The "jumble gym"

Guess who's excited about hanging around on the "jumble gym?"

Portrait

We're getting ready to do a tryout at his pal MJ's preschool. 

Livia's Mommy, the dog, came along for support.

Summer celebration

We spent the Fourth with Ben and Robin, on their ranch in central California—people camped out, relaxed, and enjoyed the day. The kids put together their own parade. It was fantastic.

 After things quieted down, they made a fort out of the play structure, 

 and read and painted inside.

They have lots of land, with avocados, lemon trees, finger limes, and lots and lots and LOTS of poison oak. We were sent home with lemons (for confit) and avos (for guac). Yum!

Snapshots from Yosemite

Painting with marbles

Tilt the box to decide where the marbles should drag the paint.

On: Proper Hygiene

Guest post from Grandpa:


When I returned from the bathroom, Rye said,

"I didn't hear you wash your hands."

He was correct, I hadn't.

"You have to wash your hands right now."

So I went back to the bathroom. When I returned, Rye asked,

"Did you use soap?"

YES, I had.

(no photos)

Grocery run

If only he could drive himself to the store, too.

Happy Fourth!

Arborist

Rye had to get into the spirit when the arborist came to do some major tree trimming on our property.