Summer Fun

We absolutely love where we now live. We're close to the beach, trails, and state park - and we've been taking full advantage of it all. Here are a few (actually - a lot) photos taken in the last week or so.

On Monday, when it was a bit dreary, Raf and I headed to the state park to find some rocks to collect. Despite the greyness and the coolness of the morning, we had a very fun couple of hours filling Raf's bucket with pebbles and stones, and finished off the morning with rolling around in the sand.

I see a big pebble.

Enough of the collecting... now just lots of rolling around.

Things warmed up and here Raf is on the trail near our house, once again looking for pebbles to throw into the stream (one of his favourite past times).

Good throwing.

A quick inside interlude for some gymnastics...

Followed by a run around the block.

Then some time at the park.

And then some time in his little pool... swimming like a big boy.

An evening picnic on the beach.

Followed by some playtime in the water and sand.

Here's Raf saying 'hi' to the birds... very loudly and with a lot of passion.

Mummy escapes for a morning run.

Then comes home to take Raf and the boys for a cool down walk around the block.

What fun! We come across a big digger. What luck that we're currently living amidst lots of building sites :) Raf spent about an hour watching the digger and trucks moving dirt around.

Then it's back to the beach for another picnic - this time lunch - before he drags mummy into the sea for a very fun swim. On the way out of the park (a nightmarish walk from the beach to the car... when you have an over tired almost 3 year old and tons of gear and you're on your own), a woman stopped me and said that she's been watching Raf and I in the water, and that it looked as though we were having so much fun. We really did. We were both giggling and smiling a lot as Raf clung on to me and we swam into the waves.

Warming up, pretending to be a duck in his duck towel. Raf had me cuddle him while the towel was wrapped right around his head, and then had my sing 'baby duck' songs to him while rocking him. He really was ready for a sleep.

A short nap and then a Solstice party in our neighborhood. Raf was already exhausted but he had a super time with Nico, who was also there.

A very fun week.