LOTS of photos this phone dump! Enjoy!!
I won't be posting a whole lot over the next month...we are busy packing up the house for the big move, and we sold our desk (because it won't fit in the spot I wanted it to at the new house). So, I'm working from the kitchen counter and we had to unplug most of the accessories. SO, I think I packed up the camera cords...and the external hard drive....
Basically, I will be posting photos from my phone for the next month or so. Get over it. :)
Mason. What a sweetie, seriously. This dog is SO GOOD with the kids...and not just our kids, ALL kids. He is a sweetheart. I'm so thankful that we rescued him years ago. Please support your local rescue or Humane Society -- there are so many animals out there that need a home!!
Sam. Another sweetie! :) This kid has a new face for everything! He cracks me up with some of the faces he comes up with. He is a spitfire when he needs to be (i.e. he knows how to stick up for himself) and that will definitely come in handy with an older brother like Max. :)
Seriously. Just TRY to resist this face...
I got to go on a private charter fishing trip on Lake Michigan for work. It was a lot of fun, even though I didn't catch any fish.
This is my co-worker, Patrick, who resides in Belgium. I've only met him in person twice. He works for our bonobo project in DRC -- so he spends a lot of his time there as well. He DID catch a fish on the trip, lucky guy...
I'm so proud of how well my kid's adapted to having to shuffle in and out of the house on a whim's notice for showings... I am also proud of how well the animals did. I am also EXTREMELY THANKFUL to our wonderful and generous neighbors who housed us many an afternoon when we couldn't get back into our house...
This sign is at Gen. Mitchell Airport in Milwaukee and it cracks me up every time I see it. I had to travel to Martha's Vineyard this past July for work and couldn't resist taking a picture of it...
Ah, the Vineyard. Beautiful, isn't it??
Some of the other Martha's Vineyard meeting attendees...
My annual lobster dinner on Martha's Vineyard.... YUMMY!
View out of the window of the puddle jumper you take from Boston to Martha's Vineyard.
Sam's first haircut! He sat in the chair all by himself and was such a good boy!!
And he got his own sucker afterwards! Poor guy, check out those mosquito bites on his head! Mosquitos appear to love him as much as they love me...
Sam's godparents bought him this very appropriate t-shirt. Yes, Sam is still not walking. Yes, Sam has used the potty several times already. If you ask me which one I'd rather have him doing, I will ALWAYS answer -- using the potty. DUH. :)
A delicious homecooked dinner. Steak from our cow in the freezer. Delicious cucumber and fennel salad from our CSA share. Life is good!
We had to get breakfast out one Sunday morning because of a showing (I think it was the people who actually bought our house, now that I think about it) and the waitress liked the boys so much she gave them each a cookie. I think Sam's was bigger than his head!
Little Max enjoyed licking the frosting off and getting a black tongue...
He also enjoyed some ice cream at the Taste of Lake Country festival...
Sammers completely passed out...
The park we found nestled in between two streets of houses just 0.25 miles from our new house! SCORE!!
Cheers! Signing the offer on our house!
It feels good to have this sign up after only a little more than a month!
Max and I got to go out for my BFF's birthday and she chose a wonderful new restaurant in downtown Milwaukee called Screaming Tuna. Their sushi was absolutely delicious. If you go there, you HAVE to try the 'No Name' roll. OMG. It is to DIE for.
After months of gently suggesting that little Max try writing his name (met with resistance), this Sunday morning he decided to give it a try. And look at what he came up with! I am so proud of my little man!! And on Friday, he was typing on his computer and was going through all the names he knows how to spell: "Mom, Dad, Max and Sam" and all of a sudden I hear him call to me, "Mom! Look! I typed my friend's name at school!" So, I go over by him to check it out and he had typed "EFN." He says "see, Mom? Ethan? "Eee, effff, ennn!" And sure enough, if you sound it out like that it is pretty close! (And not a swear word, like some of you might have been thinking, LOL).
Oh yeah, did I mention he starts 3K this year?? My child is actually and officially starting PRE-SCHOOL!!! Yikes!
