Day with Mud

We are deep in whale world these days. Posts are all the house about how bad whaling is.  The kids did some math based on a whale mom and her pup against a pig mama and her litter. Just to show why eating whales causes their extinction but not pigs. It was big number math and very cool.  There are so many cool species of whales and Harper is charting them all by Kingdom, phylum, class, etc.  We are going to try to build a ship out of a cereal box today.

 Wish me luck 

Random thought: Simon is beginning to wean and it is so very sweet how he loves on his milk.  He goes to sleep without nursing and "when the sun comes up" he gets to nurse again. We hunker down into the bed and nurse and snuggle for 30-45 min. Often it is only the two of us in bed. We curl into each other and smush as close as we can. It is the only moment of the day that nursing him isn't an inconvenience. In between nursings he lays on my tummy and looks up at the ceiling chatting and thinking then he rolls back and asks for more. His legs curl up and fit just right so that I can curl mine around him.

 I had a dream the other night that I was pregnant again and even in the dream this distressed me to tears. I know I  am done with babies and I am happy to be done but I watch him harder and smell him deeper knowing I will never again have this snuggle. This morning bliss. It is such a divine way to start the day. 

You really have to know fashion to know the appropriate dress 

for Strawberry picking.

In a berry patch an empty bucket is just as wonderful 

as a full one

Key Lime pie for breakfast. 

A freezer full of berries

Children smelling of chlorine

all the time.

Weeding to be done

lettuce to grab before it's gone

Must be Summer time

We lost our beloved gold fish, Pickle Pop, monday. In all fairness only some of us loved her. He ate Cole's fish and he's never really forgiven him for that. He smeared his name at the funeral. It was a wonderful service. A guilt ridden Big Guy stood by miserably (he killed him, changed the water to fast) Ryland dug the hole next to the broccoli and dropped Pickle Pop in,  in his grief Simon tried to dig him up.  I will miss Pickle Pop,  he came rushing to the front of the tank whenever I came in the room.  Like a goldfish "hey! how are you I'm good thanks". We have a new fish now the tiniest fish I've ever seen. Less than a half inch long and currently called Addy. I cannot figure out why.  For those of you who don't know, we have a menagerie here. The library is housing a bird (Hedwig), a snake (Sienna), a fish (Addy), a bunny (Thunder) and coming soon from a friend who is getting a puppy, so she can't keep them, aquatic frogs. That's just the animals in the library, we also have two large dogs and three cats .  We seem so normal don't we. Yeh we're not. 

I love:

a side by side comparison 

people who eat fire

little girls who are astounded by people who eat fire

A big sister to hide behind when fireaters want "help" on stage. 

baseball season

From the coach, "Darn! There's a 30% chance of rain."

From the son, "That means there is a 70% chance of sun."

Think positive. Have a nice weekend.