Happy Mother's Day

We had a quiet day.  Dog walk, run (quick stop at bakery to pick up white chocolate croissant), park, dinner.  CJ and Daddy got Mama some nice flowers and cards and sweets.  

Here's CJ posing with a friend at the park.  There's a great play structure there and it might make a nice spot for a birthday party.  If only we could get the weather forecast a month at a time to make sure we won't be dealing with rain or 100-degree temps.

Garden Girl

She's back.  And look at her tricky watering skills.  In the heat of the day yesterday, we picked up a couple of tomato plants and today we put them into the ground.  Let's hope the weather cooperates.  Again we tried the Isis Candy ones that were so yummy last year and we also planted some yellow pear tomatoes.  The middle of the bed contains some bean stalks that were started at CJ's school.

Sunny Saturday

We finally had a warm, sunny day.  We spent most of it outside working in the yard.  Working so hard that we didn't remember to bring the camera out and take pictures.  CJ played in her sandbox and Mama and Daddy tried to tackle the weeds.  We are ready for summer weather to be here every day!

She's a Girly Girl

CJ has a new routine and it involves changing her clothes at least once a day.  She can't get herself dressed in the morning, but she can sure root through her drawers and re-dress herself in the afternoon.  Sometimes more than once.  Today she came home from school and changed into her sandbox clothes, but then she got sandy so she had to switch them again.  And, sometimes she tries something on and doesn't like it so it goes into the hamper because it is "dirty".  I wonder how much laundry we'll have by the time she is a teenager...

Comparisons

CJ's noticing the world around here and there are lots of comparisons.  Today we met a friend for an indoor gymnastics park and CJ said "My head is bigger than hers."  She even let the little girl's mom know.

This afternoon she wanted to play one of her favorite games - "baby".  She told me I could pretend I was the Daddy because I was taller than she was.  She'd be the Mommy.

Oh Me, Oh My, Oh May Faire

Today was CJ's first May Faire celebration with her preschool.  We got rained out of the usual country setting, but another family graciously offered their yard in town and we lucked out with sun for the event.  There was a yummy potluck, a play (CJ was one of the flowers) and a May pole dance.  Unfortunately, Mommy put the camera battery in the charger overnight and forgot it at home, so no photos...

Traditions

One of our family traditions is the annual dog walk for a local humane society.  Each year it is a bit different with the weather, the number of dogs and now CJ as she ages.    The starting park has been greatly improved over the years and it includes a farmers market and a fun playground that CJ enjoyed after the walk today.

Here she is meeting a miniature pony before the walk:

The walk goes along the Columbia River and it is fun to see all the different breeds of dogs.  There are so many more chocolate labs than there were 12-13 years ago.  This year we decided to split up almost halfway through the walk.  The boys (Daddy and Big B) took a rest and headed back to the park and the girls continued on.  Little B thought she was going to go for a swim, but we skipped that today.  CJ was a trooper and almost made it to the halfway point for the long walk before we turned back to meet the boys.  It's 3 miles - I bet she'll make it next year.

Here she is celebrating her achievement with her puppies after a well deserved chocolate milk at Starbucks.  (This one had some outdoor heaters that were a nice touch).