Project 365 Week 12

This week started with a variety of maladies.  Lily was still recovering from her ear infection and my cold turned into a raging sinus infection. The week ended with everyone in good health and with Little Miss Zélie turning 1.

03/19/2017

This sweet girl was really sad about needing to take antibiotics.  Since she is allergic to amoxicillan, she has to take an alternative that happens, cherry flavoring be darned, to taste absolutely awful.  She actually woke up with nightmares about having to take it.  Here is to hoping that she can avoid needing antibiotics for a good long time.

03/20/2017

I may or may not love that it looks like Zélie's head just fell out of the sleeve of my jacket while we were playing peek-a-boo.

03/21/2017

Ish's parents watched my big kids all day on Tuesday so that I could have a chance to rest and recuperate from my sinus infection.  Zélie was a wonderful recuperation buddy.  She basically slept and nursed the majority of the day (not a common occurrence for her).  The only time I thought to pick up my camera was while she was eating lunch.  I never want to forget her sweet little baby hands.

03/22/2017

This little lady was glad to have her siblings back at home with her;  she takes such delight in their antics.  She often just stares at them as though she is trying to take it all in.

03/23/2017

Atticus spent over an hour on Thursday afternoon trying to cure my sinus infection by giving me pretend haircuts.  I got to spend an hour sitting on the couch getting what amounted to an amazing head massage and he had a fun being a "haircutting doctor guy".

03/24/2017

Atticus enjoys water play and also really likes to try to do things that Ish and I do.  This amounted to him washing and rewashing the majority of non-breakable dishes in the house.  He took occasional breaks inbetween washings asking for dry clothes.  He went through three outfits by the time he was done.

03/25/2017

Happy birthday, Zélie Marguerite! We had beautiful weather for Zélie's birthday so we spent it at Longwood Gardens.  In the evening she celebrated with friends, and she thoroughly enjoyed her birthday cupcake.

Project 365 Week 11

I, along with all four children, have spent the week fighting a terrible cold.  Zélie's started with an ear infection and Liliana's seems to be wrapping up with a double ear infection.  It has not been a fun week around here to say the least.

One high point of the week was spending Monday evening watching Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's stone with Little Ish.  I don't have a photo, but I wanted to remind myself of it here for when I look back.  Little Ish and I finished reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone a few weeks ago and were waiting for our library hold on the movie to come in.  He got to stay up after bedtime and watch the movie with me --a special treat.

03/12/2017

I love my niece's thinking face here.  We spent Sunday afternoon hanging out with Ish's family and Persephone continued her habit of plunking herself down in beautiful light when I have my camera out.

03/13/2017

This girl loves to twirl.  One of her requirements for a good dress is that it is good for twirling; this one certainly fits the bill.

03/14/2017

Zélie loves watching the kids playing outside in the snow. Ish had a snow day so I was able to hang out inside with her where it was warm while he watched the big kids.

03/15/2017

This sad boy had a really rough day on Wednesday.  He had fever dreams on Tuesday night and overall slept terribly;  he proceeded to spend several hours of Monday morning napping on and off.  When he wasn't napping he was pretty unhappy.

03/16/2017

Zélie loves standing on the couch.  It drives me crazy, but as she spends so much time doing it, I figured I might as well document it.

03/17/2017

I had just told her that Ish had pulled into the driveway, and this was her reaction.  When she actually saw him walk in the door she had the biggest smile on her face.

03/18/2017

Double ear infections are the pits.  Lily has mostly been in good spirits about it, but I can tell she isn't feeling like her happy, healthy self. 

Project 365 Week 10

It was a fairly calm beginning to our week here, but Friday landed us in the ER with Zélie.  We fed her canteloupe for the first time and it turns out she is very much allergic.  Friday reminded me of how grateful I am for family who will watch my children in a pinch and how grateful I am that we live near an excellent children's hospital.  Zélie is doing okay now minus the lovely ear infection the nurse practitioner discovered while examining Zélie in the ER.

03/05/2017

We spent our afternoon on Sunday hanging out with family.  I was so excited to capture this photo of my sweet 2 year old niece in a quiet moment.  

03/06/2017

This photo is from my first attempt at free-lensing. Why I thought it was a good idea to try this out on a fast moving baby, I do not know.

03/07/2017

Occasionally Atticus will ask me if he can borrow my phone so he can draw a picture and send it to Ish via text message.  On Tuesday, the bigger kids caught on and had so much fun watching him and cheering him on as he was drawing.

03/08/2017

Lily's fashion sense makes me smile.  She was so in love with this rainbow sundress that I picked up at a thrift store that she insisted on wearing it right away.  We compromised and she wore a shirt underneath because it definitely was not warm enough outside for a sundress.

03/09/2017

Thursday was the 2nd anniversary of when we found out that Gregory had died.  A dear friend and her children came over to provide a welcomed distraction for the day.  Later in the day when Ish returned home, I took advantage of some beautiful early evening light.   (And yes Lily did wear the same outfit 2 days in a row; she really loves that rainbow dress).

03/10/2017

One of the sweetest things that happened surrounding the events of Zélie's allergic reaction is that Atticus was so worried for her.  He actually wanted to go to the ER with us instead of hanging out with his cousins.  He was amazingly behaved in the ER and I think it helped him to understand that Zélie was okay. 

03/11/2017

Zélie was in much better spirits on Saturday.  She was also incredibly excited about her new jacket. 

Project 365 Week 9

 I felt like this week was slightly slower than it has been for a while.  The kids were happy to have cousins visit early in the week, and then we had a relatively slow week after that.  The kids had lots of time to play, create, and learn with the lull in activity.

02/26/2017

This girl is the queen of hilarious expressions lately.  She is super expressive not unlike her older sister.  I am just waiting until she adopts the side eye that all of my kids seem to have gotten from me (oops!).

02/27/2017

These two are just shy of 5 months apart in age.  Zélie enjoyed trekking around after her cousin all day on Monday.   

02/28/2017

A few weeks ago, I found a complete set of the original wooden Tinkertoys at a thrift store for a whopping $1.91.  The kids have been having an absolute blast playing with them.  Here Liliana shows off a car that she made.

03/01/2017

The kids spent almost the entirety of Wednesday morning painting.  They were getting along incredibly.  It was all fun and games until Lily came into the kitchen to show me that she had painted the majority of her body a striking green color; it turned into emergency bathtime.  As much as I don't enjoy the mess that this sort of thing creates; I do enjoy getting a glimpse into Liliana's sense of wonder and curiosity.

03/02/2017

Little Ish is contemplating what to paint next.  He and Atticus spent their whole morning painting again while Lily designed various paint free craft projects.  I love how art brings my kids together.  They spend the time chattering away and giggling as they create. 

03/03/2017 

To catch Atticus in a completely still moment is a rarity these days.  As posed as this shot appears to be, it is completely candid.  I love that I have a photo of him in his favorite orange shirt now.

03/04/2017

This girl loves food and is especially excited about toast this week.  I have caught her cruising around the dining room table attempting to reach down her siblings' crusts a few times this week.