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Summer has taken a long time to get here this year. So I am soaking up any sunny day I can. Today I put all my work aside, packed the kids in the car and headed to the ridge. The kids did NOT want to go, but once they were there, they were like little mountain goats on the summer snow and hillsides. We even saw a bear- I think- it was waaaay in the distance. That made the kids day and we all agreed later that we had a good time.
Once we got home, Joe took the boys down to the dock with their new fishing poles. The photos look a lot more docile than the actual experience (which involved both lines completely tangled, half of one pole taken apart and both kids briefly brought back to the house so my husband could curse and untangle by himself)
I will feel the sun and warmth and fun of this day long after I go to bed tonight. A rare sunny warm day having fun with my family. How wonderful is that.
Poor Arlo’s birthday got overshadowed last week by Joe’s eye surgery. But little A deserves a blog post, don’t you think?
Arlo waiting for his friends to arrive to his Birthday Party
How best to describe Arlo at 3? Chubby cheeks still with a hint of baby, but a vocabulary and bearing of an older child. He adores his trains and can’t bear to part with them at meal or bedtimes. His imagination is impressive (and probably benefits from an older sibling). ”Mama! Pretend I am a saber-tooth T-rex swimming dinosaur and I am your baby but I died so you are sad. Now I came back to life and you are so happy! Do you want a kiss? This is how a T-rex swimming dinosaur kisses… sslurp-HISS!
His babyhood is disappearing (or has it disappeared?) “Mama! I am NOT a BABY. You do NOT have any more babies! You only have big guys”
The big guys in Seattle in May 2011
He got a rock in his ear yesterday at daycare and I had to pick him up early and bring him to my office to have it removed. He was incredible… no drama, no tears. Just sat completely still while she removed the rock. Amazing.
And that sums it up, I suppose. That is what you are Arlo, amazing. Simply amazing. I love you. Happy Birthday!
We had a big scare last week- Joe had another retinal detachment in his good eye. I can’t even describe how scared I was; I was so worried that he wouldn’t regain enough vision to work, drive, climb, bike… you name it. What would our life be like??? Luckily, he noticed it early, and we went straight to Seattle and he had the repair the next day. He can already start to see out of the eye and I am breathing large sighs of relief, everything is going to be ok.
We had a great trip planned for this weekend- we were going to take our bikes and the kids and ride the ferries to Salt Spring Island and stay at a cute little villa. So we were super disappointed to miss out on our trip. The kids are finally big enough for real adventures, and then suddenly here we are, grounded again.
We got a canoe this week and Joe felt well enough to take it out for the first time today, and while we may have only spent thirty minutes on the lake, the kids loved it and we got a little “adventure” into our day.
There will be other summers and other trips to look forward to. For right now, I am just thankful for a peaceful day at the Lake and that Joe’s eye will be just fine.
