cm monthly challenge: happiness

This month's Clickin Mom's challenge is happiness. In our house, Sundays are happiness. They're relaxing & slow-moving, a perfect way to prepare for the week. Today, the boys got haircuts, we lounged around the house for awhile & then went to the beach. At the moment, our happiness also involves waiting. Any day now, baby #3 should be arriving. We're a little bit anxious & a whole lot excited! Haircuts are not a favorite of the boys, but Ry was excited to play heads-or-tails to see who went first.

Ry won & so Covey was first. His excitement is clearly all over his face!

Ry recently wrote out a welcome sign for his baby sister & my mom turned into a beautiful little blanket!

Covey post-haircut...happy to have the hair off him!

In the afternoon, we headed to the beach.

Ry found lots of treasures!

The boys checking out the hermit crabs & starfish in the tidepool.

Beach treasures!

This is our happiness. Be sure to view the other CM's in our circle to see their happiness! Following me is Jo & her adorable boys!

game time!

lots of time is spent playing games in our house. checkers is the current favorite & ry has his strategy to win. either way, we have fun (well, I think he still does).

painting in p.j.'s

practicing colors. painting in p.j.'s. making art.

yellow is happiness!

Winter is long & this one feels especially long. It's still snowing & there's still a lot of snow on the ground. It's actually quite unusual for us. It typically all melts & then we get the ceremonious dumping for Easter, just in time for the kiddos to dig through the cold stuff to find their eggs. This year I don't think there will be any melting prior to Easter. So we went looking for some spring. I bought some daffodils at the store & found a bright wall in town to take Ry's pictures in front of. After all, yellow is happiness, daffodils smell like spring & so we're almost there. Almost.

like I said, almost. It was windy & cold & he wasn't too happy when a nice gust got him!

hide & seek

It's been a long week for the boys. Covey's had a cold & we haven't gotten out of the house too much. He's still finding fun in his favorite place to hide. Yes, every time they play hide & seek, Covey hides in this cupboard...have a great weekend!

cm monthly challenge: sweetness & love

February has ended & with March comes my post for the Clickin Mom's monthly challenge. This month our group is focusing on 'how I view sweetness & love.' There are so many ways to define these two words. I knew I wanted to photograph my boys for it, but wasn't sure what setting to use...so I let the wild rumpus start on the bed. They wrestle, tackle & irritate each other just as often as they make each other laugh & smile & it all usually ends with hugs & kisses. My boys are my sweetness & love, just as they are that for one another...enjoy & be sure to check out all the other work this month.

Thanks for stopping by & please be sure to head on over to view how Susan views 'sweetness & love' (Susan Edge Photography).