sandals

One quick moment of contemplation

Blaize walks the labyrinth outside at Church

After 25 or 30 hugs

Hard to wake up sometimes

This is Blaize's favorite sleepwear

He hasn't worn anything else to bed for a week or more- since we got it passed on from Bea (handmade by her mom, Gretchen at OPB!)

How Francesca Made Coffee For Mommy And Daddy

Baby Eli... so sweet!!

Jacob and yummy Popsicles

Art at Adriana's

Music and science

OMSI and electricity

Science at OMSI with Adriana

Howdy There!

Fun at gymnastics!

Sweet feet!! Also: Happy Valentine's Day!

this one's for you, Merci!

swap and play fun with Adriana!

Blaize has even more fun with ice

And lift!

Francesca got tickled by some thawing snow dripping from the tree branch

Ice trampoline, by Blaize

So much fun sliding the ice layer off things

It actually is pretty cool.

Ice jumping, Francesca style

Hazards involving kids and ice chunks

'It's crunch'

Ice crunching over snow

Chunks of ice are cool.

negotiating icy snow

Francesca trying to make her hair stand up like a rooster too

Rooster Boy, day 3 of Portland Snowpocolypse

Ready to rock the tire swing at Buckman!

Angelic, no?

sweet!

Beginning a snowman

Blaize in snow

after long last

We found a toothpaste that Blaize will use. He didn't like any of the five kinds we had tried. He wanted Blueberry, he said
Finally, I found a 'mixed berry'Kiss my Face brand
kid's toothpaste. I told him it was blueberry. He loves
it. We are very happy.

Blaize takes fashion to next step - coordinating with his books.

inspector Margot

Running down a dock by OMSI

as captured by Adriana

the control, the grace, the courage...

Oh yeah.

Tire swings we never tire of

Pumping all by herself!

She's getting so so big

Look out world, here comes Blaize!

Francesca's 'summer bed' ...

Earlier she said, guess whose bed this is. It's for someone who works hard, is sweet and gives hugs. I said, Daddy? She said, yes!

Each kid made their own turkey sandwich

Tastes even better when you make it yourself!

Two cuties in heart PJs

The Sweetest!

Yummy AB&J!