hippie chick

7/9

turn of phrase

7/8
our eldest is a very reluctant reader.  as in, "i will never learn to read!" reluctant.  the husband had a brilliant idea to make flashcards using characters that the boys love and humorous action verbs (like "farts") to see if we could get him a little more interested in the written word.

and baby girl's choice of words just cracks me up... 

as the world turns

a visit to the Science Museum of VA is not complete without giving the "earth" a helpful spin...

7/7

belated celebration

July 4th ended up on a soggy note, so instead we celebrated on the 5th with some fireworks & sparklers that our lovely neighbors had given us.  

we love how the sparklers look like wands~ "lumos!!"

and, thanks to my awesome and extremely generous brother-in-law, i am working on a really nice new-to-me iMac that his wife was no longer using.  i'm still figuring out how to work with my photos (my macbook has been in need of a screen repair for about two years, so i'm a little out of practice with the mac OS) but hopefully will be back to a little more regular(ish) posting soon!

BSoD

yeah, another acronym.  this one, most unwelcome: the Blue Screen of Death.

the POS computer that i've been bitching about for months is giving up the ghost.  having already lost over two years worth of photos from my eldest (including the births of both boys), i just don't trust it enough to keep loading photos onto it even though it is back up and running (for now).
i've backed up everything to here, but will be on hiatus until i get a new machine...  which probably won't be until august.
just imagine the catch up post!  :)

WMD

WaterMelon Delight

NINO

yesterday, baby girl was 9 months old.  initially, i had planned to do a post on the 16th about her having been on the outside as long as she was on the inside, since that would be 41 weeks from her birth. but i realized that she has now already been on the outside as long as she was inside.

lemme 'splain:

to get an estimated due date, they calculate 40 weeks from the start of your last menstrual period.  that means that, depending on your cycle length, at least two weeks of "pregnancy" occur before conception.

so, on paper, baby girl was born at 41 weeks gestation, but she had really only been inside for 39 weeks, and 39 weeks from her birth was yesterday.

Nine months In, Nine months Out.

moments after her arrival  
(photo by Patience Salgado)

the night life