4th of July and More

Well, Summer in the PNW has finally arrived, and shockingly it happened before July 5th for once!  Lily continues to grow at a staggering pace, she's now got 4 teeth, crawls like a crazy baby, climbs up on furniture, and in general wrecks havoc on her brothers nice orderly life.  At least now she's getting beg enough that the two of them can play together a little, but I'm betting it's not going to be long before she develops the use of the word "NO!".

 Cuddling the fat cat, havin' a snack

 Dinner with Jewsbury's. Clearly Matt had no fun at all.

 Playing with care in the basement. Lily tried to grab the car when it came around.

 Had a leak in the toilet gasket and had to replace it.  Matt was "helping". Hold the flashlight.

 Contact paper art project.  Looking good!

 "Where's my food?"

 "Oh, yeah, the good stuff!"

 "What do you mean there's no more?"

Matt's getting really good at riding his glider bike.  Going to have to put the pedals back on it soon.

glider biking from Virnig Family on Vimeo.

 Even though he's getting REALLY good at glider biking now, Matt still enjoys a little Jeepin'.

 Playing in the Kitchen.

No idea why, but Lily LOVES this little plastic carrot.

See what I mean?

For 4th of July we went down to the property for 3 days.  We had a ton of fun, fireworks, good food, and good company from the neighbors. Unfortunately since it was a mid-week 4th, Auntie and Uncle couldn't join us, and it wound up just being the 4 of us and GranDan.  

We brought the inflatable boat down so we could do a little crabbing and cruising around, Matt had a blast in the little boat.  Every time he got up from a nap, he wanted to take the boat out again.  We even managed to get Jamie to go out with Matt and I, leaving Lily behind for some time with GranDan.  Lily seemed fine with this, until she saw the 3 of us out in the boat without her.  1/4 mile away with the engine running, and we could STILL hear her squaks of protest at having been left behind.

 Catching Parachutes.

 Snakes!

 Some new friends from next door.

 Lily snacking on Humus and watching the fireworks.

We must have gone through half a dozen boxes of sparklers.

 Check out those chompers!

 

The neighbors getting ready for dark.  They don't mess around.

 A mid wek 4th made for a more tame show down at the community beach.  (Not necessarily a bad thing) Yes that is an old ladder with fireworks strapped to it.

The 4th is a blast down there, but both years so far, the morning of the 5th comes close.  So quiet and peaceful.

 Holding onto little sister.

 Lily took any opportunity she could to attack the clover heads.  Pretty sure at least one went down the hatch.

 

Baby and blue sky.

 Matt and Jamie taking a walk at low tide.

 Lily having some fun with GranDan.

 Baby girl is all done.

Kids playing crab fishermen.

Auntie and Uncle came down to play with the kids last weekend so I could get some things done while Jamie was out.  Auntie came up with the idea of boating in the pool.   After 1.5 hours of playing with Auntie and Uncle, both kids immediately passed out after lunch. Thanks guys!

 Turtle boat!

Yesterday we took a little adventure up to Tolt McDonald park and Remlinger farms.

 Crossing the bridge with a sleeping Lily.

 "I'm walking in the middle so I don't fall through the cracks!"

 Playing in the river.

 Look who finally woke up!

 Dropping rocks into the river.

 Eating ice cubes waiting for lunch.

 Lily was using the straw like a horn, using it to make noise. Muscial future maybe?

 After nap wagon rides!

How did both of them get on one side?

Last nigt getting Matt out of the tub we had a little exchange that I thought Virnig family members and those who know GranDan would appreciate.

Matt: "Grandma needs a new GranDan."
Me: "Oh really, why is that?" (I get told once a week that he's getting a new daddy who will let him do whatever it is that I'm not letting him do, so this wasn't all that shocking.)
Matt: "Because GranDan's smiler is broked.  It's just broked so she needs a new GranDan."
I guess GranDan needs to work on smiling a little more.

That's all for now, hope everyone's been enjoying the Summer weather!

Have chomper, will travel

Lily's getting bog soo fast.  In less than a month, she went from just barely able to get sitting up, to taking off at a full crawling sprint after big brother's toys.  The kid never stops moving!  And in the last week, she's done the daredevil, "pull myself up on something and then let go to see how long I can stand before I fall down" thing.  Crazy.  

She's been tearing through pretty much any "solid" food we put in front of her, (except the spicy black beans, that was a mistake...) and in the last week, went from no teeth, to 1 upper and 1 lower, with the other two upper and lower getting ready to make an appearance any day now.  

It's pretty fun to watch her and Matt play together, even though it somehow almost always ends in tears she loves that big brother.

Anyway, on to the pictures!

Redneck pack n' Play.

Happy with a full belly!

This is what happens when Auntie is allowed to feed the baby.

"Who Farted?"

Goofy boy!

Working on those crawling muscles.

More fun with the light table

"If I could figure out how to make my legs work, I'd come get you!"

Running around the house in flippers

Helping clean off the deck

Baby Buddha

Remember what I said about playing with brother ending in crying?  How do you think this ends?

3 guesses who's shades those are.

Matt and I took off early on Mothers day weekend and hooked Mommy up with custom donuts.

Working on the great escape

Good thing I had the keys, or they'd be long gone by now.

Baby girl stole my hat!

Matt having fun in GranDan's camper

Working on crawling in the grass

Diggin' clams!

Lily loves the beach.  What kid doesn't love playing in the sand?

The pink hat makes the outfit.

I was making coffee and Matt left his stool out.  I felt a tug on my leg and looked down to see this.

Matt started swimming lessons. The first week he froze his skinny buns off, so we shoved him back into the wetsuit.

Working on that crawlstroke.

We made it out to Long Beach for a few days.  Lots of fun being there, but to and from was less fun.  4 hours is just way too long in the car with these kids.  Had to do something I swore I'd never do, stopped at a walmart and bought an in car DVD player.  After the first quiet 1/2 hour, it was money well spent.

Playing on the beach

Watching the waves come in.

Trouble...

Matt and I went for a walk on the boardwalk before everyone else got up.  Nice to be the only ones out there.

Chasing Poppy...

...and the gulls

Auntie brought a kite that provided lots of entertainment.

Matt found a nice stick and used it to "plow" the beach

Hey, get outta my beer!

 This weekend we went back to the property for a night.  The kids have so much fun down there, it's great.

Going for a stroll...

Somebody's been eating all the M&M's out of the trail mix...

We didn't get enough boating in while we were there, and this morning Matt really wanted to go boating again.  So I dug out an old river floating boat, and we headed out to Cottage Lake for a little boating.  We quickly determined that 2 of us in the boat with a chunk of fence board for a paddle was a recipe for disaster, so I tethered the boat and let Matt splash around for a while.

Happy Fathers Day everybody!

Dinner and a Show

Lily is really starting to dig solid foods.  She does take a little longer to eat than the rest of us though, so she ends up getting a lot of entertainment from her brother while trying to eat.