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!

Memorial Day

We had a pretty nice Memorial day this year. It was at least a little sunny so we could go outside and grill, which was a nice break from the ridiculous cold weather we’ve been having.

While we were waiting for the grill to heat up, Sean and I broke out the hackey sack…you gave it a go, but we’re going to need to work on your coordination a little more before you can really join the circle.

And then I took a photo of you with your umbrella…just because.

…and that’s what you look like “touched up” in photoshop….nice eyeballs!

That pic is the perfect, “uh oh,” face you wear fairly often these days. The bonus is Sean sharing your moment. Why are you in my truck? It’s actually your favorite place other than the car…but only in the driver’s seat so you can shove quarters into the CD player and leave the lights on so mommy and daddy have to get a jump.

As it was memorial day, we ate Sahlen’s hot dogs….they’re the best hot dogs in the world, with apologies to the Esskay franks of my youth.

As always, don’t forget to check out Mommy and Daddy’s wedding and family photography work over at Nickel City Studios.