michaelmas and a full moon

we read a few books and some of my favourite poems....

including poe, whitman and shakespeare...


then we had a full moon fire...

roasted some marshmallows...



cedric went from looking like this....

to this.....


and then the moon came up and just shone through the fog....


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its friday!!!!

we had an insurance adjuster coming out to assess the water damage and hot water tank [explosion]....

i took a bunch of pictures of the RV and this one of the fridge makes me especially happy...

the kids were more than a little excited to have daddy home on a friday morning...









while the inspector was here, we went on a long walk...









and then jared had to go to work, so we planned on dropping him off and heading to the park...

but the brakes in our van had a different plan and we ended up stranded at Firestone for close to 4 hours [maybe more]


they had a tv... so we learned all about squid and octopi


and i travel stoked so we had art supplies and ipads...



and look who is getting freckles on his little adorable face?!

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autumn and turning inward

as the days get shorter and the sun shines at that special angle that makes everything look magic...


we have been taking time to really enjoy our days.

i have been feeling sick and must have gotten a virus... so we are taking it extra slow.



lots and lots of tea...


lots of acorn squash...


more tea....


and tons of snuggles.... this is keira showing cedric how to play a game... he climbed up on her lap and she said "what does he think? that i am a grown up?" and then she hugged him. :)


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good day for a hike....

it was temperate this morning... we decided to go on a little hike and see what we could find....


it was mostly a lot of falling eucalyptus leaves...



PURPLE MUSHROOMS





climbed some trees...

played a round of tag...






found some teeeny tiny treasures....
played at the park...

another beautiful fall day...

when i say the beauty of the area we live in never gets old.... i mean it.


we went on another little nature walk....


cedric the panda brought his scooter....


we did the "yeti stomp" passed the horses.... i do not really know why- but the kids do it everytime we venture out near them...


and into the forest we charged....









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silly children...

when i ask them to smile for a picture... i get these faces....





and then when i pretend to throw a fit... i might get this face- if i am quick with the snapping of the picture....


but... i mostly get this face....


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im still sick....

so monday looked like this...

lots of "lets entertain mama"-










and lots of them using old toothbrushes to clean up their toys....

this is an endless activity in our home- this is an HOURSSSS long process for them. they enjoy it more than i can comprehend, since, i kinda hate fine detailing of anythin


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When I am sick...

We read a lot of Wikipedia.....



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the beautiful coast

there are many things that can be said about the stretch of coast we live on....


ugly is NOT one of them.... this is cedric and i on a morning walk with the dogs...





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Tidepool Beach

sand angels...


climbing on the coolest rocks ever...


finding treasures...













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