Summer has finally sprung.  It felt like it took forever this time......June was terrible, and then come July 4th, the planets aligned.........   Which is no excuse for not having blogged for almost two months, but it is the excuse I am going to use this time.

Today was the Perfect Summer Day.  The temp was a perfect high of 81.  Karen did not have any bike things on the docket.  Reed is sans ear infection.  It is Sunday--I did not have to work.  Are you seeing where this is going?  That's right!  FUN!!!

We deliberated on which park with water feature to visit today and then we decided on the old stand-by of Greenlake Wading Pool.  We loaded Reed up in the Burley and headed out.  Thank goodness we have a professional athlete in the family--because it is she who hauls our Boy, his toys, his carriage, gallons of sunscreen, his water bottle, and snacks for us all--up and over Phinney Ridge.

The water temp was perfect. Lots of kids.  Perfectperfectperfect.

I am totally into this "rainbow" lens from an iphone app.  

After a couple hours at the "pool", we rode home, then had Auntie Lisa over for a little BBQ.  F-U-N.

(and then we took Reed's clothes off, getting ready for bathtime...)

And then a bath, three books, a bottsie, and then bed.  A perfect Seattle Day.

  Ahhhh...  A good day had by all.

Birthday, the third time around

Today we went to the Seattle Children's Museum to celebrate the birthdays of all the kiddos in our parent group.  There are eight kids in total, but only four could make it today (because most people work Mondays, I suppose).  We had never been to this museum before.  Reed loved it.  Tons to do, tons to touch, and tons of other kids' hands from which to grab super cool toys. 

The Birthday Party part was fun too.  Who doesn't want to celebrate his birthday three times?  

I could really use some KOOL AID to wash this down!!!

This is the inside of a (fake) sperm whale's throat.

(see?  his haircut is pretty cute, right?)

I believe we are done with the birthday celebrations.  And the cupcakes.  And the resulting craziness.............   For now.

Haircut

Yep.  We broke down and did it.  I do love the scruff look, the long curls in the back.  The bad boy bed head in the morning.  But it just became too much to manage. With all the beans, bananas, egg yolk, and strawberries smashed in his hair three or four times per day.....it was just too hard. I definitely will miss the neck curls--for sure.  If only we could do the mullet--trim hard around the ears and crown and leave the backside long.  I guess I have too much pride to allow that to happen.

He did great.  We took him to our friend Tracie--she cuts our hair too.  In a regular place.  And she is awesome.

Before:  ...not that you have not seen his long locks of late....

Not the greatest representation of his backside curls....they (were) cute....

During:  Reed actually did better than I thought he would.  He liked the squirt bottle, the "ball", and the blueberries I was pushing....

Yes, there were a few moments of squirmy protest.

After:  I am sorely lacking in after-cut documentation. I will try to make up for it tomorrow!

Phew.  We can cross that one off our list.   Yahoo!

Random awesomeness

I'm still behind on some posts, but had to dump some iphone pics ASAP.

kisses!

 Karen DID make it to the Mother's day picnic at Gasworks Park.  She came straight from her race weekend.  That's why she's still wearing the dorky hat she insists is cool because it is made by some bike guy.  She also wants everybody to know she is still in her racing shorts.  Those are racing shorts, not fashion shorts.

This is what happens under Reed's chair at the table when Barley misses two of Reed's meals:

Completely disgusting.

Amy our nanny took these today:

That's right--another warm day, requiring the One Tooth Wonder to eat a Shirtless Lunch

"I'm READY!!!!!!"