Grass in the City!

My side of the family loves the out-of-doors, the wide-open spaces of the Midwest and the West. The grass. The trees. The fields.

My sister has this nagging fear that, growing up in the city, my kids won’t even know what grass looks like! So, every now and then, I like to take grass pictures, just to let her know we have some, and my kids are learning about it!

Here’s Micah learning about grass. I let him “walk” around the backyard in his baby walker. He loves playing out there! HappyAboutGrass2

Waving some grass. . . WavingGrass

GrassAgain

More Grass, Aunt Mary!

I think these are some sort of grass weapons! GrassWeapons

Oops, dropped the grass! Can’t reach it, Mommy!  DroppedGrass

(I love his little tippy-toes in that shot!)

This one I would like to title “Eating Grass” or simply “Nebuchadnezzar.”EatingGrass

Finally, Micah triumphs over the grass! MicahTriumphOverGrass

Almost 3, Two-and-a-half, and One

Our friends Chris and Melissa are buying a house this week. Last week I watched Corban, who is almost three, to give Melissa a little time to focus on packing without splitting her energies with a toddler boy.

I took Corban and my two kids to the park just down the street. This woman was pushing her baby in the swing and looked at me and said, “You must’ve been pregnant forever with those three!”

“Oh, he’s not mine!” I laughed. “Just these two.” But what I should have said is ‘Oh, yes, and I’m pregnant right now!’ (Ha ha!)

I forgot to take my camera to the park, which is just as well, because when I’m watching an almost 3yo, a 2-1/2 yo and a 1yo outside I really shouldn’t be focusing on anything else!

But I did take a couple inside pictures. Which I would like to title “Anything you can do, I can do better!” They’re constantly one-upping each other, and they are only toddlers!

Mara was sitting in one of the toy baskets. I guess Corban thought, “That looks like fun! How much more fun if we both do it together!?!” TwoNOneBasket

Decorating themselves with stickers (Whatever one did with his sticker, the other would do with her sticker. The stickers were on their foreheads, their arms, over their eyes . . . finally I got out the camera.)StickerFaces

I wish I had a picture that captured the crazy way they laugh and scream and run after each other and knock each other down! They have the best time together!