Trip to Connecticut

Even though it's blurry, it's still cute.

We put the tent up in the their living room, since it was so cold outside. I have more pictures of the tent and our sleeping arrangement. I'll have to post them later, but I couldn't resist this one. Doesn't his expression say so much?!

Blogspot was giving me problems last night, so I couldn't upload.

We're back from our visit to Onkteb and Gail's house. We had lovely weather all weekend long. We sat in the breezeway area of their house basically any time we were inside. We got to play with their pets, which the kids love.

This is our last morning, with Herman. Benjamin called Herman some version of "Kermit" or "Hermit" or "Kermin" all weekend long. No matter how many times we said Herman, it never came out right. :)

We got to swim in their pool. It was 70 degrees. :) Addie was very happy to wear her floaties and her water ring.

We took several walks. Here's one of them stopped on a rock.

Overload

Without further ado, Jeanna, this is for you....

Addie giving some sass

Ben drinking strawberry milk for the first time.
My posing girl


Can you see this on the hood of car someday?!? THINK AGAIN!

Ben, all tuckered out, after a day of playing

A week later

Sheesh I'm a bad, bad, bad blogger.  I can't believe it's been almost a week since I last updated.

The weather has been unseasonably cool. Fourth of July was a lazy day, with the water slide. It barely got to 83 degrees. We did fireworks in Hockessin, as usual. Ben didn't like the sound of the fireworks.  Now conventional wisdom would tell you that he would cover his ears the whole time. Nope, instead he spent the display with his eyes buried in Brian or my shoulder.  He listened to them all; but didn't watch them.

We're watching Wimbledon right now, while drinking coffee and having a breeze blow through the open windows. 

Videos of water slide

This is how big boys enjoy the waterslide, sitting on their children's inner-tubes.

W-A-T-E-R-S-L-I-D-E!!

It's officially summer since we got to put up the new water slide. These pictures are a chronicle of our past two days...I'll include captions if necessary.

Note that Addie is wearing her Minnie Mouse bathing suit here.  She actually wore 4, yes 4, in the course of the day, just because she could I suppose.


Ben sure knows how to rock a pair of goggles, right?
Water sliding is serious business.  Guppy was just the person to cuddle Ben to sleep.  Notice Guppy's awesome farmers tan!
Afterwards, we enjoyed margaritas, which Ben desperately wanted. Instead he drank crushed ice with vanilla syrup. It matched perfectly, so he was excited to partake in the beverage enjoyment.
Then he showed us how he could climb the tree. It's so cute, as he gets to the point where it's tougher, he starts chanting, "I think I can. I think I can. I think I can."
Day two started with her wearing her surfer girl swimsuit.
And Ben wearing his new surfer swim shirt and Lightening McQueen shorts.


Muddy crafted Addie a hammock to rest in. 
This picture captured Addie mid-butt drop.
I got in on the action too.

By the end of the day, she was doing all sorts of acrobatics off of the big slide.  One time she came down with her legs in a split holding one foot. 

Overall a fun filled summer weekend. Looking forward to some heat to actually get the full use of the slide since it was a little chilly for adults to play long...Addie and Ben had no problem with the cooler temps.

Videos to come.

Perspective

Last night Addie, very excitedly, called for me to come upstairs, "because something is new!!!" So I went upstairs and she was sitting on the toilet (it's ok, I promise!).  She said, "Look!" and she scooted off the toilet.  Then she scooted back on. I stood there like "Huh?" because not surprisingly it's the same toilet we've always had in that bathroom.  Then she exclaimed, "It got smaller! Look!" as she moved on and off again.  Then she used her hands to demonstrate the height change she believes she uncovered. 

I guess everything really is about perspective and point of view.  To Addie, the toilet got smaller; she hasn't gotten bigger. 

It made me think back to being a pre-adolescent and realizing I could touch the top of the refrigerator--that was a major big deal to me. 

Pictures from Guppy's Fancy iphone

Guppy's fancy schmancy iphone takes great pictures. Here's 3 from Father's Day.

This one cracks me up the most, because look at Ben's feet!

Doing his best Gene Simmons impression, licking off the frosting. Love Addie pointing and laughing!

Thanks for sending them Guppy!