Birthday gifts ready to go

S was invited to a friend’s birthday party on Saturday evening and spent the entire day counting down excitedly until it was time to go. The party favors he came home with included a live gecko! I am not kidding.

H giving R the low-down on the scenery

On the 4th of July, we went for a family hike. We made it nearly 5 miles round trip. S probably walked about 95% of the trip (he got carried briefly after falling and scraping his knee) and H probably walked about 60% of the hike. 

H in motion

We tried to take the boys to story time every week during the Library’s Summer Reading Program. On this particular day, the theme was Outer Space and the librarian had made a space helmet and a rocketship as props. H decided to try out the space helmet and then went around hugging his unsuspecting peers.

Fish at the beach

I took some Cub Scouts on a short hike to find animals to photograph. One boy was determined to photograph some fish and these are the fish we found.

H playing with Duplo

This is definitely an every-day sort of scene around here.

Success!

We usually don’t succeed in getting S to take naps, so we celebrate whatever form they take.

Another shot of S being silly.

This Sunday morning we went out to the lanai to take a shot of H dressed up in a 3-piece suit (his choice) but he was too wiggly to stay in the frame. Instead, I give you a shot of S, dressed in a blanket.

A smiley shot of S on the floor.

S has realized that I try to take a photo everyday and is requesting that I take photos of him more frequently–one reason not to continue Project 365 after I complete a full year. Anyway, here is a shot of S having fun, rolling on the floor.

Construction in our old neighborhood.

On one of our walks we decided to check on the progress of some construction in our old neighborhood. If you look closely, you can see the roof of our old apartment in the background.

A shot of S “fishing”

We visited the PCC again using our annual passes and this time S wanted to try fishing at the Tahitian village. He’s actually got a pole with a little bit of bread on it for bait, but his technique looks a little more like spear fishing to me.