fields of gold

hugs

compliments

adda's big thing when she was 2 was to randomly call across the room "mama, i love you all day"! it was so sweet but she doesn't do it anymore. now she's moved on to 3 yr old compliments - yesterday's was: "mama i like smellin you. i love you tall as a giraffes head. your kisses taste like icing".

jump-o-lene

the jump-o-lene was hudsons birthday present. a pretty cool toy really, especially if your bedroom used to be a 3 car garage. not cool as in wooden educational cool, but cool in it's own cheap, plastic, made-in-china kind of way. deflate the outer ring and you have a kiddie trampoline. flip it upside down and you have a fort with a trampoline roof. turn it on it's side and it's the ultimate hamster wheel. they had a ton of borderline dangerous fun with it until it popped and they cried and cried. every mom i know said they could not believe i bought "that thing". but you're only 2 and 3 once - no bones were broken.

dress up

it's the first time they've done the dress up and go get candy thing for halloween - they were very in to it. hudson roared at everyone he saw and thanked me for his cheezy pipe cleaner mane over and over - look how happy he is with himself!

my little flower picker