Ethan in the sink

Love the eggplant tattoo on his forearm.

Happy Father's Day

Oh Dear!!!

The culprit.

A yellow cherry tomato plant. The victim.

The garden keepers.

The bold and beautiful.

Sunflower starter, the newbee which is the new victim.

Peony

When I look at this it makes me gasp in ahhh-mazement. Such detail and such beauty. I wish I were a peony!

Steps to our front door.

The purple tulips inour garden were such a dark shade that they looked really wicked which was fun.

Here's a boarder of our property in early spring. In the fall the maple trees turn yellow and orange. The fantastic view is captured through the picture windows in the family room. It makes me feel like we live in some remote place. I love our property because we really get to enjoy it all year long.

MOTHER = Do-it-aller

Ethan the day after he was born nursing. At the same time Aidan decided he wanted mom to read a book. I thought "why not".

A true mommy moment, each child wants a piece of their hot mama Petra.

Like the angel that she is Jessica drops from above Kelsey's crib to snap precious moments.

The look of love from Lesya to her daughter Anastasia.

Tina and Timm laugh to tears.

Four Aidan

Perfect Day

It is so rewarding to put in a day of honest hard work. Today the work felt effortless. Instead of going to pilates, I played with Aidan and Ethan. Or rather I got beat up by them. Ethan thought it was the best thing ever to jump off the ottomon onto my back and give me kisses before falling to the ground. Never mind the jumping off the ottomon part, how could I stop him? Aidan wanted to sit in my lap and sing different versions of "Row Your Boat". One on my back and one in my lap. we were laughing and singing so loud, I never heard the laundry buzzer go off or the phone ring. And no camera to capture to the moment because I was living the moment. ( Hence fewer picture updates on our blog - Sorry...)