The last month for this little one was full of milestones. His unintentional rolling has now turned into very intentional rolling, over & over & over. He's moved from being a newborn baby to baby who is no longer completely dependent his Mama for nourishment (only 3/4 dependant. But still.) The move from 6 months-7…

Artwork by Henry "Pops Happy 34 Birthday" Today was Chris' birthday. We sent him away for a day of fly-fishing with his friend Russ in the Angeles Mountains. Henry said that only Pops was allowed to catch a fish because it was his birthday. Chris, the root beer connoisseur that he is, requested an assortment…

Chris is a peanut butter & chocolate man. Big time. Mostly chocolate, but the peanut butter is a very, very close second. Sometimes I catch him dipping miniature chocolate bars into the peanut butter jar. I say 'catch' which implies he's sneaking chocolate & peanut butter in some deep dark corner somewhere (which he only…

 Our Jedi's come armed with blue & white gingham kitchen mitts, milk & insect rain boots. And a leg, in just the right pose.

Tonight we had friends over and grilled zucchini, asparagus, yellow peppers, chicken/apple/gouda sausages and steak tips. It makes me want to grill every meal. We drizzled olive oil over the veggies and sprinkled with kosher salt & pepper. They were really good. I'm crazy for zucchini and asparagus but I think the yellow peppers ended…

When I was downtown looking for fabric for new curtains, I picked up a yard of this mustard print fabric for the lampshades in our living room. For the most part they were fairly simple to re-cover. I used this to adhere the fabric to the lampshade which was what I had on hand because…

 They belong to Henry. He loves to feel the wind blowing through them.  I love watching them in my mirror.

 Hoping that the baby this is for doesn't come early! Need to fix some wonky stuff on the back & finish hand sewing the binding. Give it a hot wash & dry and should be good to go. So glad it's almost Friday!

 I've got less than 24 hours to take this pile of fabric and make it into something good.

 A day at home, making bread with friends.  The children played together for nearly 9 hours straight. Heaven.  The recipe makes 2 loaves- a loaf for us and one for our dear friends.  (it was so good, it deserved 2 pictures.)