The letter S

Today we packed a lunch and spent most of the day at the park.
We met some other moms and there little ones there that we have not seen in so long.
We got to catch up. Chat about babies, birth, shampoo, schools and everything else under the sun. We had a great time. Before I knew it 4 hours had passed by and I knew we needed to head home. Hopefully we will be able to get together again here real soon. The kids had a blast playing together also.
This was the first time we went to this park but I see us coming here more often. It had a nice playground tucked back in the woods and it even had a little creak running through it. Our afternoon was filled full of


Sticks


Splashing


Smiling


Sliding and Swinging.

Barefoot bandit

All the talk lately around here has been about Colton Harris-Moore and how he was captured yesterday.
Just a few days ago I was going through the little mans camera and I saw this photo


and it reminded me of the infamous photo of Colton Harris-Moore. You know this one.


Last month one of the local talk radio stations was talking about him and people that live off the land. And my hubby just had to call in to enlighten the talk so host about freegans.
He spent about ten minutes on the radio talking about my brother, a freegan, and about how he lives off the land. I would not really call Colton Harris-Moore a freegan but he has done a pretty good job of living off the land over the past few years.
I have wrote about him here and recently my mom wrote about him here.
I am really not trying to compare my brother to this fugitive but I guess they do have a few similarities in the way they choose to live.

Faster than a speeding bullet

More powerful than a locomotive.


Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound.


Look! Up in the sky! Its a bird... its a plane...


nope its just the little man.
He has just been blowing me away lately with his creativity. I just cant believe how big he is getting.
Today he was sitting on the couch having a conversation with his toes. Yes his toes. It was so cute. His toes were a family complete with a crying little baby that the mama was trying to calm down. I could not help but listen in. As I went to reach for the video camera he stopped and moved on to something else.
When he is not having conversations with his feet he is playing Lego's, or cars or pretending to be a rock star. There is never a dull moment in our house and I love it!!


The little lady wants to be a part of the action to so she is working very, very hard on crawling. I know she is only 4 months old but this girl knows how to move.
When I set her down on the ground she rolls over to her belly and pushes her self up. She is ready to get moving. She does really well at moving in a circle and log rolling. It is still hard for her to move forward and most the time she ends up going backwards. But if there is something just out of her reach she will find a way to get it. Before I know it she will be exploring the house and our lives will have even less dull moments.

Staying cool

I guess summer is finally here in the great state of Washington. It is crazy that just last week it was barley reaching the 60's and now its in the 90's. WOW!!!
Here is a short list of the things we have been doing to stay cool the past two days.

1) Keeping a nice cool jar of fresh brewed ice tea around. Having the fans on helps also.


My teas of choice for the past few days have been passion and green. So refreshing. Ahh!

2) Go for a ride with the top down.


It was so nice of Grandma to come over today and take the little man for a slow ride around the col-de-sac. Thanks Grandma.

3) Take a dip in the pool.


The hubby finally opened up the pool yesterday and today the little man was brave enough to test out the very cold waters. It should warm up here over the next week if the weather stays nice and then we will all be venturing into the waters also.


The little lady enjoyed playing in the little pool.

4) Have naked time.


We are a clothing optional house but nothing really cools you off better than being naked. I had to do a little convincing to have the little man put on shorts tonight before our guests arrived and even more convincing to have him keep them on the whole time they were here.

Next weeks keep it cool plans involve more water, swimming and hopefully a trip to the movies to see Toy Story 3. What are some of your favorite things to do to stay cool in the heat?

4th of July camping trip- picture post

Here is just a few of the many pictures that I took on our 4th of July trip. Enjoy.

We are home

After five fun filled days of 'camping', friends, fireworks, sand, surf and sun we are home.
Now we need to wash out all the sand that is in between our toes and step back into reality.
Hopefully after a great night sleep in my nice cosy bed I will be ready to tell about our grand adventure.

This moment

A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.- Amanda Soule


Have a great weekend and a happy 4th.