Big Enough to Ride

Last Sunday Austin was invited to a birthday party at a hotel oasis, and I took Ethan to partake in the swim part (okay'd by the birthday boy's mom). After Ethan saw the kids go down the waterslide he was begging....he isn't 48" tall, like the sign said he needed to be, that I know. I took his hand anyway, and we marched up the red stairs, and met the attendant before the last flight to the top. I asked Is he too little to go down the slide? He's my child that has fear of nothing. Can he go down? She sat, looking down, and was silent. Do you know if he's 48 inches tall? I knew he wasn't....I have no idea...he has no fear... I assured her...He's my little kamakazie...so she said sure, let him try and we'll see how it goes. Well....that was the beginning of him on an endless circle of stairs and waterslide. He had so much fun, he didn't want to get off!

We are super excited to have cherries right in our own backyard! Austin is especially excited - they are a bit sour, but so good!

Randomness...

Where did the past 3 months go? Seems like forever since I've been on here to post....Blogger even changed up the whole format of posting, etc, and it's taken me forever to get this far! I can't seem to get a space between the first two pics; not sure what is going on there. Sorry!

Here are a few random shots of late...
The playset. It made the short trip to the new house...and the kids are loving it.

Ethan dancing with his shadow.

...a killdeer egg. One made a nest and had four eggs in the gravel of our driveway....but something took the eggs because one day they just disappeared...no shells or evidence of eggs anywhere. Another (or maybe the same one??) made a nest in some dirt in our backyard and laid an egg....crazy birds. They get this I've got a broken wing, you better get away dance they do when we go near the nest....

 

Swings

Every spring/summer I enjoy listening to the cranes sing in the field adjacent to our house. Music to my ears. I've loved their songs since high school, when I went on the same biology field trip to the International Crane Foundation all 3 times it was offered to students. Someday I want to take the boys there. Soon. (The quality isn't great; I had to keep my distance and I had a 24-70mm lens on).

The weather has been unseasonably warm, so we've enjoyed time after school running around barefoot, swinging, walking, and playing with sticks.