The beach: with Nana and Pepere

Wx reports for last Sunday said it was going to be a hot, sunny one so I took the girls and Nana and Pepere up to Richmond Beach.



Our pic-nic wasn't terribly warm, nor was it really sunny, but the beach is so nice and mellow - full of young families and couples with sweet, happy, dogs - that it was plenty comfortable. Of course, the sun decided to show up just as we were leaving.

There's something about that fresh ocean air...yawn!


I think we'll be doing this lots in the years to come. :)

Girl friends

This past Saturday we hosted dinner (yummy freshwater salmon, scalloped potatoes & rhubarb crisp!) for pals Danika and Lucy while their hubby/daddy was playing up at Whistler. Part of the idea was to make use of our new kiddie pool (go Lucy!) and sandbox (forgot!) while the weather was cooperative, but really Zoe and Lucy had a much better time of just mixing up their own fun:







Missing here are shots of their end-of-the-evening game of "tag" in the living room. Bruises aside, I think we all had a blast!

Scenes in the house of a two year old

"I need to go clean the applesauce."



No. There was no applesauce in the living room, but man, that was cute. Now to get her to get that dust rag onto the bookshelves!

In the middle of the cleaning fit, she stopped to say, "I like to clean." Mommy's little girl, indeed!

And!

"I'm sorry," as she accidentally closed the door on her daddy on the way out of her bedroom.

What a little lady...

Life's a beach

I *love* living two miles from the beach. Can you say sea glass???

Zoe's coming to love it, too. Some recent shots of her growing appreciation for the sand and surf:



Officially wet toes!


Some on the hunt for sea glass, others, rocks


Wind it up, baby!


This one's coming home


It's all about the feet


Again, with the shoes


Up high!


Can't miss the playground...with a view

M of late

Maggie's taken her role as the baby of the family quite seriously, mastering all the skills of a 3.5 month old.

Tummy time:


Manning the Bumbo and "the office"


Sitting up, more or less


Grabbing hold (esp, my hair!)


Exercising the legs


And rocking the 'hawk'


I'll have to shoot and post some vid of her coos of late - they are simply some of the most beautiful sounds I've ever heard.

Memorial Day weekend with the grandfolk

We took a trip down to Vancouver, WA, to put in some quality time with Dave's grandparents and extended family. Some especially sweet shots from the fun:

A family who puzzles together...


Maggie making her wager


Bathing beauties


Just the little toe in the pool


Sharing with Mia


Snuggles with Grandma Leona


Post-nap fog


A first for Zoe: "Can I hold Maggie?" Awwwww....


summer's child


gotta fix my shoe, aka "her mom's daughter"


Miss Maggie Jean

Scenes from the home office

I'm back! Thanks to Dave for covering the blog while I was on leave (literally, apparently!). I'll try my best to get back into the swing of things but make no promises as far as regularity goes :)

Here are a few shots from the home office on my first Wednesday working at home with Maggie. All systems are more or less go.



Now if only we could get that bottle thing to work reliably...