Incoming! In preparation for Audrey's swimming lessons we thought we'd get her a little backyard pool to splash around in . . . you know, maybe have a tea party with her floatable friends. I'm not sure the Target $40 pool was prepared for 45 pounds of 3 year old coming its way.
"Daddy, the Zebra pool is for big kids, babies need to swim in their own pool . . . with a home depot bucket . . . ". Sam was actually more than happy to be in the safe confines of his own pool vs. being Audrey's landing pad.
"Dad, where was this when I was stuck playing with the orange bucket!".
"Daddy, I'm having so much fun feeding the birdy. Really, I'm not at all scared . . . not freaking out in the slightest . . . DAD, DO YOU SEE THIS BIRD RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY FACE!!!!".
Playing zoo keeper left Audrey absolutely famished. She let me know that mustering the energy to get to the Elephant barn was going to take more than the pretzels and string cheese I brought along. Clearly, bubble gum ice cream cones are the answer to any low energy 3 year old situation.
Had to be fair to the little one at home!
Audrey has been on a camping kick for a long time now. So I broke down, packed up the car, and headed deep into the Baker National Forest for hard core moutaineering . . .
. . . well, in my defense, at around 11:30pm she woke me up (she clearly hadn't slept a wink) and asked me if she could go to bed. I was a little shocked and was frankly curious about what she had been doing for the past hour while I was sleeping.
Having grown up in the 80's, to me this picture looks like two little girls listening to Cinderella (the rock band, not the Disney princess). Their moms quickly corrected me letting me know that this is sign language for "I love you". I then pointed out that both moms grew up in Anacortes. I'm sticking with my interpretation.
You can't tell by the photo, but Sam is rocking a pretty sweet toddler mullet right now. Nothing up top or in the front, but straggly, curly blond hair in back. Nice look bubby!
Incoming! In preparation for Audrey's swimming lessons we thought we'd get her a little backyard pool to splash around in . . . you know, maybe have a tea party with her floatable friends. I'm not sure the Target $40 pool was prepared for 45 pounds of 3 year old coming its way.
"Daddy, the Zebra pool is for big kids, babies need to swim in their own pool . . . with a home depot bucket . . . ". Sam was actually more than happy to be in the safe confines of his own pool vs. being Audrey's landing pad.
"Dad, where was this when I was stuck playing with the orange bucket!".
"Daddy, I'm having so much fun feeding the birdy. Really, I'm not at all scared . . . not freaking out in the slightest . . . DAD, DO YOU SEE THIS BIRD RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY FACE!!!!".
Playing zoo keeper left Audrey absolutely famished. She let me know that mustering the energy to get to the Elephant barn was going to take more than the pretzels and string cheese I brought along. Clearly, bubble gum ice cream cones are the answer to any low energy 3 year old situation.
Had to be fair to the little one at home!
Audrey has been on a camping kick for a long time now. So I broke down, packed up the car, and headed deep into the Baker National Forest for hard core moutaineering . . .
. . . well, in my defense, at around 11:30pm she woke me up (she clearly hadn't slept a wink) and asked me if she could go to bed. I was a little shocked and was frankly curious about what she had been doing for the past hour while I was sleeping.
Having grown up in the 80's, to me this picture looks like two little girls listening to Cinderella (the rock band, not the Disney princess). Their moms quickly corrected me letting me know that this is sign language for "I love you". I then pointed out that both moms grew up in Anacortes. I'm sticking with my interpretation.
You can't tell by the photo, but Sam is rocking a pretty sweet toddler mullet right now. Nothing up top or in the front, but straggly, curly blond hair in back. Nice look bubby! 
