We had visited the local beach to do some art work in the morning. It was super-super windy, Ewan was not pleased. It was hard to even keep the blanket and the papers from flying away while they tried to do a little painting. At least my shoes provided some entertainment. When Celia realized we hadn’t brought a bucket and shovel she was DONE and thought it was time to go home. At least everyone but me and my mom got a little break from the kids.

I had fun in cape cod in our bedroom, dramatic light to say the least. I was trying to capture a range of emotions.

don’t squeeze too hard!

Josie had her first day of kindergarten yesterday and she said she liked it! This is literally the best picture I could get of her that morning though, somehow this expression was fixed on her face. Big day!

She remarked today though that they haven’t ‘really’ taught her anything yet. Except a new song about fish with their hands in their pants pockets.

Celia loves the big swings at Josies school!

Got a few more in the afternoon!

This is how our house looks on a typical day. In their native habitat you will see remnants of previous reading, doll house and doll dress up. Currently on exhibit you will see a game of ballet doctor. The ballerina seems to have injured herself and gone to the doctors. The hotwheel cars are somewhere, probably packed up in one of those two bags.

A few weeks ago, before our vacation we went to visit my grandmother (my mom’s mom) and today we went again to celebrate her birthday, she’ll be 95 years old in a few more days! She got to meet Ewan and hold him and she enjoyed him very much.

But she thinks we should have spelled his name with a U, since it is pronounced with a U. And clearly I should have put socks on him today when it was in the 70’s and he was wearing an ankle to wrist covering outfit. And his ears are too big (“like not normal big” she says in a whisper). And I shouldn’t be letting the girls touch him. And I wipe him wrong. But yep that’s my Bubie! 🙂 She can’t believe I have three kids, but she heartily enjoyed the cupcakes and lipstick we brought her.

We’ve been gone for two weeks to cape cod. Over 1000 pictures I’m trying to work through but we had some nice lazy days enjoying the pool, the sun, the beach and each other. We ate a lot of ice cream cones.

At his one month appointment (four weeks really) Ewan was 22.5 inches long and weighed 9 lbs 6 oz. He’s had a cold almost two weeks already and that has not been much fun. It seriously interferes with him trying to breath, hot showers help. He is starting to smile when he’s awake which is so darling! He’s not a huge sleeper unless he’s sleeping on top of me which is always his favorite place. He does well at night, doesn’t get ‘awake’ more than just for a quick feed and back to sleep. Hopefully when we can get rid of this cold he’ll get some longer stretches at night. He LOVES his sisters and adores when Josie reads to him. He also likes to be outside and watch the world go by around him. He’s starting to enjoy some baths and adjust to the world in general. He also likes to swing to help calm him when I have to attend to things for me and the girls. He’s growing great, loves to eat all the time and cuddle. This time is going by quickly! I’m trying to cherish it as much as I can.

This week we’ve been busy. My second week of just me and the kids, including a three week old baby. I know I’ll never remember this beyond a few days and I can barely even recall the entire week right now, so here it is for my own recall 🙂 Somehow nursing a baby and changing his diaper eats up a lot of time.

Monday: Waited for the cleaning woman to show up in the morning and then hit up the zoo for lunch and most of the afternoon. We got ice cream on the way home. Josie whacked Celia in the face with the dog ball throwing stick from our neighbors.

Tuesday: Sing-a-long in the morning at the library, read books, and grocery store in the afternoon.

Wednesday: Morning we hosted the upcoming Kindergarteners playdate. Can’t remember what we did in the afternoon, clear sign of me losing sleep. I got Celia to take a nap and got to spend a little one on one time with Josie.

Thursday: Took the girls into the city to wade in frog pond, had a picnic lunch with Jordi, and visited the globes including hearing the mayor speak about them. Played with friends for a short while when we got home and then went to an outdoor concert at the main library with a picnic dinner.

Friday: Storytime at the library in the morning (we spend a lot of time at the local library), took Ewan to the doctor before having lunch with Jordi at home. Then we did art, reading/writing work and general free play until snack time, then joined the next door neighbors for a bike ride and dinner al fresco.