Jonah loves to practice playing baseball, especially when his dad gets home from work. Lately, instead of hitting off his tee, he really wants someone to pitch to him just like a real baseball player. And amazingly enough, he actually hits the ball some of the time! Then he runs the ‘bases’. Shortly before I started taping, he even hit one clear to the upper right corner of the wall and Nora cheered! I was sorry to have missed recording that one. Anyway, Jonah starts off the video explaining what part of the bat makes a hit and what part makes a foul ball. Then he starts swinging away…
Sean and Jonah set up the tent on Friday night for some backyard camping. It’s been especially hot inside our house in the evenings, so Sean was looking forward to some outdoor sleep.
Nora practiced her crawling/yoga while they got things ready.
Finally, after changing his mind five hundred times, Jonah decided that yes, he did want to sleep in the tent. He really liked hearing his bedtime stories in the tent and seeing the moon and stars. Around 3 am, it apparently got pretty chilly and they didn’t have enough (any) blankets, so Sean tried to just carry Jonah into bed and finish out the night inside. Jonah, however, woke up and desperately wanted to return to the tent, so they gathered some blankets and back out they went. Looks like we have a future happy camper in the family!
Jonah was building a tower of blocks in his room while I made dinner, and either I was not paying enough attention or he was reeeeeally excited, because he actually started coming out to give Nora progress reports on the building. Nora was overjoyed by this because Jonah still doesn’t go out of his way much to interact with her, so on the occasions that he does, she is beyond thrilled. You may not be able to understand all of what Jonah’s talking about, but that’s ok. Neither does Nora. 
Lately, Nora’s not been napping as long as Jonah, so we’ve been taking toys outside to play on a blanket in the beautiful summer afternoon weather. Today she had a great time with her blocks, hitting them together, knocking them over, and of course, eating them.
Some more shots of the growing fangs! Still hilariously cute!
She also got a huge kick out of playing with the Phillie Phanatic today.
And Jonah’s all ready for some baseball!
We decided to take a day trip to the beach and take advantage of our closeness to the ocean. Some friends here let us know about a nice stretch of shoreline that was great for hanging out and playing in the sand. Even though it’s been very hot and summery in Eugene, it can still be extremely foggy and chilly just an hour away. Thanks to a fleece jacket and knit hat, I was able to enjoy the Oregon coast in July. The kids did, too.
Jonah and Sean had great success flying a kite.
Nora enjoyed rolling around on the blanket, still trying her best to get crawling. She also seemed to really like playing in the sand, but if I tried to get a picture of that, she would have taken the opportunity to eat the sand.
The boys played catch in the sand.
Jonah stepped in the water for a few seconds, but tearfully decided that he needed to be picked up because it was freeeeeezing!
I’ve heard that it IS occasionally possible to be at the ocean here on a day that feels warm, so we’ll be giving it a few more tries before the summer is over.
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