Montessori Graduation

Sarah and Ben went to a month of Montessori preschool after we moved
to American Fork. Miss Rebecca runs the cutest preschool in her home
super close to ours. She really loves the children and they love her.
All the kids wore men's short sleeve white shirts backwards with paper
graduation hats. They sang a few songs and we had a potluck after. So
darling and fun. Ben will continue there in the fall and Sarah will be
off to kindergarten.

Are you smiling yet?

Who knows what spurred this picture on... a rainy day? especially fragrant plate glass? babysitter boredom? but it makes me laugh every single time I see it.

Ah, to be a kid again, where face-making is an act of daily life! I plan on getting this thing printed as big as I can get it and putting it up in my kitchen to keep me smiling no matter what.

I think it's quite clear how my blog got its name: these are the funny little people I live with!! They crack me up!

•••The Brinton Look•••

Apparently our kids seem to have a common "look" to them...

A few weeks ago our dear neighbors were babysitting Lizzy and they brought her with them to an art show. Jon's aunt also happened to be there. Upon seeing this random baby the aunt asked if she was a "Brinton baby" and our neighbor laughed and said "yes!" So I've compiled baby pictures of each kid at around the same age. Yeah, they do look quite alike. So much so, that sometimes we can't tell who we are looking at in a given picture. But here they are, three of each in order of age. 

Allie:

 Sarah:

 

                           

Ben: 

       

  

Lizzy:
 
      
     

        



 

Yeah, they all must be related

Finishing old projects

This is "finishing old projects week so I can move on to new projects with a clean conscience"

This is a little baby quilt I started when I was expecting Sarah, yes almost five years ago! It is made of little quilted squares sewn together, with the raw edges all on one side, clipped and frayed and kind of ruffly.

back of tummy time floor blanket

Front of tummy time floor blanket. I just added a layer of muslin between each yard of coordinating fabric, sewed it all together an inch from the edge, with raw edges out and clipped to make ruffly tabs around the perimeter.

And here is the blanket in action! Yes, Ben is climbing ON Lizzy. She didn't seem to mind, poor kid.

deer in the headlights...too innocent to know she's being wrestled by her big brother

Handsome little man

My boy with the big blue eyes, mile long eyelashes, and juicy lips. I love the rolled up sleeves and sweater. Coolest two year old I know.