friday night walk season

 
Friday-night-walk season is officially here. We have resumed our weekly pj-clad (just the kids) jaunts for slush (more commonly referred to here as "water ice"). Gus so loves our "walks in the dark" (we are usually home before it actually gets really dark) that he runs all the way to our favorite slush store which is over 10 blocks away. This is the kid who will not get out of the stroller at the park until I push it right up to the jungle gym. Not to be left out, Theo has started actually walking to the slush store as well. This makes for a very slow trip. And after about five blocks, Theo just sits down on the sidewalk. If we pick him up he kicks and screams. If we let him walk, he goes about one house-length and sits down again.

After eating a kiddie-size slush Gus has even more energy and "rides" his skate board home (he holds out his arms and chasses down the sidewalks). This is extremely tiring. I skateboarded with Gus for a block and felt like sitting down on the sidewalk Theo-style. Jonathan also can attest to the difficulty of imaginary skateboarding. What a good dad he is to dance down the street with Gus! Maybe this week I will bring their bike helmets and the video camera.

Happy Birthday PopPop

short sands, york maine

We spent Memorial Day weekend with Grammy and Grandpa. On Sunday morning we got up early and spent some time at the beach before visiting Joan and Matt and May. You may be wondering why the boys are dressed for the cold while others on the beach are dressed for, well, the beach. It was 57 degrees when we pulled into the parking lot, and raining when we left. Jonathan decided the other folks were visiting from Canada, so 57! But we were all brrrrr.

Bedbugs vs. Ants Rained Out

Gus's first t-ball game was canceled due to rain in the morning. By the evening it was sunny, and the boys had energy to spare.

Warning: These are long. Amy thought the uncles would especially appreciate them.

the pool is open

 
It was so hot today, and the pool was so inviting, that the boys could not be convinced to go upstairs to get their bathing suits.

 
They both jumped right in, and then Theo got right out. Hose water is cold.

 
Gus was too giddy to mind.

 
Theo pretended he was diving in but remained on the outside.

that elusive photo

 
I am trying to get one really good photo of the boys together.

 
One that would make a nice present, say for Mother's Day.

 
But is impossible. And not because Theo is wearing a "crazy getup."

 
It happens to be my favorite 18-month article of clothing from Gus. And it is only improved by the red fake crocs. Jonathan said that Theo would be mistaken for a girl. And he was. All day long and by people from age 2 to 100.

sandbox

 
Last summer we spent some wonderful afternoons in our friends' sandboxes. By all reports the sandbox keeps kids so occupied that a mother can actually read a book. I like to read! So here is our new sandbox.

 
The only down side is that we will have sand all over our house. It turns out that half of my friends who had sandboxes last summer are not filling them this summer. I wonder if it would help if I brush the boys off with a big paint brush before they enter the house?

hydrangea

 
Out of the blue, Gus asked if I would take his picture with the hydrangea. He really likes this plant.

in our kitchen

 
This is the way Theo typically looks after every breakfast and many lunches. He is a fool for blueberries. When he wakes up in the morning he yells. "EAT. I EAT." When I ask him what he wants to eat he always answers, "Berries."

 
Gus breading eggplant for eggplant parmigiana is not so typical around here. He likes to help me cook and bake, but I do not usually invite him into such potentially messy projects, and I also do not make eggplant often since, so far, the boys do not like it. But we invited Danielle, Alex and Eli over for the end of Passover and eggplant and spaghetti seemed like the perfect thing to serve.

 
Theo did not eat the eggplant but licked his desert plate clean. Blueberry shortcake.

zoo

 
We met Jannie, Todd and Tobin at the zoo today and spent some quality time with the lions. It is a little scary to have your baby so close to a lion, even when you know it cannot get him.