Miranda was trying to think of ways to encourage Silas to continue reading during summer vacation. She had a great idea to have Silas pick some things he’d like to do, and after a certain amount of reading completed, he would get a coupon for those selected activities he wanted...
Today after church and relaxing at home, we decided to go to Lake Joondalup. Here are some of the sights, birds, and SPIDERS there! John assured me these were common garden spiders, but they were HUGE and they were many in the woods of Lake Joondalup. John called these snails...
I guess I’ve blogged about walking at Kinder Farm Park many times by now, but rarely do I mention the community garden they have there. Yesterday, Jenny, Laura, and I decided to go to Kinder Park and take Silas. (Rubi was still taking a nap). We couldn’t do the...
After a rather lackluster time on the playground equipment, the boys with Laura and I went to the woods to see if the cats were still there. That area is close to the baseball field. That became an invitation to jump off the bleachers and climb fences. The boys had...
Inside some malls are these adorable play areas for children, that Miranda has called the “Mall Park” A few days ago, Rubi had her first visit and then we went again fairly soon after that. She LOVED it! I thought she would be a bit timid, but she went at...
When Cameron comes over, it usually gets called a “cammy day” in our household. This particular Cammy day, it was nice enough out to go to the park. Since John and I could stroll Rubí Miranda opted to bike the boys to the park.
This past week, I had opportunity to photograph Megan and Curt for their engagement photos. For their chosen location, we went to Federal Hill Park in Baltimore. It was a lovely, chilly day, and it was a fun photoshoot. Later, we went to Curt’s house for a few photos by...
Tennis Lesson for Silas Last night, Miquel took Silas and I to Holabird Sports. The main purpose was to find Silas a tennis racket. We didn’t get home till dark, so today we woke up to sunshine and off we went to Silas’s first tennis lesson.
Today, Laura and I took Silas to Fort Smallwood Park. We knew he would enjoy it there, I don’t think we know HOW much! Silas learned he could throw wood in the water, and that became the order of the day. Throw wood in the water… Run along the beach...
Today the heat and humidity left Pasadena, and we decided it was a good day for the park. Silas at his usual fun slide… The static this slide creates! Every time we touched we had sparks! Next, was RubÃ’s turn at a slide…mind you, she was asleep, but it was...
Yesterday the weather was great and it was a perfect day to go to the park. Silas at this point, is an old pro at the park. But this was RubÃ’s first day! Her first see-saw. Her first swing… Silas wanted to push mommy and baby sister! Silas is a...
Today after working indoors I needed to just ‘get out’ and had an idea to take Silas to the airplane park. It was beautiful outside. Miranda agreed and we were off.
After a few days straight of rain, the sun came out and everyone was anxious to get out. We had Cameron, so it was decided to take the boys to the park. The slide was wet, but Silas went down anyway. Silas was already to help Cameron. Getting outdoors to...
Last week, Silas jumped off the bed and in doing so, his foot unfortunately met with a toy that punctured the bottom (of his foot) which sent him to the doctors, and then later the emergency room for stitches. When he got home, he was good as gold, quiet, and...
Friday, I got to babysit Silas, and Laura and I had the same idea: Take him to the park! He loved it…
I often speak of Kinder Park, but I often forget one of the things that is so precious about it…FARM. Kinder also has a farm on its land, and it makes it really special. Before that though, we took Silas to the playground. We first had a bit of a...
After days and days of so many feet of snow outside, and little melting, you have to just get out anyway. Saturday was one of those days, and we decided to take Silas to the park. There had been a few warmish days, however it was a tad disheartening to...
Avalon Area of Patapsco State Park that is. Enric, Miranda, and Silas are still in town. Enric and Miquel decided to go mountain biking and Miranda and Laura went hiking. I got to spend some time with Silas. Silas climbed mountains at the playground there. Here, I show off my...
Well it’s been on and on raining here in Maryland for ages, and yesterday the rain stopped and the sun came out for a time. I had a day playing taxi driver (and not an easy task as the driver door won’t open) to Miquel and Laura, but still managed...
A child in the house is such a joy, and once a week we get to enjoy Cammy. He is like the center of the universe each Wednesday. It has rained every day for the last….forever. It continues to rain as I blog this. However, this morning it was only...
John really seemed to enjoy our little park on Dorsey Road where one can go to watch the planes land. So, after a day at the zoo, we piled back into the car to watch some more planes land. The late afternoon showed off what a rainy, stormy day we...
Last time John was here I took some time to cross the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, so this time around, I took him to Sandy Point State Park where there is a great view of the bridge. I really think it is an impressive structure and proud to show it off....
Two days before we were with freezing temperatures and under a blanket of ice and snow, and then Saturday we woke up to a balmy 60 degrees. So, rather spontaneously, Laura and I decided to go to Kilgore Falls at Rocks State Park, located in Northern Harford County, one of...
We have had so much rain and cold, and the warm days we’ve had up till now have been very busy. It was good to go to one of my favorite spots and just walk in the park with my camera… Â
Although Laura’s true 13th birthday is still some weeks away, we held her party yesterday, this avoiding her friend’s party from her actual birth date, which will fall exactly on Thanksgiving this year, just like the year she was born. One activity, was a picture taking session at the park....
