brain fungus, soccer, an empty classroom, anniversary, etc.

here's a little of what we've been up to so far this summer:

i went swimming with benjamin for the first time. it was a cool, cloudy day and he seemed pretty indifferent towards the whole experience. i'm hoping he'll show some enthusiasm towards swimming eventually.

but he sure looks cute in his little rashguard with his tummy poking out.

benjamin sits in his bouncy chair while i garden. this was his reaction when he saw this growing in our garden:

a brain fungus!

also this slug/snake!

nasty. i know this is poor quality so i'm not sure if you can tell, but this guy is giant.

every wednesday, benjamin and i make the trek downtown to have a picnic with dad in the park. it is a treat to see dad in the middle of the day!

here are the boys on a lazy sunday morning.

we think he looks so adorable in his bumbo. we stick him in there and just laugh.

i cleaned out my classroom this week. i had no idea how much stuff i'd accumulated! most of it is in the garbage, some is going to another teacher, and a lot is stored in my basement. i didn't expect to feel so sad about leaving, especially since i've been wanting to be doing the stay-at-home-mom thing for so long, but i really choked up staring at this empty classroom where i've spent so many years and made so many memories. oh teaching. it's in my blood. so i'll probably be back.

jesse has been playing soccer with the enchiladas. can i brag for a second? in the final championship game, they were down by a couple goals, so what does jesse do? score a couple of goals! they won in a shoot out. go enchiladas!

benjamin can finally stand being in the bjorn, hooray. and my arms are fat. and that's all i can say about that photograph.

it was our 4 year anniversary yesterday... jesse knows my love of all things garnet hill and ordered me this. i love. unfortunately, i no longer fit the extra-small petite size, so its being exchanged. sigh. also jesse made us reservations at the grand america. can you believe he had to cancel them because no one wanted to babysit this sweetheart overnight?!

don't they know how fun it is to get out of bed in the middle of the night? actually, the truth is, i am having a hard time getting this guy to drink from a bottle so i can't get away from him for longer than a couple hours. oh well. good thing i like him,i told jesse we could maybe go in 10 years.

so instead we celebrated by eating these pancakes from pioneer woman. i highly recommend them. i am lately obsessed with reading pioneer woman's recipes. i don't usually make the food, i just read about the food and look at the pictures of the food. anyways ...

happy 4 years to the love of my life! you make cute babies.