Summer Days

The summers in Oregon are so beautiful and generally not too cold or hot. So, we have been enjoying our time outdoors and having fun. On Tuesdays Meadow and I go to Wildwood park and meet up with other moms and kids and have a picnic lunch before heading over to the library program. Today we will be going to see reptiles, but they have had storytellers and musicians the past few weeks. We have also been enjoying swimming at the neighborhood pool and at Ghanny and Bampoms house as well as playing in the sand down by the river. We even have set up an outdoor water park in our side yard. Meadow loves to play in her little pool and with her water table. We recently set up a canopy so we can have shade on the hot days.

Here are some pictures of the little water park, including Todd cooling off. Meadow decided she wanted to sit in the water table the other day.

Practicing her back stroke

We set up her slide next to the pool. A very fun addition

Cream cheese mouth with a great smile. Meadow is so fast, it is hard to catch the good expressions these days.

The beautifully stained deck. Todd worked hard for a couple days this past weekend getting this done.

Our new neighbors. We think that people in our neighborhood have been feeding them because they came around right at dinner. I have to admit the babies are so cute.

Our cat was not too fond of their presence. The other day the mom had been peeking over our picket fence and Meadow saw it very briefly and had been asking to see it ever since. She was very excited that it came back to visit with her babies.

This past Sunday it was kind of a drizzly misty day, so we decided to do what we would normally do on a spring weekend day and head to one of our favorite hikes. It was so great to be outside and enjoy the beautiful scenery along the Salmon river. I was also very excited that my back was feeling better. We did between 3-4 miles. Meadow walked probably about half of it and rode in the backpack for the rest. It was so much fun seeing her observe all the little things a long the hike. She pointed out fun plants and little holes that we would have never seen. She also learned what a clover is.