today

Posted on March 29th, 2015 by mountain girl  |  10 Comments »

P1200912cpy

Hi!  It’s 50 degrees outside, which is a lovely hot day in the mountains, especially since this is normally our heaviest snow season.  (This kid still has his coat on in the picture, but I quickly ripped that thing off.)  Get out the swimsuits, slather on the coconut oil, make some popsicles, and pleeeeeeease don’t snow again for a very long time.

P1200880cpy

We haven’t painted our nails in a while, but today we did.  The last time was almost six months ago, and the last bit of polish just wore off my toes from then, lol.  Today the kids wanted alternating colors.

P1200890cpy

P1200914cpy

P1200923cpy

“Hmm,” he says, picking a letter L magnet off the fridge. “X, for Boy.”

P1200926cpy

Just before he wet on the floor.

P1200921cpy

Besides painting nails and wiping up the floor, most of our day was spent outside

P1200904cpy

…with our silly goats.

P1200918cpy

They are so scared to come down the driveway with us.  That’s them up there, maaa-ing frantically for us to come back up to safety.

P1200906cpy

Especially Pippa, who, for all her big horns, is really Big Mama Scaredy-Cat.

DSC07972cpy

I just noticed from my photo files that we also painted our nails three years ago today.  Zia even asked for alternating colors way back then.

DSC07929cpy2

She also had a tea party on that day.  This party would never survive now that we have a certain little boy in the house. The tea would be slurped and the dishes smashed with a big stick, I’m sure.

DSC07973cpy

He was safely tucked in my belly that day, away from tea parties and big sticks, and you can see I was one happy mama.  Those were such good days, but I wouldn’t trade them for our stick-smashing, potty-on-the-floor, painted boy-nails, and letter-reading days of right now.

Hope your day is as sunny as ours!

10 Responses to “today”

  1. susan says on :

    Looks like there’s never a dull moment at your house, Mia – it all looks like great fun.

  2. mountain girl says on :

    Yes…haha!

  3. Carley Biblin says on :

    Oh, mountain living. Surrounded by trees. And sunshine now, too? Wonderful! I suppose I have peeing-on-the-floor days to look forward to as well. My little boy turned two yesterday, and I can sense diaper-free days in our future. Happy day to you!

  4. mountain girl says on :

    Yep, I am taking advantage of these warm days to let him go bare-bottomed. Going potty outside is such a great boyhood experience, and I’m happy to entertain it. 🙂 (Especially since he refuses to go the civilized way indoors.)

  5. Your Lion says on :

    Looks and sounds awesome! Enjoy the warmth and YES no more snow until September! /:O)

  6. mountain girl says on :

    September? Man, these summers are short! Why did we move to the mountains again? Haha JK!

  7. Mimi says on :

    HAHAHAHA What a goat!…standing up!! I never remember ours doing that back in the day. I like the pic of you!

  8. mountain girl says on :

    Yes, he tries to walk around on his hind legs, funny kid!

  9. Orsi says on :

    Oh, no more snow!!! 🙂 Enjoy the sun and spring! Have a great day you too 🙂
    x Orsi

  10. granny says on :

    BONDING WHILE NAIL PAINTING REMINDS ME OF MY DAUGHTER AND I DOING THE SAME MANY YRS AGO.CALEB WOULD NEVER LET ME PAINT HIS NAILS BUT I DID ALOT OF FOOT MASSAGES. HE LOVED THAT. SOON THE GOATS WILL BEGIN TO FOLLOW THE KIDS AND TRUST THEM DOWN THE DRIVEWAY(WE HOPE) HEHE