around here

Around here we are enjoying the harvest from our garden. It is a two person vegetable garden, producing three ears of corn at a time, one eggplant every few weeks, tomatoes and cucumbers unstoppable, beans and sweet peas too. Perfect for just the two of us. And each morning there are just a handful of fresh raspberries to throw on my cereal.

Around here we are amused by Ivar’s favorite toy: his big green ball. He can roll in back and forth with one of us, or he plays by himself army scooching to catch it and roll it again.

Around here we are really loving Toonces’ new room in the basement. We can’t hear him at night and it means we all are sleeping much better. Can’t believe it took us so long to figure that one out.

Around here we can't stop playing Sara’s new album. Yesterday I was singing a song from her last album and Rory said, “no. only new stuff. You only can sing from this new album now.”

Around here we are adjusting to Ivar’s vigor for feeding himself. He is a sticky mess after he’s done eating. He loves ground turkey, banana, peaches and cheerios. Recently when I went to wash his arms he was sticky in his arm pits. No idea how he got banana in his pits, but he did. And therefore he got a bath.

Around here we are inspired by yard projects again. Rory is building a compost bin for the driveway and using all sorts of cool tools in the garage. Ivar loves hanging out with his dad out there, sitting in his stroller, eating cheerios and watching him drill and saw and hammer.

Around here there are so many monarchs in our neighborhood. One neighbor wondered if these aren’t the ones that end up in Mexico. They are everywhere!

Around here my sister is moving into a house with her family...that really, truly is around here! Like 15 minutes away, around here!

Around here we are remembering why we love the midwest and the change of seasons. We love summer, but fall is starting to sound nice too. Cozy things like long sleeves, soup, fires in the backyard and lit candles in the house all seem to sound lovely and perfect right about now.