Spring Break in Alabama

We went to visit our good friends, the Caucutts, this week. We just can't resist when they send us an invitation to visit because we always come away with a new appreciation for the joys of a quiet home life.

I took this picture through the kitchen window, hence the screen, but this is what things look like when Caleb is around his best friend. They just dig in. I think they talked about all the things Caleb has been saving up for the last year. The Caucutts also have really good books. I always find myself reading when I visit.


While in Birmingham, we naturally went to Dreamland. And naturally Amy and Joanna were there too.



Beatrice and Hector Caucutt. It's so much fun to see Beatrice around little boys. I can't hardly believe the differences between boys and girls. It's so interesting to see my careful, orderly little girl confronted with little boys who really know how to celebrate life by engaging with grass, and rocks, and water, and food. I'm just facinated by how much sex matters, even as a toddler, and how much personality shows already.

At the Birmingham Botanical Gardens

Beatrice putting rocks in my pockets, so we could be sure to have them later.

She's been telling folks lately that it's dark in their nose. She just looks up your nose and declares it dark. Yes.

Here we are, on the road again, singing along to Johnny Cash. Beatrice sings, "Me babe, no, no, no!" with gusto.