a day with daddy

 

 

walking down the trail aunt erin built in dunkirk park

"On the last day of the world I would want to plant a tree." - W.S. Merwin

shell fossils

 

fern forest

more fiery trees

sleeping babe in sling(i'm gonna miss this)

uncle stephen's second hat

self-portrait

aren't magnolias magical?

 lots of tickling/wrestling has been happening everywhere we go...

this is the doorbell of an awesome house in friendship(maryland) that steve and holly looked at the other day.  they ended up deciding it needed too much renovation, but it got our wheels turning.  maybe we'll put our house on the market next week...

60

uncle stephen turned 60 on october 25th and aunt liz(dad's sister) threw him a suprise(which inevitably was given away) party at their apartment in manhattan.  it was a touching, intimate gathering of friends and family united for the sole purpose of uplifting stephen and pouring out love.

torch-of-a-cake

denise and ezra sittin on some chairs...

pucci and stephen in his birthday hat(part 1, part 2 is waiting on my shelf to be mailed) and shirt

aunt katherine and isaac(yay for hand-me-down umbrellas from sasha!)

 

isaac and the lunatic hunchback of notre dame

pigeons

central park

eating apples in the big apple

isaac taking pictures(with a fisher price camera) of the penguins under water at the central park zoo

 

popsicles

i miss her...

savoring the last of the warmish weather

autumn is by far my favorite season.  not only were my firsborn and i born in autumn, but i have a special affection for wearing sweaters, hot tea, and fall foliage, all of which are significantly more enjoyable in autumn.  the colors, the scents, and flavors are intoxicating.  my little men meet it all with fresh eyes, and it is my pleasure to do as much introducing as possible.

living room picnics are awfully nice, especially when the "soup" is made with mamma in mind

orange eyes

"mommy, take our picture!"

(this type of behavior usually ends in somebody pulling somebody else's arm and somebody crying)

it's finished! hot off the needles!

this is a picture that my cousin marisa took of her brother thomas's favorite hat which he(irony) lost the following week.  i am proud to say there is now a pretty darn good replica(and all out of recycled yarn, which i hope will be his favorite part!)

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ezra's turn

tricycle gang

new shoes

makin time!

 

 

"a volcano" which i foolishly assumed was a tree

 

ezra decided to facepaint.  thinkin outside the box already!

 

i know you already know this, but i LOVE kid art.  might i also add that the left column 2nd picture down in the above photo is "a waterfall and just some water."  awesome.