Bennett dancing at town square

exchange

an exchange

Bennett: (opening a coloring book that Madeline has used the day before) Madeline did you draw this picture right here?
Madeline: Yes
Bennett: (high pitched) Ohhhhhhhhhhh its Fantastic!
Madeline: Thank you Bennett
Bennett: Its Wooooooooonderful.

Great american backyard campout

smores!

neighbors~

sunday morning blueberyy buttermilk pancakes a la Don Mann, breakfast maker extraordinaire. Blueberries courtesy of last week’s pick your own with the kids at Butler’s Orchard.

blueberries on her eyes

cookout dance and smile

more summer pics

 

wakeup time in our tent!

on our way to friends for bbq sunday afternoon!

blueberry picking at Butlers

he stole my glasses

check out the blue lips… you should see their fingertips!

catchup pics from may-june

on the train ride with a friend from school

about to dive into a frozen banana sundae

“mama will you put my baby in my ergo carrier?”

 

caught uncle deedge feeding him a donut ice cream treat!

smithsonian zoo

museum of the native american

camping in PA with friends

bennett is out for the count!

shaving with daddy

mommy break time!

camping in MD with friends

miss me?

its been a while. im overwhelmed with getting a ton done and having both kids with me 24/7 to help ;) but im also happy to report our second camping trip of the summer was a big success and the summer is off to a great start around here.

also thrilled to tell you that don's dad was here for the us open this month and they had a blast chilling on the course with the pros and hanging in the champions pavillion.
waiting for pics from don before i can post.

but heres a bit from this weekend spent along a beautiful stream, with great friends.

weekend snapshot

Strawberry picking!

and don made an amazing strawberry rhubarb pie of course!

splashin in the backyard

uncle deedge comes to rescue the basement.

we worked our tails off- cleaning, organizing, scraping and painting- he did the worst of it for sure! you are the best friend ever.

trike a thon on friday!

a moment at school with the girls

madeline took ahold of my camera. she wanted to take a pic and I was impressed at how well she did

Madeline's turn!

We took madeline to a children's fun run today sponsored by the Montgomery County Road Runners. We started this tradition 2 years ago and she was thrilled to improve her racing skills today.





She ran the whole race grinning from ear to ear.






Ran into a few runners from the runamuck that don and i did in Rockville 2 weeks ago too. The kids were all thrilled to have their shot after coming to cheer us on as the parents raced in the mud.

Next year Bennett wants us to register him too!