What we've been up to so far this break

Potty Training!  Yeah!  Well not really yeah, but we're working on getting it :-)

Lots of reading and currently both boys are totally into Pokemon.  Harry is also reading his way through the Harry Potter books and is currently on book 2

This one is from the 4th of July - nothing like sparklers - we have more for later in the summer, maybe while we are  on our trip south

K at the beach - it was a windy day.  Yesterday was our first really warm day at the beach which was lovely

We have a lovely child friendly beach just 5 minutes away and sometimes we run into friends and that is great.  Robert likes all of it - digging in the sand, swimming and running around. 

My big boy also enjoys the beach, but this year after time exerting himself riding waves with his boogie board he comes in and takes a seat and reads a book.  I love that he loves to read - I love to read too :-)

Happy July 4th!

At the July 4th concert

Listening to the Music

All 4 of us - one behind the camera

Woohoo, a new fort for the backyard!

Corner prepared & fence down waiting for fort to arrive

backing the fort down the paper road to our backyard

Still on the truck

About to be lowered to a cool wheel system

Timber!

Attaching the slide and ladder

Finally time to play on it!

Both boys checking things out

Putting the fence back up

filling the sandbox - took eight additional bags of sand and we aren't done yet :-)

Dad and his helper

Fort has working sandbox and is now complete - let the games begin!

At the Carousel

On the Carousel - looking cool

Even Mom took a ride :-)

Snack break

The grins just kept coming 

Can we get on yet?

Miss Susan and Willa in the seat

Look at me!

Even the big kid got in on the fun 

Just some pictures

We had another busy weekend.  Harry had a playdate Friday.  We all went to a birthday party on Saturday at the carousel.  Both boys ran around the carousel more than they rode it, I think.  We all took some rides, but I must admit I am not overly fond of getting dizzy so I watched as much as I could.

Yesterday at some point, I rearranged the dinosaurs that Robert had set up around the table (they were a tripping hazard) and put them in a line along the counter.  When Robert came into the room here is what we said,

R:  How did the dinosaurs get there?

M:  They must have decided to have a parade on the counter.

R:  But how did you get that one to stand up?

So even though he was willing to play along with my fancy a bit - his logical little brain still wanted to know how I got the difficult dinosaur to stand!

Oh and from the Harry files - he likes making up jokes and this is my current favorite:

How do you make a robot angry?

You push his buttons!

I think we should send this one off to Boys Life.

A robot in a basket

Robert really wanted to "cuggle" with his brother - he settled for sitting near him

Cuggling

Totem Pole at the fort

A more traditional grouping

Summer, a poem by Harry

The sun floated in the sky, hot and humid, it makes things hot as fire.

Cold and wet water creates giant waves in the ocean.

Clouds of sand blow around ruff (sic) yet tiny, it covers every spot of the beach.

Wet, sweat releases heat from your body in tiny drops.

Tiny and soft animal babies grow up in there (sic) habitat.

Lazy summer days - a few weeks early

As I am sitting here writing, Robert is behind me playing on the floor with Star Wars characters.  They are moving around the room and singing to each other.  I can hear coughing in the living room.  Harry is home from school this afternoon because he was not feeling well.  We began hearing him cough at about six this morning and debated about sending him to school at all, but he seemed to be coughing less by the time of the bus.  I wasn't at all surprised when the call came to come pick him up.  I just regret having sent him in the first place.  Oh well, live and learn.

It is hot as if it were summer.  The last time I checked the temperature read 89 degrees Fahrenheit.  I asked Kevin to put the air conditioner in on Harry's third floor, since it is bound to get really hot.  We are enjoying an early taste of summer (although since I have heard complaints about the heat, I can't say all Rhode Islanders are enjoying the unusual June warmth).  Sunday when these photos were taken it wasn't very hot, but we all went down to wander Ft. Wetherell.  We climbed rocks and threw considerably smaller rocks.  Harry sought out treasures, I found a few pieces of sea glass and finally we went and wandered on one of the forts.  The views from the forts can be particularly spectacular.

I am feeling like it is a lazy day of summer.  We have been playing and sort of wandering about.  Robert and I went to bring bread to a family with a new baby.  She is very cute - were my children ever so small?  Then we went by the library.  We left the library a bit early because the school called for Harry.  Now we've been home a few hours and are just hanging around.  Since it is the first hot day, the indoors is comfortable enough.  We are all pursuing our own interests, an oddity really.  I think if the boys get bored, we may paint egg carton caterpillars, but we shall see what happens.

A treasure that was too big to bring home

On the beach