Moss Hunter

MossHunter
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While exploring the woods across the street with the boys and Joey, I carelessly poked at a mossy mound that was probably once a tree stump. Alex, Joey, and I were waiting for Chris, who had stopped to try to pick up a log half his size. With Alex in the Snugli, I had to kneel to reach the ground since bending over would result in a screaming baby and a week of back pain. When Chris finally caught up, I stood to continue, and he promptly knelt right where I had been and started poking the mound. I told him he was playing with moss and wandered a few steps farther down the trail. Before I knew it, Chris was pointing out every clump of moss he could find.

PS: Sorry about the format. I apparently had iMovie set in widescreen mode.

Blueberries

blueberries
Originally uploaded by mandy&john

While I don't think we had anywhere near the harvest that Vivian hauled in, we had a good time picking blueberries this morning.

The woods across the street are full of little blueberry plants. Most are tiny and not producing fruit, but we found a few with some ripe berries.

Bottle Break

snack time
Originally uploaded by mandy&john

I took the boys for a walk through the parklands yesterday. Chris got stung by a bee. Again. The poor guy has been stung three times this summer already. He was a trooper, though. He wanted to keep walking. I had to beg him back into the stroller, so we could rush a head to the benches and feed Alex before he imploded.

Update

After breakfast in bed Friday, Mandy came home and has been doing well. Chris handled the whole thing very well while Joey was a nervous wreck. They were both happy to have her home, though.



A few days rest seems to have reversed the kidney swelling, and it looks like she'll make it to the end if she can take it easy. Mimi is in town this week to look after Christopher so Mandy can rest. I'm taking over those duties next week. Fortunately, everyone at work has been extremely understanding and supportive.

Bonus picture: Friday afternoon, Chris discovered the joys of resting on a log during a walk in the woods.

Lots of may pictures

We went a little overboard on pictures with the return of the new, new camera. There are already 51 photos up from May. We planted 75 strawberry plants last week. Although we only have photos from the preparation work (Otherwise known as pulling dead plants out of the ground).

It's not summer yet, but the creameries are already open.


Waling in the Hopedale Parklands: