life is good

hazel was dying for me to make some challah

she thinks of it as a giant pretzel and i don't mind all the effort since she used to hate bread 

and now she requests it

 eating toast together before school one day

 way to go olive! i worry so much more about her in school than the other kids

and i'm so glad she's doing well

 jumping off the furniture is his favorite

 we have an excess of zucchini growing so i ate some for lunch with eggs last week

 35 weeks and feeling large and in charge

 i bought a pack of newborn diapers

look how tiny they are! and they smell so good

 nesting

 before hazel left for school

she's so grown up looking lately

this was picture day

 henry helped me pick a bunch of plums in our backyard the other day

i think we gave away 10 or more gallon bags to friends

 we watched the princess diaries for family movie night last week

 saturday we took the kids to the discovery center

 henry loves to play the piano with his feet..

 the weather was great so we went to the pool 

(they've left it open longer this year)

and we had it all to ourselves for a little bit

 love these two

 i don't know if i'll ever let henry outgrow this suit

it's my favorite

 eleanor decided she likes pig tails but she calls them pig ears

 hanging out in the backyard

 hazel was above me in the cherry tree while i was in the hammock

 love this view 

 bedtime chaos

 we love it when dad gets home

 monkeys