April 25, 2007 | Mama Smith

crepe weather

Crepes have once again invaded our table. Last night it was ham, swiss, sun-dried tomato & spinach crepes with salad. This morning we topped them with strawberry, cottage cheese, and powdered sugar. Then for lunch this afternoon, we proceeded to finish off the double batch I had made yesterday to last us at least a week. Obviously, they don’t stick around for long in our household. You can get our recipe here in an old post from around this time last year.

Brighton’s much more enthralled with the trash truck instead of my carefully prepared cottage cheese crepes.

Can you tell we’ve had amazing weather around here for the past few days? Seeing as I’ve been AWOL from this blog for awhile. It’s been a crazy month actually, with all the visitors coinciding with the lack of sleep we’ve been getting. I’m afraid my computer has started to grow cobwebs as the chaos swirls around it.

A few days ago we headed to the stables where we had Brighton and his little buddie’s one year old birthday party last fall. The kiddos loved throwing rocks in the creek and watching the horses bask in the sun.

Brighton trying to sneak into the horse corral

“I see a fish!”

Aurora singing in the background and Zady with one of the boulders she was enjoying throwing

Levi hanging out on the bank…tanning his toes

As for our boys, they seem to really be falling for each other these days. Levi coos and breaks out into a goofy grin every time B’s face appears in front of him. B, feeling totally honored, cries out “Smile! Levi smile!” and heartily laughs in response. Every night Matthew prays with Brighton that these two will be become deep friends and spur each other on…hopefully towards Christ rather than just mischief :)

To close, here’s B pouring over the latest Land of Nod catalog. An interior designer in the making. This boy takes reading seriously, in this chair in particular. When it’s eerily silent, we’ll often find him alone, quietly reading the stack of books he’s laid out on the footrest.

Sorry for all the simple, newsy, lack-of-thoughtful posts lately. My baby brain is fried. We finally got Levi out of our room last night, which offered the first decent stretch of sleep for us in a long time. He peacefully snoozed in our den all night, waking only twice. Maybe we all three just needed some space to help us capture those precious hours of night sleep. And maybe with this extra sleep my brain will head back towards it’s more engaging adult-like capability instead of operating in “No. Yes. Food. Sleep” mode. Here’s to surviving the first three-months of infant land this coming Sunday! Real sleep is on the horizon.