stay-cation, part 2

so the best part of our stay-cation was actually after the conference. we had paul nearly all to ourselves from june 7-12! we got some good shopping in, and my apartment has not been cleaner since we moved in three years ago (i can actually get stuff done, and it stays clean when there's another adult around... for a few hours at least), and paul cleaned the carpets, and bought his christmas present (he got $ towards a new bike, but he hadn't had time to look for one til june! seriously folks, he's THAT busy!). and best of all, we went blackberry picking! malachi you'll see, is a natural:



love them berries!

 

okay, this one admitedly has nothing to do with blackberries, but i thought it was cute :)

 

afton could eat blackberries three meals a day, seven days a week if allowed!




and yes, we got 4 bags! YUM!!!

we actually probably didn't do too much more than usual with paul home, but we appreciated it all a lot more! we also had plenty of time playing with blocks:



we were rather proud of how we got this tower to balance on rayna's ear.
afton was too wiggly to get more than a couple blocks.



and this tower is nearly as tall as rayna!

 both girls LOVE building towers for chi to knock down. and he loves to oblige! what a great easy activity!