Last days of summer

A special treat for Aiden, is a visit to the local pet store to look at the fish. Zack has been there many times before, but this is the first time he is walking and not just bobbing along in the baby carrier. It was fun to see how much he enjoyed looking at the fish and following his brother from tank to tank.

Aiden seems to be officially potty trained, with him running to the bathroom whenever he needs to. My big boy is also starting school next week, with a one-on-one session with his teacher and then class starting on the 14th. He still loves his cars, but dinosaurs are a close second these days.

Camping at Jenkinson Lake

We went camping with friends at Jenkinson Lake just outside Pollock Pines (45 minutes from home) this weekend. It was an exhausting experience with a one-year-old and a three-year-old, but worth it! The lake is beautiful and we had a really nice camp site. On Saturday we got to go out on Brian & Melissa Messer's boat - a real treat especially for Aiden. He learned his new favorite word "wipeout" - in reference to daddy's attempt at wakeboarding. I think this weekend was also the dirtiest either Aiden or Zack had ever been in their lives, what with playing in the dirt and no bath for two full days. We did take them both for a brief swim in the lake just to wash off the top layer of dirt. It was also the first time we used our new family tent and it worked out great. It even got rained on for about 45 minutes early Sunday morning... very unusual for August in California.

Fun in the sun

Our days are pretty much the same every day....we play until we get hungry and then we play until bedtime. We all sleep like logs at night (and not little babies!)

A new water park opened about a month ago, so we are spending quality time there at the moment.

Hot summer days

We are in the middle of another heat wave, with temperatures in the high 90's (37 C) and low 100's (39 C) for the past week. That means mornings at the different water parks in the area and afternoons swimming with dad. Life is good!

Little monkey!

Now that Zack is walking, he is trying his best to keep up with his brother. He is still not very stable on his feet, but he will try and climb on everything he sees. He keeps me busy! We are planning two camping weekends this summer and decided it's time to upgrade our little three-man tent. Gavin and Aiden camped in our backyard on Saturday, to give the new tent a test run.

Birthday party

It was Zack's birthday party on Saturday. I made a spider cake, much to Aiden's delight, with plenty of candles to blow out. It was fun to have so many of Zack's friends share in the celebration.
We served hot-dog spiders as a snack, and I promised to include the link to the recipe....have fun making these.