April 2018

April 2018 in a few photos...

The  boys are really into trains right now, and even Declan can assemble a few pieces of the track by himself. Marshall has made some impressive multi-level tracks, too! 

Scout's in on the action. (I caught him like this when I ran back in the house after we had left for an errand, and I like to think that he was in the middle of playing with the trains and hadn't meant to be caught.)

Go Bruins! 

When you're uncle is in charge of a super cool construction project, you get to visit and watch the magic happen!

Smoothies ("shmoozies") with mama.

Yoga baby.

Playing with trains at our local Barnes & Noble

Shortly after this photo was taken, we handed Declan a napkin, which he promptly dipped into the soup. 

Superhero play is also at an all-time high. Daddy is not upset about it.

Now that rainy season seems mostly over, we're excited to check out more hiking and local parks. Marshall walked most of one way on this one, even though some hills were pretty tough!

Baby couldn't hang.

For Terry's recent birthday, Marshall helped me bake the cake. He suggested (demanded?) "vanilla cake with chocolate frosting" and Terry didn't argue.

Happy birthday to this wonderful man!

After cake, we told Declan to put his hands up to avoid wiping his hands all over himself, and he sat there like this for a solid minute, probably wondering what the heck was going on (and why we started laughing so hard). 

Our first outdoor dinner in our backyard!

We took advantage of a hot weekend day and ventured out to Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk (the closest beach to my family as a kid!). We will be back several times this summer for sure!

I've been on a pretty decent cooking streak lately, trying out new recipes and just helping us eat out less. While I don't post much about food and cooking (or at all...) anymore, I do still meal plan every week, I focus a lot on real food but of course welcome and enjoy treats, and I still love cooking and baking as much as ever.

Left: burrito filling (homemade black bean ragout from Smitten Kitchen's cookbook, brown rice, corn, and spinach); right: roasted vegetables

lasagna roll-ups, which were kind of a fail, because the store didn't have butternut squash and I forgot to buy three other ingredients, so obviously it was destined to be a disaster, but Terry and I still ate it!

And lastly, some more fun photos from days with Declan:

Wonder at the children's museum

Glaring at me while we drive to pick up Marshall

More to come soon!