All four of us were at home for Summer 2014! We had a great time but forgot to keep you all updated. So, here's a recap (in alphabetical, not chronological order).
Bride Ashley had the best idea for a bachelorette: Ride the Ducks Seattle! What fun to spend time with some of my best college girlfriends, touring Seattle with permission to act a little crazy. Ashley is one of the most amazing people I know and she made a beautiful bride.
Camping? Not this summer unfortunately. But the boys did receive a fun little tent from Aunt Sherry (with matching accessories) and had fun playing in the backyard.
We found a friendly Dinosaur at the library! Just like last summer, we found our way to the library for story time. After hearing three stories, the kids were invited to participate in mask making. Nathan makes a pretty cute dinosaur.
Epaminondas was a folk tale my mother told me at bed time as a child. I've grown up with just pieces in my head and wished I could recall the rest (I couldn't recall even the correct pronunciation of the name). While hanging out at the library this summer, a book cover caught my attention: Epossumondas. Instantly, the name sounded familiar, but not quite right. A quick skim of the author's biography told me the author grew up in Louisiana hearing the same story and wrote this politically correct version to honor that folk tale. I feel like a missing piece to my child hood has been recovered and I've loved sharing this story with Nathan.
Our own little Ferdinand? Nathan likes to take time to stop and smell the flowers.
Two boys lucky to have two Grandfathers for reading and cuddles.
Andrew's first Haircut this summer.
I love this guy! We celebrated our ninth anniversary with a romantic dinner. Well, not really. We fed the boys dinner, then made a nice dinner for ourselves. We tried to dine but our boys didn't seem interested in playing on their own that night. And the boys must have sensed something because they were both more whiney and there were more tears that night than I can recall all summer. Oh well. It's a phase, right?
July Fourth we always love to spend at Three Tree Point with the Davolts.
These two kids are growing up too fast!
It's always a good time to hang out with your Lego friends. We came upon these two at a church in the park event in our area.
We felt honored to celebrate our friend Andrew's marriage to his beautiful bride.
Nathan has decided that he prefers to sleep with his head covered. Here are some examples from nap time (on the floor). It's kind of creepy when he declares at night, "You have to cover my head with the pillow". Okay...
I was so excited to spend a sunny weekend on the Oregon coast. The sight, sound, and smell of the ocean speaks to my soul like nothing else can. The four of us had a great time building sandcastles and jumping in the waves.
Play! Andrew loved exploring the Vancouver Community Library's early eduction wing with tons of fun activities.
Quiet moments by the river are always enjoyable and the weather also gave us time to play this year, too.
Nathan loves reading directions, especially those that use visuals. He easily interprets the steps to making instant oatmeal in the microwave as seen in the picture. He'll point to each step and instruct, "Mama, you have to put it in a bowl. Then you have to add water and put it in the microwave to make it hot."
Summer 2014 included...sunny Seattle skyline, Seahawks trophy tour, a growing sunflower, and Portland's Soap Box Derby!
Toys! This is a typical view of our playroom. You definitely have to watch your step around our house these days. Nathan loves building with his Lego Duplos, his matchbox cars and his beans box with diggers and dumpers.
The Oregon Zoo, which we frequently enjoy, is under construction! Thanks to a substantial regional bond measure a few years ago, the zoo is expanding their Elephant lands. Each visit we make, we find something new has been taken down, built or moved. One evening, the zoo invited young guests like Nathan to take a picture with the excavator.
Vintage baseball at Fort Vancouver was a pretty neat event. It was a perfectly sunny evening for baseball. We spread a blanket along the first base line, ate take out Thai food and enjoyed the authentic recreation of a 1867 baseball game. The teams wore wool uniforms and played gloveless. The play by play announcers used 1867 terminology, there were spectators in period costumes wandering the seating areas and live music played between innings. The visiting team from Oregon City was founded a year prior, in 1866, and therefore had a leg up on the sport. The daisy cutters (grounders) and cloud scrapers (fly balls) were much more frequent when the home team was playing defense. A ball could be caught after one bounce and still be considered an out and an error was described as being, "ungentlemanly".
Vacation Bible School was also on the agenda this summer. I think Nathan was thankful for some social interactions outside the family. I volunteered to help, which makes it my first VBS, too.
Why not eat the dirt? Mom and Dad are busy pulling weeds. Big brother is playing by himself. What else would I do?
Extra Credit: Why not eat the tomatoes off mom's plant, too? I mean, I can reach them.
You are my sunshines...my amazing sunshines. You make me happy, when skies are grey. You'll never know dears, how much I love you.
Zoo friends!
Thanks for checking in with the Davolts! I apologize that we didn't update more frequently over the summer. Feel free to ask any questions in the comment box below. Whether you're near or far, we love to hear how you're doing as well so email, call, write! Love you all.
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