Speaking of which, we were able to take the boys for a trip to the coast. That was really just a rip, watching the boys discover the bigness of the ocean, watching them jump the waves, fully dressed down to their socks and shoes, even Ben would squirm and wiggle til I'd finally put him down, only to crawl straight for those beautiful big waves.
these kids would definitely not survive without us.
So, we all got very sandy, visited some tidepools, and generally got outside and just breathed. It was nice.
The next week, we dropped the kids off at the grandparents and went on our own little trip. We went whale watching (a 5hour trip of it), which was absolutely incredible. One pod of about 15 got so close that about half of them swam right under the bow of the boat. Mike planned this esp for my benefit, as it has been a life long dream of mine to see them in the wild. And that was only the first day.... we slept in, we went window shopping up and down anacortes way, and we went on a nice 9mile hike on a beach loop, a trail called lake ozette. very fun. and very good for the self-esteem boost. I mean, we hiked 9 miles! Awesome!
And were very sore the next day.... but we did it!
And the boys.....Ben is officially on the giggle bend. Long as he's fed and getting enough sleep, everything we do is crazy amusing to him. He's staring to say a few words very clearly, like yes and mom and dad. Put shoes on him for church, maybe the second time he's worn them. Every time he tried to stand up, he'd screech. Turns out, he's a toe-curler, so his little feet were folded up in those new fancy shoes. Oh, and he's learned that he has enough height to help me out with playing piano during relief society. He's actually quite gentle with the keys, and pretty proud of his participation.
Andrew is...adorable. How else do I describe him right now? He has this head tilt, big eye, careful pronounication of his words that just makes you want to squeeze him. Cole continues to jump everywhere. He never really walks, he only jumps. He's always running off. He'll be in one room with me, and i'll look up, and he's gone. I'll call for him for a few minutes, look around, and he'll be in the backyard or he'll be in the bathroom or he'll be in the closet with his flashlight. He always answers, but he's enamoured with the bathroom locks now cause he's paranoid that Ben will follow him in. Adam is enjoying his summer vacation, loves reading calvin and hobbes and likes to make up games for us all to play with him. he likes to tell us our parts and have us all play along.
it was a good day today. Spent some time talking to the neighbors as the sun went down tonight. Beautiful sunset.
