Ambrosia Creative

In my haste to capture Dax’s new trick, I had some problems operating my camera. But I got the shot:

What’s funny to me is that Dax does this so randomly. He’d be sitting there, as content as could be, then all of a sudden decide he really wants to peek through his legs and see the world upside-down. Throw in an older brother who has to be equally cool and now you have double the number of heinies in the air. I start cracking up, but then Kai looks at me warily and says, “No! Stop laughing, mommy.”

More Seymour Butts.
And more clumsiness with the camera.

Taking pen to paper and recording the day isn’t something I’m good at, but I find this idea from Inchmark totally doable.

I also came across this really neat five year journal, where each page is divided into five entries, one for each year. From Fred Flair:

I’m inspired. My posterity will thank me.

More at Tickled Pink Knits.

I can’t tell you how blessed I feel to live where I do. Our fall weather has been gorgeous, to say the least. Summers here are ho-hum with what the locals call ‘May Gray’ and ‘June Gloom’. But fall. Fall is spectacular.

Yummy food…

…and goofy kids.

(Why we are the chicken pox crew? Too long and too boring of a story to share.) But pic below pretty much sums up our lunch out at Cheesecake Factory:

Lovey-dovey toddlers that know how to have a good time.
And fellow patrons that wouldn’t stop staring at our lively group.

Let’s not forget about Dax-Bear.

Just a few weeks shy of that 1-year birthday.

And lastly,
a big THANK YOU to Andi for treating all of us out.
We had a lovely time!

Potty-training is sooo yesterday.

Last night we used the very last nighttime diaper. And there’s no going back.

Congratulations, dude!
(It was all you. For reals.)

Boys playing nicely together.
(I’m still adjusting to my new role as sibling mediator.)

If I got a penny for each time I hear the phrase:

“I NEED a band-aid!”
(Kai)

I could probably afford these shoes:

Height, ruffles, and platform-goodness.
Oh yes.

{via Urban Outfitters}

Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing is an old hymn that seems to have recently sprung back into popularity again. According to my brother, it all started with this amazing BYU performance. I probably shouldn’t have given you that link, because my piano-only arrangement pales in comparison. However, I was playing it last night and got a particularly good take, except for one thing: I didn’t have the metronome on. I can tell my timing is off, can you? I still need to do all the standard mix-down and mastering stuff, so it might sound quiet, tinny, and muddy, but I just thought I’d throw this out there to see what people think. Comments welcome, please!

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- Ryan