Archive for the ‘Outdoors’ Category

July 9th, 2013 by sara

Spray Park

Last week, the kids and I spent one of our hot mornings at one of the spray parks in town.  They both are loving water a whole lot this summer and happily started running around and splashing through everything.

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I went looking through the archives for the post from last summer when we played here, but apparently, the post I was thinking of was TWO years ago.  Crazy.  Look at these little ones.  Haha.

July 8th, 2013 by seans

Sweet Creek Falls and the Beach!

We took yesterday and went on a nice little hike along the shores of Sweet Creek, in the Coast Range. After this, we headed to Florence where we spent several windy minutes on the beach at the North Jetty. The windy beach was Nora’s favorite part of the day. :)

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July 2nd, 2013 by sara

Water Play!

So it has been HOT here.  Like hot enough that I even admit it is hot.  ;)  So this weekend, we got a hose for the backyard and a sprinkler for the kids to play around in.  Nora is a huge fan of being surprised by cold water, so she loves this.  Jonah does a bit of running through it, too, although he is most excited about playing ‘sprinkler ball’, a game that is suspiciously like baseball but involves pitching, hitting, and running – – through spraying water(!)

First, some pictures of our little waterbug.

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And then a video of the kids playing in the water.  :)

July 1st, 2013 by sara

Phoebe Visits!

And she’s old enough to really play now.  So much fun and cuteness!

The kids had fun playing in their rooms – building train tracks, playing with dolls, and just being silly.  It was great to watch Phoebe ask Nora to play and have Nora go off down the hall with her, and they would just figure out stuff to do together.

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There were also a few rounds of popsicles, since it was basically in the 90s for most of the visit.

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We went to the park to ride bikes, but Phoebe was suddenly not interested in biking.  No worry, Jonah, Uncle Jonathan will race you!

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There was a lot of sndbox playing as well.  Phoebe helped with a bunch of scooping and stirring for Nora’s ‘recipe’ and Nora baked it up on her legs.  Nice job, Nora…

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Jonah and Phoebe worked together to make “the biggest mountain ever.”

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And of course, the obligatory cousin photo shoot which mostly ended in pretty hilarious combinations of expressions.

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June 10th, 2013 by seans

Nora rides a two-wheeler!

Today Nora started riding a two wheel pedal bike – with no training wheels! Straight from a balance bike to a pedal bike, on loan from her friend Declan. Yay Nora!

Nora Pedaling!