finally!

a perfect day to spend at the beach.

throwing rocks in water,

climbing on driftwood,

setting "boats" to sail.

thank you, big fluffly clouds and constant cool breezes!!

lately

we have made some birdfeeders,

taken some drives,

shoveled some snow,

been trapped in a Costco playhouse,

watched MEGAMIND with grace & soph (thanks, auny amy!!),

given our potato scrubber a shower,

watched amy make sauce (deeeelightful),

and played in snow with the local cuz.

haircut!

 

this amazing pic brought to you courtesy of uncle keith.

he & joshua enjoyed a day spent 

adventuring with dinosaurs, 

lunching at playgrounds, 

& throwing rocks into water.

shu and The Nana

joshua's been the lucky recipient of Time with Nana lately.

on and off, i join them in their escapades.

this particular time, i was seated on a bench with Boompa and The Great Nana,

marvelling at how my son can throw rocks into the lake. over and over.

without a break, without an end.

family camping 2010

we did it again. 

loaded up several families,

a near-ridiculous number of children,

enough tentage, luggage and foodage 

to house & feed the small army we were,

and headed to the lakeside campground.

this year's pull: a serious lack in picture taking

coupled with, as i've mentioned, my child's header

off a tricycle and resulting stitches.

 on day 2, 

to have some respite from the asphalt-lined campground,

mark and i took the shu on a ride along the lakefront.

he's into throwing some things into other things lately

(read: rocks into bush, shells into lake, 

pinecones into dzaidzi's birdfeeder),

so having up close access to the water was pretty ideal.

we went back for lollipops with haleybop.

or, for a certain L-apprehensive child,

"yawyeepops with hayeybop."

here's hoping 2011 is slightly less eventful.

wishful thinking, i'm sure.

the lake

a little man

a big lake

& some overalls.

thanks, hansy!

family camping