lately

here we are in Taos, NM

lovely place! 

there is the greatest play spot in the back of a neat playstore, the boys loved it

I ate a really, really good green chile burger...

Henri tasted chocolaté milk for the first time (the sips that his brother left behind)

back home we are doing a lot of playground time on these LOVELY early fall afternoons

plus some front yard, dump truck + rocks time

the boys were sad to see their uncle j leave… i'm pretty sure we could have left for a long time and they wouldn't have noticed as long as he was here (they wrestled him, henri only wanted to be held by him…. and such). they are already awaiting his next visit. (on a side note, these boys and their zip up jammies just warms my heart! thank goodness eli is finally coming back around to full zip jammies just in time for colder weather). 

little brother: happily sitting with a snack (half a cliff bar I think?)

big brother: monkey up a tree in the background

eli has some serious tree climbing skills…. i don't assist at all for as far as i'm concerned if you can get up it then it is probably an "age appropriate" sized tree for you! (and that's why the tree in the front yard is off limits…. eli begs to go up it by standing at the door and saying, "a ladder pleeeeeeease mama??"). he gets a lot of comments from others at the park who notice how he monkeys up these trees! one fellow little boy at the park last week said to his mom, "he's a better tree climber than i am mom!" (his mom and i both had to chuckle over that, then the next morning i actually ran into the mom at Whole Foods and she said she reminded her son at dinner to eat all his food so he could grow to be a good tree climber--which worked apparently!). 

henri on the swings

which he giggles so hard on….

….for about 12 seconds and then is like "all done"

i look longingly at those park benches sometimes :)