birds that poop out love...

well, the kids are sick again. this winter has been pretty rough - especially after such extreme efforts to remain healthy. oh well. the only good thing about it is all of the quality time that we were able to spend together. we have been in the house for a week now and have sort of settled in to a groove... except ben who looks longingly out of the windows wondering about this mysterious outside world. i let them venture out during one of the nice days last week and poor ben fell asleep swinging on the hammock with jason.



photo shoots are always crazy when it comes to sean. the whole family settles in nicely and without fail, sean usually manages to dive in and make us remember that we do not have a nice calm family...it is pure madness! you can see him getting ready to jump and he succeeds at the last minute.







they finally got some rest and seem to be on the mend (we hope) it is hard keeping them down. we decided to try and update our seasons tree and as i added some leaves, lila was busy making a bluebird. she worked so hard...erasing and drawing. she found a picture of a bird in a book and used it as her inspiration, adding some of her own flair of course. when i was finally allowed to look at it, she stated very matter of factly, it's a bird...pooping out love (it had little hearts coming from it), it is eating a worm...they are both girls. ok...up on the tree it went...hearts and all. if only birds really could poop out love. jason has something special that he wants to add as well...i'll keep you posted.



trying to calm things down for a relaxing bedtime, we decided to have a nice dinner by candle light. we hoped the darkness would inspire quietness. no such luck. as it was pleasant, quiet it was not. ben keeps things nice and loud! he demanded food. not dinner cut into small pieces, but a very large chunk of meat that we named his "meat banana" after the way it looked when he held it. he was finally content.