Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune

Video time! In our yoga classes, the teacher always asks us to picture a happy place. Even in hypnobirthing, we imagine our happy spots. Mine is always either outside in the woods, or dancing in the kitchen. Doesn't this make you happy? Where is your happy spot? No dirty jokes, Evan.

Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle all dressed in green,

We had a great birthday party for Eli, and I will post pictures soon,
as our photographer is away at the beach.
Ollie has had one week off of school, and he has spent the first half of the day at Dinosaur camp at our local and wonderful science center. Today afterwards, we made green slime and it was way cool and super easy.

Directions for slime:
OUTSIDE
Mix one cup of cornstarch with 1/2 cup of water. Add green food coloring. Mix. Poor onto paper, newspaper, or waxpaper.
Very slimy and icky and cool.

I met a young girl, she gave me a rainbow

We also had a blast at Dad's this weekend. My cousin, with whom I used to play mermaids and make up dance routines with for HOURS has 2 boys the same age as Eli and Ollie. They hit it off big time. Pictured above discussing the goats.

Showing off by the pool.

Chillin'

Watching rainbows.

Building a country size bonfire for roasting smores..

And being manly with sticks...

It just falls all over me

The annual pilgrimage to Fall Creek Falls!

This year we discovered the suspension bridge. Yowzers.

Here is the post from last year's trip.
This year Eli climbed up pretty much the entire way. He is becoming quite the little hiker.

Well, I investigated all the books in the library,

These guys are expert Put-putters, and we had big family fun at a friends birthday this past weekend.
In other news, Ollie has had a high fever the past couple of days. I deem him healed because in the library today, the two boys were banging aimlessly and noisiley on a computer as I tried to find a good chapter book for us to read. When I pulled them away, Eli said, "but I wanna play computer." Ollie pulled down his pants, turned his butt to his brother, and said, "I have a computer you can play." Awwwww, boys...

I'm going off into the woods, I'm huntin' bare

Mother's Day hiking at a State Park. What a lovely way to start off the season. Eli can truck this year, and doesn't have to be carried the entire time. Appalachain trail here we come (kidding, for now.)
I have been slow of posting as of late because my brain is full of Grad school ideas, book writing, lesson planning, business promoting, gardening, crafting, and cooking. Maybe next winter you'll get more deep thoughts on mothering, but for now, pictures will have to speak.