The Mallard Family

Robert McCloskey's "Make Way For Ducklings" has been one of Sawyer's favorite books ever since Aunt Tia brought for him as a gift from Boston when she came to visit at Easter.

Every time we see a duck, he says "Mr. Mallard!!!"

I love it.

We were quite thrilled on our Sunday evening stroll, to find some ducklings. Jacob was out of town on business, and I didn't have the camera with me, as I had both my hands full with both kidlets.

But I wished I had it, when the sun was setting on the lake and we found the ducklings.

Hence, we went back the next evening. We waited. And waited. But finally, we found them.

We followed them half-way around the lake. They were just so cute!

My hands were really full, with Aspen in one arm, Sawyer within arms reach so he didn't take a dive into the lake, and the camera around my neck. But I managed to snap a few. Now that's what I call multi-tasking :)

I like how in the last photo, you can see the clouds reflected in the water. And how Mrs. Mallard has a very motherly look about her. She knew how to "raise up children", that's for sure!

ps- I love the first one of Mr. & Mrs. Mallard. Did you know ducks mate for life? Someone at the park told me that - I am going to believe it. Doesn't it look like they're stealing away for a kiss?

In the rockin' chair

I was just hanging out in the rockin' chair, minding my own business...

When all of a sudden, I heard a noise...

I felt a little bit startled.

Then, I realized who it was. It was my big brother. He came over because he wanted to rock out with me. Well, rock, at least.

Isn't he sweet? He even shares all of his cars with me. I was also on the floor earlier today, on my side and about to roll over when he shouted to our mom "Aspen - playin' cars!" I wasn't really going for the cars, but I'm glad he's happy to share them with me...even the motorcycle. Hopefully one day he'll be just as grateful when I share my baby dolls and Barbies with him :)

Don't you wish you had a big brother like mine?

Playtime with Daddy

Whether flyin' high like an airplane...

Kickin' it...

Or Shakin' it...

This girl loves playtime with her Daddy.

{That makes 3 of us!}

Roll Over, Roll Over

This afternoon Aspen rolled from her back to her tummy. Twice.

She already knows the tummy to back roll.

She has a pretty awesome cheering section.

And the prize was that her brother shared two of his favorite cars with her. Lucky girl.

Hooray, Aspen! Rolling both ways by 3.5 months! I cannot believe how fast she is growing up!

Note to Aspen: PLEASE don't crawl as early as your brother did!

*note the change of clothes and blankie under her...yes...between rolling and receiving the prize she spit up so much it was worthy of a new outfit. This still often happens multiple times a day. I usually change my outfit once or twice, as well. I told Jacob that instead of burp clothes we just need lots and lots of t-shirts :)

To the Sand Pile we Went

We didn't quite make it to the beach today. But after naps, we headed to Discovery Park and the big pile of white sand at the top of the bluff overlooking the beach and the Puget Sound.

We played in the sand. But mostly, Sawyer "drove" his trucks around. It is so funny. He can do it for hours. I think it's a boy thing...because yesterday when we were at the beach with our friends, his buddy did the same thing.

Oh, and if you ask the boy to give you a smile, this is the one you'll get: (he says he learned it from Auntie Tia...)

As we were walking through the park, we found this rather interesting flower (above) which looks like it is growing out of a leaf. Kinda cool. Unique, at least.

There were lots of "wish flowers" just ripe for making wishes. We had to let Sawyer blow a few wishes in the air...I mean, the boy's birthday is coming up and surely he's got to have something to wish for...

It was a fantastic outing to end our Saturday. What did you do to celebrate the weekend?