Summer Fun

Playgroup at the tire park:

One thing we love about summer is playgroup. Beckett's best friend is my best friend's daughter. We used to get together every week, but then Miriam started kindergarten. We got the kids together as much as we could, but we were really excited to summer playgroup and play dates. We got together twice week.

Ice cream for Beckett's birthday:

Sleeping on his mother:

Hiking at the nature center: This was another playgroup. Beckett loves hiking (I mean running), and he and the other kids quickly sped through the hike.

Visiting the park with the fake trees. We went to a lot of parks this summer. Beckett really wanted to visit the park with the fake trees, so we made a special visit. I realized at the end of the summer that we hadn't repeated a park all summer. And we went to the park at least once or twice a week. I think that's seriously impressive.

Climbing real trees with friends:

Ice cream after haircuts:

Swimming at North Point. Last year we went to North Point at the end of the season, and it was so much fun that I knew I wanted to go back this year. North Point is in the bay and the water is really shallow. Beckett can stand way out from shore. I ended up going with a couple of friends later in the summer, and I wished that we had gone every week.

Dancing at the Ice cream place:

Dutch Wonderland

In July we went to Dutch Wonderland with the Hansons. It was a trip that had been in the making for a long time, and we are sure glad it happened. We had so much fun.

The boys in the caboose.

Carousel smiles. 

A peaceful log ride.

The whole Hanson crew.

Last ride of the night.

July 4th Sparklers

We had a marvelous Driveway of Fire with the Hansons this Fourth of July.

Instablogged, Spring Edition

Getting blown away in the hurricane chamber at the science center.

Beckett gets serious about digging for fossils.

Someone made a mistake at the puzzle factory.

He's so cute even when he's so sick.

Soup for the sick kid.

The basement rock wall is now operational.

Field of flowers.

"Peek-a-boo. See you too." Felix shows off his silly side.

He won't let me cut this broccoli.

Testing out the new sleeping bag.

Felix hits maximum cuteness.

At urgent care with Felix on Mother's Day

Dandelion day.

From Beckett to Felix "I love you Felix even though you make trouble."

Paige and I take blog shots and head to BEA.

"Me not tired at all." He doth protest too much, methinks.

Swinging.

Book-O-Beards

Spontaneous hose fight

At the dentist Beckett climbed up into the chair and said, "This is going to be so relaxing."

Feeling pretty happy about joining the pool.

We sure love summer playgroups.