And the livin’ is easy

Summertime arrived recently and brought the sun and roses with it.

After several days (weeks?) spent sandwiching work around trips out with the rambunctious-almost-4-year-old to the park and so on, I discovered that I pick up a great wireless signal from our very own backyard! I’ve pretty much lived out there since, trying to get work done while the chirrun’ do wat dey do (that’s Vivian language for, “children do what they do”… which I decided needed clarification.)

And what do the “chirrun’” do? Well, let’s see… Ethan gets wet and dirty. He collects eggs, waters plants, plays with the hose, takes off his shoes (and gets scolded and chased around for this as he doesn’t get how GROSS IT IS TO STEP IN CHICKEN CRAP!), begs for food throughout the day, lays on the blanket to look at books or color or pretend he might go to sleep for about 5 seconds before he is ON THE GO again. Verity nurses, poops, farts, burps, looks around for awhile, and then naps with her butt in the air on the blanket. This is a great deal better than when I work in my room. When I work in my room, she normally does all of the above, only she adds SCREAMING to the mix. She is definitely an outdoorsy gal.

We’ve had several BBQ’d meals out on the lawn with the roomies, trying to stay outdoors where there is a breeze (houses here don’t have AC like they do in Florida!) until the sun is practically down (which is lately passed 9pm). Our TV went bazurko on us last week (much to my gratitude, it waited until the Lost season was over!) and looks like a bunch of crazy tripped out streaks across the screen (what is with us and faulty electronics lately?). This is one more reason NOT to stay indoors.

Okay, well, I don’t have much insightful to say because my brain has been lost somewhere on the road between Child Rearing Land and Work at Home Land — but, as predictable as it is, here are some pics!
(again, this slideshow may not be viewable from feeds, so come here to see it!)

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