The little things

So between busy weekends, life around here has been good. Spring has sprung and summer seems right around the corner. The flowers are blooming, mulch has been spread, and outside toys pulled out. I have to confess, it sometimes takes a lot for me to pull out the camera and catch the 'little things' I was so good when Selah was little in capturing every moment on camera, but with two littles running around it takes a little more preparation and effort. Nonetheless, the kids LOVE being outside. And if I can stand it long enough with my allergies, that is where you will find us.

Our swingset was the best investment we ever made. I love watching Selah push Finn now. It is never prompted, Selah just decides she wants to push Finn. And most of all I love that whenever you put Selah on her swing it automatically prompts her to start singing in her sing-songy voice made up songs that you can barely make out the words to or her repetoire of songs she knows by heart. And if I start to sing with her she says, "No mommy! I sing it by myself!" Of course there are days when she says, "Mommy, you sing with me?" and then my heart melts. Those little moments I try to hold onto forever. They are growing up to fast and with it their childhood innocence.

Finn...what can I say. He is still all boy. I have given up trying to contain him and have instead decided to let him free! He pushes things all over the driveway. Eats anything he can get into his mouth without me seeing, grass, rocks, dirts...you name it, he has probably eaten it at some point.

And even though he can sit in the car himself, he would much rather push Selah around which of course she loves and encourages most of the time informing him to push her whenever she is in something that moves.

And then there is his new crawl. He is taking around 7 steps at a time now, but would much rather crawl still because he is so speedy. He has adapted this new crawl to the outdoors since he doesn't like his knees touching the concrete or grass. So hopefully soon we will be to the all walking stage.



And we play and play until the kiddos are worn out. To which Selah protests "I not tired mommy!" as her whining and full blown fit follows.

And last but not least, Finn's new game. Peakaboo between his legs. Along with his new crawl he discovered he can see between his legs. So he crawls for a while, stops and peeks through to see if he can see any faces and if he finds you, your reward is his sweet belly laugh! Priceless.

And because she is so sweet...a few more pics of Selah. She still enjoys having her picture taken when it is her idea of course. If she does something sweet or is hugging someone she will say, "Take my picture mom!" Oh my, what have I created :)


And for all my fellow hair experimenters...Here are the bantu knots I have started at night when Selah sleeps. After detangling and moisturizing her hair I put it up like this.

After she wakes up the 'knots' are removed and you get nice, non-tangled, non-frizzed, run-your-hand-through-your-hair hair that is wonderful. Of course it takes lots of effort to do something every time, but it definately helps. We are slowly but surely getting there and learning how to manage Selah's hair because we are trying to grow it out.