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My boy feeding Lydia the elephant an ice cream cone filled with grain. We had an absolute blast at the zoo. I seriously have the best kids ever.

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She was absolutely giddy. She had found this old wig and was sticking it all over Grandma's garden.

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Sunset on the solstice.

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Sleeping off the beach. Do you not want to just nibble that belly button?

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My dinner was literally picture perfect. And delicious too!

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Not much to say here, other than the fact that I'm not sure how long this will last on the internetz. Somebody eventually might figure out what it is, and OMG a baby is eating.

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Not a great shot, but all of the caterpillars decided today was the day to build their homes.

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Cousins! They only see each other 3 times a year but when they do, they just pick right back up again.

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We got a new truck. So of course we all loaded up and went to get ice cream. Funny enough, we got there and realized we only had $4.83 to our names. We split two kiddie sizes (and got two cones and recreated eensy weensy tiny cones for the kids) but it all worked out. Maybe we're just teaching portion control. ;o)

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A new view of "our" marsh. I found this great walking loop. You can't see in this photo, but they've added those big black greenhead boxes. Good that they're being proactive, but scary that they needed to. I'm glad we get a nice breeze.

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The girl was putting on a puppet show. The big boy was completely captivated. It was awesome.

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After a long day, we need to unwind by watching videos of pranks on YouTube. We're nothing if not great parents.

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Getting ready for her dress rehearsal. Before I did makeup and costume, in just her messed up tights and teeny tiny bun (YOU try to get a four year old's bob into a bun!! YOU DO IT!).

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It was the girly's last day of preschool. It was wonderful. Some genius brought in cupcakes with bright red frosting. The kids all looked like they had on clown lipstick. But they loved it.

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Perfect weather for first grade field day. The red team was on fire. ;o)

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Recently I decided to let the kids use up all of my random art supplies (well, except for the 84 exacto blades I have from model making days). Today it was some tubes of watercolor paint. I stick the kids on the porch among the recycling and camping supplies.

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Wild beach roses my boys brought home for me. They smell amazing.

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This is the deck where Moon hangs out a lot. See back there on the rock? Mr. Chuck suns there just to torment her, I swear.

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My boys playing lacrosse catch, my girl in a tidepool. Such a strange foggy but hot day.

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While driving around recently, we saw this siding. And really dig it. So I took this photo, so that we could research when we got home. And found it (the vertical ribs were the tell-tale sign) - it's HardieShingle, which is made from concrete. I think we've found our siding.

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Fat baby in tub. He really likes it.

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I joined the first graders for a tidepooling trip. We caught crabs and things.

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Although we live at the beach, we really love this one, which is about 6 minutes away. So the other night we went there after dinner. The baby was asleep so everyone else walked out onto the jetty.

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We went to the new town for the Memorial Day parade. The very last vehicle in it (tiny wonderful small town parade) broke down.So the husband had to help push (he's in blue with a straw hat). I just loved the community effort - it totally typified what we loved about the parade and the town.

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We went to this wacky Antique Auto Museum today, where they had vintage arcade games and peep show movies. The soccer game was rather quirky and the husband kept scoring in his own goal. This was the winning goal.

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Of course, they were yelling "peace" as this was taken. Heaven knows where they got it from but I kind of adore it.

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The swing at Auntie's house is instant nap for him.

The Miller.

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Today the big boy was in his class play. He was the miller, who lies to the king about his daughter's ability to spin straw into gold, who then gets into trouble with Rumplestiltskin.

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Two of my sweetses.

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Yesterday at our beach, there was a bit of sadness. A harbor seal was there, no longer alive.She seemed to be well respected and marked for pickup by the aquarium today, but it was still sad to see. The little girl wanted to say a prayer which was so lovely and sweet. So tonight we packed a special dinner picnic for the beach, just to kind of have things on a better note. Turns out the kids like fresh turkey sandwiches, which is good because now I have several pounds of turkey breast.

The boy was fighting the tide, and eventually, the tide won.

Also, the percentage of surfers wearing wetsuits gets smaller daily.

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Splashing at the lake while waiting to pick brother up from school. I"m going to have to better equip my car because it was fun.

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At dinner the other night (wings yum), the girly drew a picture of the family. She's showing brother himself. The smirk has to do with how hair is always portrayed.

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Hai I am plotting to eat your phone.

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At least if I have to drive 30 minutes to school at 7:45 a.m. I get to see this.

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Lego lacrosse. Brooms and shovels for sticks.

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The baby is a much bigger fan of baths when the siblings are involved, we discovered.

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Very blurry photo but the boy was just so cute snuggled in with daddy at dinner time.

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Samples of flooring sitting on the floor so we can see how the light hits them and whatnot. It's rather fun.

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Today we hiked up a mountain. I completely forgot to take a single photo until we were at the trailhead. At the bottom. Oh well.

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Fat baby hand at the beach.

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My mom took me to a friend's house to show me the style. For the most part it was much higher style than we want, but I did love the fireplace surround. We're trying to work out having wood and stone as well.

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The two handsomest boys in the entire world. :)

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I love the snapshot into our lives from the clothesline. Nursing pajamas, boxer briefs in big and little, hello kitty panties, karate t-shirts.

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The husband takes the two wee ones out after dinner, usually, so that I can do homework and violin. G thought he was a riot, calling these two "two-tone" (I call the baby Tonio a lot). Haw.

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The sick bay. So sad, the sickies.

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My mothers day offerings.

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Standard teething position.

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Today we went on a factory tour and in order to price, had to choose a zillion things on the spot. I wanted to remember what the countertop was so I took this.

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Is it stealing if I take a lilac from the yard of a rental and bring it into said rental?

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I kind of like being trapped under a baby for a couple of hours sometimes. So I let him sleep on me. And with the craziness of our lives, other kids, new house, all that, I feel like he deserves me and quiet sometimes.