Well, actually, these pictures are from June.
June in the PNW is not really summer.
Yes, summer does officially come in June, but not here.
June is usually mostly cloudy with rain showers off and on. The temps.
range from the upper 50's to 70 or so.
There are usually only a few genuinely summer-like days.
Here's one such day. I think it was like 60 something out this day.
That didn't matter to my little mermaid. It was......
.......Pool time!
Mikey likes to look at the sprinkler while it's on and play with
it when it's off. But, in his words, "No Like."
On another non-rainy day,
Mike and I visited a park that was home to some farm animals.
Mikey liked the animals, but was more interested in the
tractors he saw and the garbage truck that
came to empty their dumpster.
"MOOOOOOOOOO."
He enjoyed watching this turkey strut his stuff.
"No touch gobble."
After we spent a good amount of time feeding rocks to the
chickens (Mikey says they like to eat rocks),
it was time to head over to the fields to find the horses.
"NA-NA, RUUUUUNNNNNNN!!"
If you were wondering where Katie was all this time,
well, she was at summer camp.
This week was "Adventure" week.
Here's what she was busy doing......
"ARRRRRRRRR"
Huzbend was busy gearing up for his big ride to Portland this past month.
Here we are waiting at a playground for him.
We were "road support" on this particular training ride.
He did 100 miles that day.....all by himself.
Psycho.
An update on the kiddies:
Katie has developed a very strong independent streak.
She wants to do everything herself (which is not always efficient, much to my dismay). She's had us take her training wheels off her bike, she's enjoying summer camp and making
new friends, she's learning how to swim, expressed interest in spelling and growing like a weed.
The problem is that this independent streak also has a downside.
When she doesn't get her way, there's lots of screaming, fighting, and all sorts
of tantrums going on. I don't know what the deal is.
She can be very stubborn and rude one minute and so
sweet and accommodating the next.
It's a little disconcerting and hard to deal with.
Mikey is making great strides in his communication skills.
He can put together pretty big sentences now and seems to pick
up a new word a day. He is all sorts of cute.
Don't get me wrong, he too has his tantrums.
And on a sad note, I found out yesterday that he has food allergies.
I fed him a bite of protein bar - no nuts in it, just soy - and waited.
Within a minute or two, he told me his mouth was "HOT" and started itching his throat. An hour later, he began to sneeze and cough, his nose began to run
and he threw up all over me.
It was almost the exact same as Katie's first reaction.
Katie was there watching it happen and she was so calm and reassuring to him.
She helped get my phone, and some things to help me clean up when I was busy holding him to calm him. I was so proud of her.
So, the next step is to have him tested. I plan to have that done as soon as possible. I'll be sure to give an update.
And so, June-uary, as they call it here, is over.
Summer is (finally) here!
Huzzah!
