a bit of today

today began with early morning playtime with our neighbor friend

it continued nicely with fixins for a green {turned blue} smoothie

today was just right for picking apricots

but later turned sour with an over-tired, emotional, sugar-crashing four-year-old who cried himself to sleep

mommy cried too

you don't have to be a father to read "fatherhood" by bill cosby. moms need to laugh too.

today was a huge harvest of backyard blackberries

freezing the loot for future smoothies or baking

and ladybug friends

today was throwing away candy and marshmallows and reorganizing the pantry and cupboards to discourage future food thievery

there is now a "snack shelf" in the pantry containing things like raisins, dates, almonds, pistachios

hoping to encourage healthy and you-don't-have-to-hide-while-eating-these snacks

not pictured was the time we spent at the church with the VBS music team. 

practice went really really well. pete has a great handle on rhythm and played the tambourine along with us. {love}