Akiva is rapt as Iris draws

a mama with two boobies, a belly button, eyes, legs—

but as she explains her drawing in detail,

he turns his head to the real mama—

“Eyes, boobies, legs, I love you Mama!”

We found Iris’ wheelbarrow in the middle of the woods this past winter while bushwhacking.

We were looking for trash.

It looked like it had been there a while. We took it home & cleaned it up.

Big piece!

The only problem with the wheelbarrow is:

the front wheels are tiny, the legs are huge, and the handle flexes.

If there’s any weight in it, it’s impossible to push.

After removing a log, Iris was able to push her barrow to the window where we bring the wood through.

Martin went inside. Iris handed him wood.

After a few loads, the rack is full & the wheelbarrows are put away.

Time for a little scootering.

I would like to take some photographs of my children posing nicely together every few months.

I posted some images that I took a while ago.

They show up in their correct places.

If you’re a regular reader, you won’t notice unless you do some scroll-scroll-scrolling.

For your convenience, here are the links:

https://barefootfool.com/toy-stroller/

https://barefootfool.com/shop-class/

I subbed Brittany’s Hike-it-Baby hike today. I decided that if I was going to lead a hike, I would go where I wanted to. So we went to Shelburne Farms, to see if the sap was running and the syrup house boiling. When we got there, the first sap had just hit the first boil at the new sugar house! Then we took a good hike. There were 7 adults & 8 kids, including me & mine.

Grandma teaches beginning shop class. Her students are rapt.

Akiva realizes he does not have the proper skill set to complete the assigned project.

Iris insisted I sew her a Purple People Eater hat.

Soon thereafter, she became a penguin and will no longer wear the hat.

Martin’s everyday hat needed to be washed, so I put the purple one to good use.

Iris was tired.