The Beach!!

We have been reading a lot of "summer" books this . . . summer. Bob found the book "Bats at the Beach" and Etta has been wanting to go. So I decided, why not? We have a really nice camp ground/beach area just minutes from the house. Hell's Gate State Park. So we loaded up some hotdogs and s'more fixin's and headed to the beach with Jackie, Rachel and Grandma Cathy.

Mae was loving the water on her toes.



Etta wanted to build a sand castle.



Exploring with Grandma Cathy.



The Girls wanted to build sand castles too. I'm SO glad that they love to play with Etta.

Secret Fort!

When I was getting ready to vacuum yesterday I realized that I had never made a fort for or with Etta. So we got it set up and ready to go. It was a hit and I hope that we will do it more often. Thinking it will be good this winter when we don't go out and about as much.

The fort. Really not so secret if you ask me.



The secret door to the secret fort.

Happy Birthday Aunt Molly!

Another pigtail post for your enjoyment. I talked her into leaving them in for "three minutes because she's three".

Lower ponies



A little blurry, sorry. But still pretty cute!

Naturally Inquisitive

When Etta was "little" we used to actually sit with her at the piano and play. And when she could finally reach the keys herself it was a proud moment for her.

But since we have Etta around I (unfortunately) haven't really taken the time with Mae to just sit and play the piano with her. But it didn't take her very long to figure out that the tall thing makes noise. It helps me keep track of where she is. Not just the piano "playing" but also the fact that if she gets stuck or can't quite reach the keys from a given point she is quite vocal in her frustrations!

First Harvest

It's not much, but it's ours. First tomato and green pepper of the season from our very own "garden plot" under the clothes line. Super tasty!!

Summer Fun

We finally made it over to Pioneer Park to play in the fountain. Both girls loved it!

Mae is really starting to "crab walk" quite a bit. I don't know if she doesn't like certain textures on her knees or if she wants to walk. I'm thinking textures.



I'm a big kid, mom!



Happy baby in the fountain.



Summer is so fun!!!

Approaching One

Mae loves all things that Etta does or has. Including her water bottle. I wasn't sure if she was going to be able to figure it out right away, but boy was I wrong. It is nice that she can use it since it has been pretty hot here. Now we just have to figure out how to get her to leave some water in the bottle! I'm guessing that we should probably get her her own though....



And check out those blue eyes!