Monday

Gosh, I don't want to complain.  But, ugh!  It's Monday and I don't feel like we had much of a weekend.  Actually I told Scott last night that if he wanted to know what to do for Mother's Day just to do the absolute opposite of this weekend and it would be the perfect Mother's day.  It was nothing bad really, just too much of us going in too many different directions and pure and simply just not enough time with us all together.  There are a lot of families that are good at going in a million different directions.  In fact when Scott was trying to cheer me up this weekend he reminded me that every family in our town was having 'that kind of weekend'... shuffling the kids to and fro. And no one together.  Well, I'm not one of those families. Yes our girl have many activities but most of the time they are planned so that there's always together time.  Just not this weekend. 





Too close to the end of her book for a bike ride!


Spring = a ton of yard work.  Back to mowing, fertilizing, planting, gardening, and on and on.  Scott sure works hard!  And then there's our fence.  When we moved to this house the romantic in me wanted a white picket fence with an arbor.  You can't get more New England than a white picket fence.  So we had one put in... about 13 years ago.  If we knew then how much work a white picket fence would be he never would have let me.  Each spring he mends (well, actually rebuilds) the fence sections that came apart during the winter.  Little by little, he's actually redoing our fence.

Before


After


Sunset and still going


This weekend I was busy with a  photo shoot.  (pictures to come another day) and getting shorts that fit Anna.  We sure packed it in this weekend!

The girls worked on this craft kit for hours on Sunday afternoon.






I wish I had more words to say but all I have in my head is this huge long list of things that are waking me up at night.  My mind just won't stop spinning.  Oh May, it's good thing you're such a pretty month otherwise I just don't know how much I'd like you. 

Working hard into the sunset.


When I see that sparkle and smile I know this weekend wasn't a bad one for them. That's why I love my camera so!

This Week

I miss my girls today. A lot. I'm glad it's Friday so that we can be together this weekend. I have a photo shoot on Saturday but then I'm parking myself on the floor with them to play, or maybe ride bikes, or sit around longer at the dinner table, or play with dolls, or read that chapter book I started with them (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm) I can't wait!

Here's a peek at our week. I picked up my camera lot this week and boy... it felt good! Now if only I can find some time to scrapbook these memories... I'd feel on top of the world.

Muffins to bring for the Raffi Concert car ride



Tulips popping up



Color everywhere



Building with daddy





Morning



Something must have been funny in Harry Potter



Extra large coloring books





Breaking the shoes rule



But I guess after that long blizzard winter you just gotta feel the warm grass on your feet!



Oh the lips





Another one bites the dust (tooth that is)



Lets get a close up on that new hole



A Kindergarten teacher next door to Abigail got engaged. Love that bride and groom.



She's changing fast... right before my eyes



And oh my goodness... my favorite from the whole week.... Abigail and her very first viola teacher. He was actually a student teacher, and this was their last day together. He sure had a lot of patience for this little student. I love his smile.



She sure came far this year.



And let's end this week (or start this weekend depending how you look at it) with this. Oh love!

Spring

Music

I'm playing catch up a bit today.  These pictures were from our April vacation week.  We thought then that the temps were warm then but my oh my... how they've changed.  We're hitting 76 degrees today and sunny, sunny, sunny!  It feels so good. 

This is such a different spring for us this year.  (I won't say busy or crazy so I'll just say different)  With Scott a principal and all of those events his school has, all of the events for spring my girls have it was enough.  But his classes he's taking leave him with not enough time to function.  He's been on a treadmill and he can't even pause lately and we miss him.  He's here of course and sees us everyday but sometimes I tease him that he's "somewhere else".  I feel bad, he's lost in stress.  But the good news is he'll be done in July for good and way before July things will calm down for him significantly.  Oh how we can't wait. 

No school for a week left them lots of time to be together from the moment they opened their eyes.



Play date with a very special friend.



Flatbread pizza restaurant. They are one of only two restaurants that we can take Abigail. They cook her no cheese (just sauce and crust) pizza on all different equipment and we can watch it all happen so it's safe.



I found this in the house that week. Viola songs... be still my heart!



Hi play scape... we haven't seen you in a while!














Little sign in our little bathroom.





We brought bikes to the park. All they wanted to do was throw rocks into the water.







These pictures look almost funny to me now... everything is so green and flowery now.



Slow and steady



Too fast for me!

Sure hope you're all having a great week!!!