This is always a favorite scene of mine: the boy with so much energy finally gives in to sleep next to his Mama the one he most frequently wears out. Sweeter than sweetness itself.

Summer has been busy around our house and the land that we live in. We’ve had fun times of all kinds, and while we would ideally like to keep it all archived and in order for you, some things just get put off day after day. So here are some of my random favorite photos of the past few months, with some notes.

Colorado is in large part boyland. Not to say the little ladies would have as much fun doing the same thing; but we have boys, so it’s all about boyland. There are two Ashers (!!) in this photo who happen to share the same birthday. Little brothers in tow.

Different day, different river, other friends — more fun! Ezra Loves to get right into the cool water to throw rocks.

Best Hair award to Ezra. Before I started cutting it again, that is. We won’t be showing those photos. Poor little guy was tripping over stuff, I had to do something!

I turned on the fan and we had a glamour shoot, which Asher thought was funny.

Ezra, not so much. Note the foot on the crib railing. Definitely getting closer to being capable of escape.

More proof of fun to come. Stay tuned.

As you can see the park was all ours. We arrived just before the sprinklers turned off. It wasn’t quite super hot yet and everything had a fresh dewy-ness. Great time to go to the park!

Still don’t know exactly what happened but I’ve seen enough of these to know exactly what it was. Never seen one up the middle of the face, though. Poor guy must’ve taken quite a spill.

Not entirely true, perhaps. I’ve had had some doozies since I was a little tyke, mostly at my own hands… Oops. Anyway, this one was tricky, and there were some tears, and it’s not perfect, but pretty cute, nonetheless.

Before, during and after, respectively.

Asher turned 4 on March 31st. Here is an interview that Mama did with the big 4 year old. You can compare his answers to last year’s 3 year old interview here. Asher celebrated with homemade noodles, chocolate cake, Uncle Mark and Aunt Sara, his friend Asher from preschool who has the same exact birthday, and lots of love and fun gifts. 

4 words to describe Asher from Mama: energetic, clever, friendly, enthusiastic

4 words to describe Asher from Papa: sweet, cuddly, bright, active

4 foods you like to eat: special treats, homemade noodles, peas, and edamame

4  activities you enjoy doing outside: sledding, playing in the mud, playing in the sand and digging big holes, and riding my bike

4 books you enjoy: Best Word Book Ever by Richard Scarry, Little Pea by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, a Diego book, and Truck Song by Diane Siebert

4 animals you like to read about: cheetahs, lions, wildebeests, and gazelles

4 vehicles you love: concrete mixers, diggers, front loaders, and forklifts

4 places you like to go: Perk-n-play, the zoo to go see the lions, the Museum of Nature and Science, and Target to get toys for my birthday

4 things you are afraid of: coyotes, wolves, bears, and darkness

4 words from Mama & Papa: WE LOVE, LOVE YOU!

The weather people were almost right this time. We did get snow — and lots of it — but it came about 8 hours later than they said it would. Asher and Papa had an after dinner sled outing. That’s one of the few benefits to getting snow in April: it’s light enough to play in it after work!