TreasuresInTerraCotta

Hacienda del Sol Late May It was hot at blazes! The new Mr. and Mrs. In a rented dress and a newly purchased tuxedo.   Yes, I rented my dress! Yes, Tyler still has his tuxedo.  Who want's to throw a black-tie party? I wish I had a picture of the food.  It was the best meal I've ever eaten. And the cake wasn't bad either. I have professional photos around here somewhere. Back in the day these were real prints of snapshots...that I scanned. So it's a miracle I have any electronic photos to share here. Ten years. The day seems like yesterday. And it seems like I have never not been with you. You are the love of my life! Happy Anniversary!

By the way...have you seen the new animal sculptures at the zoo? We took these pictures last month. The zebra is so life like, but I promise this zebra is metal! The jaguar looks a little more artsy in his armor-clad glory.

Papa Quail keeping guard for the Mama Quail.  We haven't seen any Baby Quail yet.

We are back to school this week.  We have two more weeks of curriculum and we will be finished with Kindergarten.  Wow!  It will probably take us four weeks to get through it, but I can still say Wow! Calvin keeps saying that he will be glad to start first grade "after a few weeks break for summer."  Here he is doing a little breakfast reading.  We have read this book many times, but he sat and read the whole thing to himself a few days ago.  Tyler was so amused that he took pictures and video...all while Calvin was totally engrossed in his book.  This week is "Qq for Quail" which also includes the study of birds in general.  So we headed to the zoo for a little adventure.  Andrew chasing a duck.   Calvin chasing the same poor duck.  The duck escaped for a few minutes of peace.  But the lure of sandwich crusts proved too enticing to the duck so she quickly ventured out of the bushes, only...

Very Quickly...I have a sleeping two year old. I have a sleeping 3 week old...who is not in my lap.  I have two hands to type.  And I had a post already started with pictures of Calvin. So here ya go! Calvin in Daddy's Boots...building a tower of bricks. With a little helper. This is where he slept the first few nights the baby was home. He could play Wii all day long.  And he is surprisingly good at it. After an incident involving a bike, a curb and Calvin's chin he got his first experience with Liquid Stitches.  It is probably a miracle that it took until he was 5 1/2 years old!  Since the picture was taken about two weeks ago all the glue has come off and it is healing nicely.  My big boy.  The boy who made me a mama!  Everyone says that kids grow so quickly.  They say the time gos so fast.  People remind me not to wish childhood away.  And I strive to remember those things because even now l...