on our absence from the intra'net.....

so it's happened.
sometime in july and the entirety of august-
we've been m.i.a. from the w.w.w.

but, i promise- i've got lots of good excuses why!

excuse #1.
i was doing A LOT of vomiting.

but- it was the best kind of vomit in the entire world,
since it meant our family would blessed with new life- next year:



excuse #2.

we celebrated two birthdays.
this guy turned another year closer to full day school....



and, this baby girl- entered the non-baby years.
she's officially a toddler, now!



excuses 3 & 4:

along the way we celebrated with- some of our favorites:
with mr.m's people,



and my entire people clan.




excuse 5: we started kindergarten.

and it's really felt like we all started with him-
me becoming a "car-pooling mama,"
and rbaby & ggirl becoming "car-riding-sisters".



excuse 6:

we worked hard to fit life.....into our lives.
so we also did a few things like-
make homemade playdough:





and climb really really tall ladders- and.....




spend our summer-hard-earned-token-money {"allowance" in our house!}.



excuse 7:

we learned to play "go fish" with playing cards.............

it's quite a competitive game over here-
these Mlittle's....they're not thrilled to lose-
to each other, and especially to mr.m.



excuse 8:

we've eaten and made lots of lemon bars-
truly the best way to finish off the summer!

and to avoid scurvy.
at least that's what the Mlittle's must be avoiding-
based on the ackward amounts of raw lemon's they love to consume.

at restaurants they've been know to scoop them straight from our water glasses- into their mouths- and beg for more........
that's one i thought i'd never hear: "mama! pleeeasee can you ask for more lemons- so i can eat them?!"




here's to hoping-
we're around for the fall!