friday cute shot

i am a sandcastle

adventure time

Saturday Adventures: Let's Go to Hood River!

Part 1: Detour to Multnomah Falls!
Part 2: Apple picking in Hood River. Riding a tiny tractor. Climbing the play structure made of old apple crates.
Part 3: Picnic by the shore. Bread, cheese, meat, pretzels. Lucy breaks out a new dance for every food. "Prosciutto Dance" is the hands-down favorite.
Part 4: Wading in the water. Pouring sand all over ourselves (one of us). Splashing.
Part 5: Nap on the car ride home. Engine failure, wait by the side of the road for a tow truck. Realize we are out of water and almost out of phone batteries.
Part 6: First tow truck ride! First ride in the front seat. Feet love air conditioning.
Part 7: Finally, water. Repair shop closed until Monday. Call Charmily for a rescue.
Part 8: Ice cream at the ice cream shop in Hood River while we wait for a ride.
Part 9: Riding back to Portland in Charmily's brand new ride.

heard on the street

"Do you want honey with your star?"
            

             -Lucy, serving up an imaginary breakfast of shovels, tennis balls, and stars

friday cute shot

*Full disclosure: Apparently I didn't take out my camera this week. Oops! Here is a cute shot from two weeks ago instead, this one should have been a first round pick anyway!

notes from daycare

Martes!
9/13/2011
w/ Auntie Jen, Niko, and Jai Lei

Lucy discovered our dress-up clothes collection! I'm surprised she was never interested before but today she put on a princess dress & crown. I told her she was a classy lady & she said, "No, I'm not a classy lady" while sticking her finger up her nose. Priceless!

                                                                                                 -A. Jennifer

heard on the street

"Mama, I love you always and always!"

              -Lucy, as I was headed down to the basement to work this morning

when the rain came

Two days ago we had the first rain that I can remember in awhile and it perked me up immediately and I told you we had to go sit on the porch and watch. It was after dinner and you had your popsicle, and we opened the door and the screen door and sat down right on the threshold and you sat down right next to me, then moved back a little to sit a little more exactly where I was.

We sat for a moment then I said I needed a sweater and you said you needed one too, so we got sweaters from the closet and sat back down. Then you wanted to be wrapped up in my sweater too so you sat on my lap and we snuggled in and the rain came down even harder and we sat on the porch and watched the tomatoes get wet.

The air was chilly and fresh and you were solid and warm and the smell of the rain made me not feel sick at all and we were quiet as you ate your popsicle.

After, you went out and did a rain dance.

friday cute shot (six years of wedded bliss)

dance for your dinner

Dinner Dance from Amber Broughton on Vimeo.

heard on the street

"Oh a newspaper, great! Now I can find out what happened yesterday."

       -Shaggy, expressing his lack of excitement at the free trial subscription to the Oregonian
          that has started appearing on our porch

friday cute shot

friday cute shot

heard on the street

"Mama, I've got a secret for you."

"You do? What is it?"

"Applesauce is yummy and sweet."

"It is?"

"And I want some."


           -Lucy, requesting (and actually eating) applesauce after a year-long hiatus