BREEZY FIELDS

Happy Birthday buddy!! -- Post From My iPhone

Today Ellyn had to go to school:-( The girls are on a week break, Mike doesn't have school for Columbus Day, and Anne and Peter are here with the kids. We will play all day while Ellyn slaves away (no, not really, it's fun work). So this morning Ellyn and I had a nice quiet morning. We watched a little Dora, I fed her 2 bowls o' Cheerios, I made one lunch. Just one lunch and then we got little Boo dressed without any interruptions. We had a very relaxing morning. I have decided that getting just one child ready for school in the morning is very pleasant. I think I'm only going to have one kid. Wait...no, it's not that I just figured out I made the above decision too late, it's because I have a CLS!!!! Yesterday morning Ellyn woke up and came into my room (Anne was a witness to all of this). Let me preface this by saying that for a few months now we have tried to tell or show Ellyn what we are going to do and then we give her 10 seconds before we make th...

And... Ellyn is helping Batman, or Batmen that is, fight crime under water. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

First, a cute little story. I should make an acronym- CLS or CS. A few months ago, the same day we got our cat, I decided to finally follow through and get Ellyn some fish. Fish tanks were on sale at the pet store and if anyone knows me well they know that I have an amazing ability to put things off for months at a time (I had wanted to get Ellyn a fish for her birthday, you know, Valentine's Day). So... along with cat food I bought a tank, rocks, water treatment, goldfish food and two little goldfish. Sadie and Jane, with much giggling at their own cleverness, have affectionately named the fish Joe and Cody (you know our two yorkies we rehomed last year when we moved in, no I never blogged about it. It was painful for the girls and embarrassing as we let go of yet two more dogs. However it was necessary for this dreamy and safe house that we love). I digress. Ellyn loves spending time at the tank watching her two little fish (we have two snails now too but I don't thi...

Carmel Our last leg of the trip was to Geof.'s sister Brooke's home in Carmel (by the sea..just had to say it). Oh my..was it incredible. Wish we'd had more time to spend here because it was beyond words. Brooke's husband Mike is in the army so they've lived all over and we've never once been able to stay in their home. So this was such a treat. When we pulled up to their home we couldn't believe we actually KNEW someone that lived here. It was foggy and the streets were windy and narrow and the homes were all breathtaking (or at least their view was). Sweet Brooke has it all together (or she's great at faking it). Their home has so much style yet it looks like it was put together effortlessly..It's totally cool and eclectic and I LOVE IT! There was so much LIGHT which is something I'm really missing in our home now. I really was so happy there (aren't you always happy on vacation? Especially if there's a beach nearby?). And Brooke's ...

June and cousin Sawyer take it upon themselves to get their teeth clean. I guess we were too busy to even remember. (; Posted by Darla

A long, long, long, time ago we used to live in places that got hot. We discovered that Ellyn didn't do well with sleep (does she ever?) and heat. This week we had a bit of a heat wave. It even reached the low 90's. What we discovered long ago still holds true. Ellyn and heat don't mix (by the by heat and Mike don't mix either). We had several nights in a row of tantrums at midnight, cool baths at one, a van ride down to the beach in air conditioning at eleven thirty, Disney movies from 2-3, that sort of thing. But... I bought fans, the heat abated and rest was due to come to our house last night. That was before my friend ran over a screw on our way to book club and we came out to a flat tire and didn't get home until 1 am (we couldn't get the spare out from under the car, neither could my friend's husband). Then, Mike sleepily informed me that Sawyer had a fever and I should bring him into my bed (Mike was sleeping on the couch with Ellyn on the f...