Long Beach

Hey there, kiddo. We’ve been having a very long month, so when we were tossed an invite to take you to this place:

by one of our favorite families, the Wattses/Roaldis/Haimilas, we jumped on it. This is their hut at Long Beach, up in Ontario. They vacation here every summer, and, oddly enough, it’s about a quarter mile down the road from the cottage your Mom grew up in. We got you to the beach, and your decided to sample the local flavors.

We tried to get you into the water, but the minute your feet touched the cold water you ran back up the beach, turned around and told the lake, “No, no, no, no, no!”

Here’s you randomly giving Kim some skin.

Then Kenny decided this would be a good idea.

I’m not sure what he thought the result would be, but it ended up being this:

Actually, you and Alli kind of have a similar thing going on…

And then your lovely Aunt Alli taught you to throw sand. Thanks, Alli!

Then it was time for an outfit change and some sand castle building!

Which Kim quickly turned into a more Murphy-friendly project.

Then it was time for another outfit change — into your sand thong!

The sun came out, so we dropped you into your supersuit and got some swimming and generally good playing in.

Until a random skydiver fell on the beach.

Then you went kayaking with your daddy.

Then it was time for another outfit change, and some cake. A word you learned, immediately.

And just a nice shot of us, relaxing, before we headed home. You had a ridiculously amazing time. Thanks, again, Wattses for having us!

Rock Star

You’re pretty into the Wiggles and music in general right now – so whenever I break out my guitar to play for you…well, you just kind of take over and want to do it all yourself. Since I value my guitars, I had to figure out a way to keep you happy imitating Murray Cook.

Mini-guitar? Check. Extra strap from the last DSLR I bought and some duct tape? Check and check. Kick-ass baby with a guitar? Check.

So we had that going on this morning – we were “fruit salading” and “hot potatoing” and generally getting down when you pulled this:

Behind the neck playing, Hendrix-style? Oh hell yes that’s a check. Maybe I should have made that guitar left-handed….