Lazy Days of Summer

During some of the warmer holidays that I have off of school we like to go down to the "river-side" and enjoy the cool water, natural atmosphere, and the many, many Mexicanos. It's a lot of fun. We pack a picnic, get the beach umbrella out and hang out. This is what we did for Memorial Day.

Ethan all ready to go with sunglasses and all

Joshua sported more of a Gilligan motif.

Wait! Looks like Challene is wearing shorts and a jacket? What in the...? Well, that's what we get around here. She's always cold when we're always hot. The only time we really agree is when she's 8 months pregnant. Still, that is not motivation enough for another kid right now.

Ethan doesn't really get many sweets, so this was a real treat for him. Look how small of bites he is taking in attempt to savor every morsel.

This is our favorite part of the day, going to the riverside and throwing rocks into the water. The water was F-R-E... freezing! So we didn't wade in at all this year.

This is Joshua's protest for getting into the high-chair. He goes as stiff as a board and refuses to bend. So, we just let him stand until he gets tired and slumps into the chair. Note: we do not leave him alone in the chair, we watch and stand closely to ensure no falling of any kind occurs.

After dinner.

This was Joshy's eight month mark (he's going on ten now -- we're a little behind)
Joshy now has 4 teeth in. Two bottom central incisors, one top central incisor, and one top (left) lateral incisor. The rest are poised and ready to come in at any moment. The poor kid has been pretty miserable at times.

I guess you couldn't tell that from these pictures. He's a smiling boy. His whole face lights up when he smiles. As you can see.

I think Joshua may skip crawling all together. Perhaps he doesn't understand how critical crawling is for developing the curvature of your spine. Or perhaps he sees Ethan walking and wants to be like him. At any rate, he is climbing on things and furniture cruising with the best of them.
Poor kid gets worn out. Look how long he's gotten! He's in the 90th percentile for everything except head circumference (75%). I think Ethan knows Joshy's gonna be big and is picking on him as much as he can right now!

Yea, he's sawing logs! Gosh, he's getting big too. Hard to believe.

One last one of Joshy. He was a very big surprise when he decided to come to us, but I'm so glad he did. He's been such a joy to us. It is unbelievable how different he and Ethan are!