"Mother, O Mother, come shake out your cloth,
Empty the dustpan, poison the moth,
Hang out the washing, make up the bed,
Sew on a button and butter the bread.
"Where is the mother whose house is so shocking?
She's up in the nursery, blissfully rocking.
Oh, I've grown as shiftless as Little Boy Blue,
Lullabye, rockabye, lullabye loo.
"Dishes are waiting and bills are past due
Pat-a-cake, darling, and peek, peekaboo
The shopping's not done
and there's nothing for stew
"And out in the yard there's a hullabaloo
But I'm playing Kanga and this is my Roo
Look! Aren't his eyes the most wonderful hue?
Lullabye, rockaby lullabye loo.
"The cleaning and scrubbing can wait till tomorrow
But children grow up as I've learned to my sorrow.
So quiet down cobwebs; Dust go to sleep!
I'm rocking my baby and babies don't keep."
- Ruth Hulbert Hamilton
i've heard the last stanza of this poem for years, but i never knew who said it (i've always seen it attributed to "anon, who seems to do a lot of work :),but a friend of mine just posted it on facebook, so i thought i'd pass it forward and give the author credit.
afton posing for the camera a few nights ago...
rayna's getting super smily!
at the end of our walk today. yes, afton dressed herself today (by the way, she's also wearing lime green pants, and yes, we went out in public like that! and yes again, the bow tie was pauls :)
afton with some monkeys
some super-cute little turtles, about 2 inches long, the one with his foot out was sitting that way for hours, we saw him twice, about three hours apart, and he looked like that both times
afton looking down at the adult alligator, it was really, really cool.
rayna stopped for a little water break (don't her eyes look gorgous?! i love the sparkles in them)
2) M&M's plain chocolate candies. nuf said.
3) Afton, she's a twerp, but so's the rest of the family, gotta love her :)
4) Rayna, by the way, these are in no particular order :), such a sweetheart, and growing into a VERY strong personality.
6) my new beco, it's not this pattern, mine's dragons, but it's the most comfortable baby-carrier ever, and it puts rayna right to sleep.
Afton hunting eggs at aunt dorothy's (and uncle steven's) house! we really had a blast and loved seeing all the cousins and family there, thanks!
rayna also had a blast playing with eggs, though the only one she was allowed to eat was specially stuffed from grandma with pretzles, though i'm pretty sure someone snuck her a little candy just the same ;) unfortunately, i didn't get any pictures of her on saturday at the egg hunt...
and here's my beautiful girls with their daddy on Easter Sunday. i couldn't get any good pics with both girls, but i loved these :)
