time

the passage of time has changed-used to be the evenings felt really long-like bedtime would never really arrive and we would be cycling around in the 4-6pm craziness forever. now i look up and it's 8 o'clock-oh-i guess i should maybe call the kids in so we can start getting ready for bed.
it just feels like the time passes so quickly now-and i find myself thinking i wish we had more time before bed-i could watch them play outside with bits of cloth and string for hours.
and i'm not one to try and freeze a stage-i like change and welcome new adventures-but sometimes i find myself wishing i could always look out the window and see them running and laughing, jumping over ditches and waving pieces of fabric like butterfly wings. this 3, 5, and 7 is feeling lovely right now-life is good on days like this...

 the honeysuckle is blooming-and it smells amazing-

 during editing-i couldn't decide between bright green energy or soft and dreamy-so i just have some of each...

 the frogs are out again-and emily has already made friends with several of them-this one needed to be coaxed back to the wild-
and i love anneliese's little hip stuck out stance-and makes me wonder if someday i'll have a picture of her when she is 12 or 20 or 31 with this same stance-