the pool is open

It's that time again, and this weekend was certainly a nice taste of summer. The Cousins have opened the pool and another successful pool party was enjoyed by all. [Even Cheyenne had a great time.] The triplets were having lots of fun climbing in and out of the pool. And, Lucy was happy just sitting and pouring water from the buckets. This made for lots of viewing entertainment but not much of a photo opportunity with them all together.

What a big difference from the cousin's last pool party . . . see the previous post from July 11, 2006.

a day on the farm

. . . Davis' Farmland that is. We had lots of fun with some old friends and some new friends, from a local Mom's Group. The farmland has lots of things to see and do. In the springtime, you get to see, pat, and feed all the baby animals. The baby goats and sheep [so cute] were walking around outside the pens and Lucy loved them! She even patted a baby goat on the nose.

After patting and feeding the animals, we played in a big water trough. Lucy and Sebastian loved to feel the water pour down on their hands as it flowed from one trough to the next. Nina liked to play with buckets, while Sawyer really liked splashing!

After a nice break and lunch, we went over to the toddler play area which had some big, plastic trees [among other typical playground stuff]. Lucy spent lots of time inside one of those trees, while Caroline and William climbed in and out of it.

If you'd like to know more about Davis' Farmland, you can check out their site at: http://www.davisfarmland.com/new-site/index.html. We will definitely be going back [maybe next time with the cousins (who go all the time, and were there that morning — but only for a short time)] — we had a great time and can't wait to explore more.

what does the kitty say?

Lucy has really been saying lots of words [a regular copy-cat if you will]. This is more about her cute facial expression saying the word rather than the word itself.*

*If you just can't get enough, an extended version of this video is available on her video website.

cheeky monkey

Although Lucy is nervous walking, she doesn't think twice about climbing. She sets her eyes on the prize and just goes for it . . .

[Any guesses what she was after here?]

choo choo

Lucy's friend, Sebastian, has really started walking lately. He still prefers to hold a hand, but is perfectly willing and able to go it alone [Lucy, however, will always choose to hold a hand, a wall, or some piece of furniture rather than going it solo].

Yesterday, we went to a local playground for our weekly Tuesday-outing. The kids were having a great time climbing and playing on/in the structures [hot dogs anyone?]. After a while, that got boring, and Lucy thought it would be fun to stand holding onto Sebastian's back for support. Now Sebastian has a hard enough time holding himself up without someone clinging to him, but being the rock that he is, he held them both up. And, with the help of Josette, he started a conga train with Lucy and they marched around the playground.

When I was reminiscing with Sebastian's Mom, Josette, this was what she had to say about the day:

"I told Mike [Sebastian's Dad] about Lucy hanging on to Sebastian’s shirt and our little conga train around the playground, and about Lucy hugging Sebastian while they were eating crackers. Mike reached over and touched my belly and said, 'You didn’t just make a person, you made a friend for another person!' I just laughed and said, 'Yeah, they are buddies now! It warms my heart to see them playing together and being so cuddly.'"

aww . . .

a day in the park

What's funner than a ride on a slide?
How 'bout just sitting at the bottom and banging your feet?

That's what Lucy thinks, anyway.