Inspired to update...

for the three people who read this.
since november?
well, we got some snow....and then it snowed some more.i think after that it snowed again.
and again.and then when we thought surely all the snow had come and gone, it snowed once more.
in the meanwhile, my sister came over in december, stayed with us for 6 weeks. it rocked.

we got kittens right before xmas. they're brothers - merlin, and gandalf. they are almost identical but we can tell them apart. they are about the sweetest cats ever ever.

juniper is talking. about everything. all the time. her favourite words are doggy, kitty, paci, mummy, daddy, and yucky. it's especially cute when she says "mmm yum yum yum" and smacks her lips.
we bought a camper trailer! it's a hi-lo towlite and it is FABULOUS.


we are in love. she will take us many places in the next few years but her pièce de résistance will be when she takes us to our new home, in Oregon, or wherever we shall land. pretty much everything is leading up to that these days.it seems like it's all we talk, eat, sleep and breathe. Oregon. Oregon.i feel it in my bones. everywhere i look, it's calling to me.

our maiden voyage was a long weekend to daingerfield state park over spring break and everything went pretty smoothly. i don't think any of us really wanted to pack up and come home. or if we did, only to refine what we do and don't need and then head out on the road again.
gypsies, the lot of us.

here are some pictures...

so school is back in now, 10ish weeks left until summer. woohoo summer.

Is it pretentious of me...

To realize that I must be to my mother what Juniper is to me? A muse.
I was thinking about this in the shower this morning and it was worded a lot more eloquently in my head 4 hours ago and now that I am able to sit and type it out, it's gone...

Nevertheless, who was it that said something like 'In Truth there is Beauty'?

Because I see her flaws and they are beautiful.

OMGosh!

Dropped it in a big way again huh?

Here is what happened:
Went to Australia over summer, came back, discovered that i new my medium for all this time and starting using it for once, go here to see what i'm talking about: http://thefeltingpot.blogspot.com/
Sebastian started 2nd grade, Yossarian got all his hair cut off by his request (oh melancholy day) and starts a very short (2.5 hrs on two days a week) program at a senior high school childhood development center next week, and Juniper is about to turn ONE!

eeep!

Here are some random pictures from just recently:

New hair!



First day of Second grade:


Juniper has lots of new tricks. Like sitting in the dog water bowl. Yum.




Climb on anything she possibly can, no thought to the almost certain doom she faces if she were to fall backward. She laughs in the face of danger - Hah hah! (yes, I did run for the camera before making sure she was safe).



Yossarian and Olivia playing dress-up.
Blackmail material for the years to come. *snicker*



My sweet darling precious angelic daughter in her first real Halloween costume. Last year she was 4 weeks old and slept in a carrier the whole time. This year the whole family is theming it up as Alice in Wonderland characters, thanks to my mummy who bought this perfect little Alice dress in a thrift shopping trip!

I am going to add a blue satin sash around the middle, as there are loops already for it.

Pictures!

Juniper in her first swim suit. Yossarian picked it all by himself. Sebastian said she needs a bikini. I think she looks just perfect!








Mmm, dirt.




Eating waffles for breakfast!



Worms that decided to come and reproduce on our patio after a ton of rain! eeww! We put them in the freshly tilled spring garden beds.



Weird mycelia in my front garden. It exudes a sticky inky substance from it's caps. It's really freaking cool. Yes, that is Chad's ugly hand.



All dressed up for my BFF Annie's Graduation party. So proud of her! My MIL cut off my awesome metallic gold pumps.


The hairpiece I made. It's actually cooler than it looks here but again, MIL didn't quite capture the whole picture.

oops, i dropped the ball

Not like I didn't foresee that happening though right?

Here are some updates and cute things:

Juniper - She is 7.5 months old now. She crawls. She has 2 bottom teeth and some top ones on their slow and steady way.
She says "Amba" clear as day. She waves bye bye with vigour. She is smitten with our dogs, and her brothers. But mainly Sebastian since Yossarian likes to make her angry.

Yossarian - Turned 3 and overnight transformed into a stereotypical 3 year old, complete with tantrum throwing, an iron will and mean little words and fingers. We will keep him though. He's still the coolest little hippy dude on the block.

Sebastian - Is about to graduate 1st grade. He has his first piano recital next week. He is playing 4 songs. I will be sure to record it.
Today while doing his homework Yossarian bumped his arm and he said "Man, Yossarian, you made my "M" look like I farted on it". Cracked me up.

Also the other night at the grocery store I said we had to hurry because they were about to close. Sebastian quips - "oh well, we'll just camp in it and steal all the food to eat". I respond, "Sounds fun, and then you'll go to jail". Sebastian responds "You might go to jail but I won't. I'll go to Juvie".
hahaha!!!

Chad went on a camping trip with brother and father to Lake Tahoe. They were gone 4 days. It was fun for them. Sucked boogers for me. haha

I will post again in a moment with some great pictures from the past month or two.

The Pianist

Here is Sebastian doing some improv, and then I made him play a song. He played the most basic song he knows - after about 6 or 7 lessons he knows about 8 or 9 songs. Oh well, still cute.
His teacher thinks he is a natural.
He never had any rhythm, so I think it's the mathematics involved in piano playing that helps him succeed.

The first video didn't catch what I wanted it to, since I was sneaking in from the other room.

Working in the yard