Going to the mall today was a really good idea. MM got to run around and blow off some steam and we all got to get out of the apartment for awhile. I was super smart and packed a lunch for us so after we’d had our fill of the mall play area we headed to the food court for a (FREE!) lunch out. Otherwise I’d have been starving by the time we got home – or I’d have broken down and bought lunch at the food court. So that was pretty perfect.

BB got to play in the play area, too, for a little while which she thought was fantastic. I can only imagine how amazing that place must seem to her at her size / age. When we got home I had to stop and take some pictures of a couple of the trees outside our apartment – their blooms were simply too fantastic to ignore.

These pictures don’t really do the blooms justice – I’ll have to go out later with Dan’s Nikon and take some closer shots. But I did  get these…

Then I got really lucky and got this shot…

So many of my pictures of him lately are either so forced and staged that it just doesn’t feel like the real him… or pouty and bored that I’m taking pictures… or too close for my camera to focus properly. This shot… pure gold. Heart meltingly MM.