at the beach

How these months as a mother of three go by! We went to the beach with my parents back in October. It was really relaxing, especially because there was no tsunami, but had there been we were relieved to see that evacuation instructions suggested everyone come to our floor on the hotel, so we would have been as safe as it gets.

While we were there Fife started consolidating her naps, and also falling asleep at 7:30 for the whole night. I think Nana is some kind of baby whisperer, but fortunately, for the most part, the schedule has stuck.

Here are some pictures from the trip:

Anyone who knows Lucy knows she scatters art everywhere she goes, like some sort of glitter monster; this was a drawing I found hanging up on the deck railing at Nana and Papa's room. She sid it was an invitation to the spiders to come and build their webs there.

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now and then

On the fishing boat: Teagan, two years old (June 2012)

On the fishing boat: Lucy, two years old (July 2011)

gone fishin'

Is there something about the nice weather that makes me want to end my post titles in apostrophes? When summer is beautiful, who can be bothered to finish a gerund?

We continued our stretch of weekday summer adventures with boat fishing at Hagg Lake. Oscar managed his first stretch in a lifejacket and on a boat well, the same way he handle most things. Nana was a champ; as usual, doling out grandma love and snuggles with a lap and two arms.

The water was cold enough to make you take a few seconds to catch her breath, and though Lucy initiated the jumping in, when she did it herself she wasn't a fan. Titi, though, who generally avoids cold water in the bathtub, was having a ball.

There was a dearth of fish and therefore also a dearth of fish pictures, but Shaggy found an abandoned rope swing so the day and the sun were fully used.

We also still managed a minor fish fry with the yellow perch we caught. The adults were judicious, making sure there was enough to go around, but when Lucy came to the table she immediately grabbed a handful of the cornmeal crusted bites for her plate, she definitely has radar for the best food on the table.

We are going to have to get that girl a fishing pole.

friday cute shot

friday cute shot