Our Place



June 2011

This is not an old memory  - not even a full year has passed since this photo.

Lil' Monster  was playing here,

moments later all had gone quiet.

This is what Mamma Sass found.

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Our Landing -

into the loft which is currently our little homeschool -

is a place of interest for us all.

It is 4 ft. by 4 ft. 

But it is the most used place in our house.

Our love for this little space has grown in this last year.

In fact,

maybe we should give it an official name;

just not sure what would be clever enough.

For Lil' Monster it is his play house

(even though he has one in the LARGE closet inside the loft room).

One evening Mr. Elskan and Mamma Sass were chatting on the couch in the living room.

When she looked up and this is what she saw.

For Mamma, the landing (as you can see in the background) is an extra storage for things she uses regularly, like the vacuum, or as a temporary pit stop for items between the homeschool and the rest of the house.

 We use it as place for our

intercom

(shouting loudly to the lower levels for instructions etc.)

observation tower

(checking out who is coming and going outside)

Podium

(for singing, speeches, or general announcements)

Hang Out

(we sit and chat out there)

Reading Roost

(a place to pile books and sit and read while watching the folks downstairs)

Our Little Landing has many purposes.

Maybe it is time we name it.

Any ideas?

Bald Baby



July 2009

Haircutting Day is usually spontaneous (when Mamma is feeling creative) and we try out lots of new styles. We haven't done "Bald" in a while. The last time was back in 2009. It was a first time. The boy had the cutest afro and then we had some fun carving it out. But the bald look was the final result. This Lil' Munchkin was impressed for all of but a day. He would rub his head all the way around and say, "Where's my hair?" Then once he reached his eyebrows he would say, "There it is!!"

BUT  WE HAVE SOME NEWS!!!!!!

BALD is BACK,

BABY!

He loved using the shaving cream.

Not only all over his head,

but squishing it on his fingers and

wiping it this way and that

(shaving cream is good like that).

July 2011

Look at this beautiful bald boy!

He thinks he looks just like Uncle M. our military soldier,

and a friend of ours, Brother W: (an incredible man from our church)
who happens to be bald.

We got some beautiful shots of this beautiful baby.

Dancing in the Sun with Joy!

Our Uncle the Hero

Uncle M (my youngest brother by a decade) has always been my favorite pal-around-with brother. We have great memories together of teasing and torturing each other while growing up.

Two years has passed since Lil' Monster came into our family and he had yet to meet Uncle M.

(Uncle M is one of the great soldiers keeping this country safe).

Lil' Monster only heard stories about the GREAT Uncle M.

Then this last week...

he finally got to meet him

and another child met

his childhood Hero:

UNCLE M

What is cooler than trying on a soldier's outfit and playing an electric guitar?

Lil' Monster could hardly stand up with just the vest on,

so Uncle M had to hold him up.

Here is Lil' Monster is trying to do the sign of the horns and be cool.

I like his version better.

Auntie B. showing us how it's done.

What child wouldn't love to jam out on an electric guitar
hooked to an amp that makes the house rock?

Uncle M - our hero.

Seasons of Grandmothers

It seems that this is a season meant for

Grandmothers.

Around this time last year we had a visit from

Amma V

(our Icelandic Grandma)

to meet her new grandson.
 

 

Then not long after that Lil' Monster and I moved to SLC to live with

Grandma G

for a little while after Grandpa G passed away.

 

  Well, it must be that time of year again, because Grandma G is coming for a visit!!!!!!!

She is coming for a very special occasion!!

She arrives

Tomorrow!!

We CAN'T WAIT to see her!!

We LOVE Grandma G.!!!