50SPF constantly being reapplied--
Great Egret (Ardea Alba) from off our back porch
Mom and Willy after nap time. One of the coolest things from the week was Willy deciding to potty train himself. Our efforts had been pretty laissez faire of late (i.e. doing pretty much nothing) and he just suddenly made up his mind that he was done with diapers. Two weeks now and 0 accidents.
Invasion of the coffee filter clowns.
Banana spiders are enormous in the area. The developers actually did a great job of keeping lots of marsh and wetlands and dunes (it took a 15 minute hike to get to the oceanside beaches) and we saw a ton of birds and smaller critters, no gators though we were kind of trying to keep the kids away from them anyway. The back of the banana spider is just as cool looking.
We also made a weekend trip to N. Jersey and saw the Maier cousins there. The boys loved the fact that everybody has a pool.
Jack and Willy are cut from the same goofy cloth.
On the way we saw yet another cousin (Stella) in Jersey City. No pool but we had a great picnic with Rick and Laurens in their back garden
A less successful trip was our attempt to go camping a couple of weeks ago. It was very hot, there were lots of semi-inebriated college kids around, there was a Druid wedding (actually kind of fun), a treacherous waterfall and 2 very uncooperative little campers. We came home after about 10 hours (it was only a half hour from home). We will try again in the fall with some other families.
Some CT amphibian wildlife--
Miserable.
3 comments:
Can I point out, that is the "time out log" in the last shot. Nobody happy to have a seat there.
Oh my, I am laughing out loud at those last few pictures, I think Willy could give my actress Sophie a run for her money with the facial expressions. Glad to hear of your summertime adventures. Each time you travel w/ the wee ones you learn a bit more about what works, and more importantly, what doesn't. Go Willy on the potty training, such a second child thing to train themselves. Miss you all!
Kat! Those spiders have haunted me since you fell in love with them on folly and i freaked out about everyone in our backyard (there were only 84,000!) Cannot stand those things! Love this and love your family! ps-my blogging skills stink! Yours are awesome!
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