Happy Friday!

We're doing the happy Friday dance :) The weekend is almost upon us!

below are some pictures i took yesterday. the weather has been so nice! i love it. this means lots of playtime outside. i just love sun blocked, bare toes, water in a pool, rosy cheeks, kinda days! summer is just around the corner :) there are lots of pictures. whenever we're outside i just snap away. i'm always inspired by sunshine. and this has been our week. lots of backyard play ;) the best!

 two very happy boys who love being outside.

i love watching these two lost in their world of play

i love baby toes and chunky legs. and my not so chunky toddler who has skinny legs now.

love these two boys of mine so much! each with their different personalities and i love the two of them together and how they play. caleb coming over and lucas lighting up with a smile and a laugh. caleb talking to lucas as if he will talk right back, which sometimes he does with a coo or a giggle.

spending my days with our children is one of the best gifts my sweet hubby has given me. while many days are hard- and i get burnt out and worn down-i wouldn't trade these days for the world! watching our boys grow and learn in the world around them, well it is an amazing gift, and I thank God everyday for their sweet little blessings in our lives, and for their sweet daddy, my hubby. because he really does light up our world.

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend ;)

while dad's away....

                        sun soaking.
dave is in slo today. working the cal poly job fair. i admit. a lil jealous. he gets to drive through those gorgeous mountains, and walk through our college campus, be surrounded by college students for a day. sounds nice. he went for work to recruit college grads for pac sci. it's so nice that we live only a couple hours away from cal poly! so being the spoiled princess that i am...sweet hubby wasn't here to wake up with our morning lark (caleb) this morning (6:30am. hello hi). dave was out the door at 5:40! so caleb got to lay on my bed with me until 7. because these days i have the hardest time getting up before then! and to think i used to wake up and swim or work out everyday at 6:30am! one day i might do that again...maybe once i'm not waking up with my lil nursling....and then being the spoiled princess i am no hubby here for my mid-day break at lunch time!. thank goodness he'll be returning by dinner time. he is really such a huge help and such a wonderful and welcome distraction for us at lunch time and before he goes to work and after work too!. the boys love their daddy time. and i love my 'me' time. running in the evening, catching a few extra zzz's in the am, or a quick escape to the back bedroom to fold some laundry at noon time! next week will be an even longer day. he'll be back doing interviews with cal poly grads for pac sci. and i get to hear all about it ;) for some reason i really find the interviews and the people fascinating! it's a cool perk he gets to do every year for work now. but the boys and i will be flying solo until bedtime :( that is why i am so grateful for our car now. this afternoon we'll probably hit up the library and a park. and then, we'll be waiting here. open arms for our hero to come home (he gets embarrassed when i call him that, but it's true). so now you can really see me for the spoiled princess that i am. or maybe you'll see that i am beyond blessed by my hubby. we're a good team ;) and when he is away we really do miss him and feel his absence. that is why weekends are so great. but i do love these moments shared with my lil boys at home :) we have our fun when dad's not around! so only a couple pics today. and two videos of the boys playing before their naps!

my happy boy. eyes always alight with a smile. waiting with mom while dad and caleb get the rental car for dad's slo trip.

what a hug might look like between a toddler and a baby. up close and personal, thankfully no tears. pre-nap time hugs.

a couple videos of the boys at play. unfortunately it wasn't captured on camera, but caleb was saying 'here you go lucas' and handing him blocks and then smiling so big. i love it when he engages lucas in play and then lucas smiles and wiggles his whole body in response. lately lucas has really into banging things, you might notice it in the video. i just love watching these boys together!

i left the room for a couple minutes and this is what i found when i returned....(caleb loves the eric some of our carle books...{brown bear.., polar bear.., panda bear.. especially,} the repitition is great for this age)

polar bear, polar bear, what do you see?

(this just cracks me up. caleb loves chimming in when we read it together so when i found him just reading to himself and lucas i couldn't help but grab the camera and take a video since he didn't know i was behind him :) towards the end he's flipping through to find the flamingo page, flamingo is his fav.

half way through the week! hurray!

Tuesday Tidbits

 colors made real, sidewalk chalk

 taste of the camera string. yum

 dirt piled high in little boy hands

 rosy cheeks from a nap gone well

 rocks and trucks in little boy hands

 watching, always watching and taking it in

 finding spider webs in the sunlight

 feeling the air touch skin

little boy hands finding

 plop.

lashes, lips, cheeks, baby skin, scent of heaven.  

 brothers at play

 

 and my favorite of the day. those cheeks.

 letting brother touch and hold.

 switching. turn taking. little love lessons.

 love these little boys of mine.

another morning spent barefoot in the backyard. i am always inspired when we are outside. the only downside is allergies. which caleb and i both started feeling after awhile this morning. so we went inside and made some muffins while lucas continued to nap. i so enjoy our lazy mornings together. breakfast chatter, reading books, backyard play, and stroller walks (although caleb's been anti-stroller walks this week). and i love taking out the camera and snapping pictures when we're outside. can you tell? i go a little camera crazy. outdoors girl at heart.

anyway up for this week are:

hopefully getting back on track with running, last week's rain didn't help.

two weeks left of our beth moore study, fruits of the spirit. i'm going to be a lil sad for this one to end. it was a good one!

any good book recommendations? i'm in need of a good one. still mourning the fact that i finished my book club book and i haven't gotten back on track with a good one yet.

i need to stop eating oatmeal cookies and ice cream. thank you.

and finally! my very best friend had her baby girl! she's on my blog roll so check her out. forty toes and eight paws. i just love her little girl's name and am just so excited for her. i'm also glad that finally some of my friends are having girls! my other very dear friend is due at the end of august with a baby girl. she happens to be due on lucas' birthday which is all the more exciting! (the may fam, she's on my blog roll too) it seems like yesterday the three of us were swimming together being silly and marriage and babies seemed like years away. now here we are with babies and some on the way. i just have to give myself a lil pinch sometimes as i am so amazed with where we are in our lives! wives and mothers ;) how blessed we are.

Happy Tuesday Friends :)

and i almost forgot. here are a couple videos of the boys.

can you guess who is making lucas laugh?

and can you tell what song caleb is singing?

and pleae excuse my singing! how embaressing. that is why i try not to speak while recording the boys. lol. and of course i take the video of caleb far away so he  doesn't get distracted and want to 'see'. so sorry it is hard to see. but you get the idea.

out from the rain

comes flowers in bloom. grass grown green. birds in trees. barefoot babies. and warm spring breeze.

being outside starts our week right.

being outside gives us just the inspiration we need.

corn meal and trucks make for busy toddler hands.

my favorite. sparkling eyes in my baby, the brink of a smile, always near.

 imagination at work.

toes in constant motion.

see mama? "i like it"

caleb's classic face. more than one picture has been taken with this face.

eyes searching

and then finding.

and focusing in

the grass beckons.

exploring and discovering what nature offers

so many things to do and find, just outside our screen door.

i think i'll use all my senses...my favorite being taste :)

enjoying our monday sunshine :)