Forklifts!

During 100+ heat we must find creative ways to have fun without suffering from heat stroke. One of our favorite midday activities is visiting Lowe's and going on a forklift hunt. Most of the time the forklifts are "sleeping" (i.e. the Lowe's forklift driver is on break, or no one needs wood slabs delivered to their car).

Leavin' on a jet plane

Heading home after many wonderful and bittersweet reunions in Chicago and Wisconsin for the 4th of July.

Good morning sunshine

Lunch at Kiki's House

Giving my flowers a drink

Please don't look at the house in the background, or the grassless lawn, or the adults. Just enjoy precious Bren watering the few flowers we had. Since then, we've painted the house, laid down sod (thanks Kiki!) and planted many flowers. This is a "before" pic. And Bren is a terrific distraction.

Bath Time!

A sign...

PEACE

Bad Haircut

After putting it off for weeks, I finally braced myself and bundled up Bren to get another haircut. We went to a walk-in place and didn't see the woman who had done a fairly decent job the last time I got up the nerve to try, so I put our trust in someone else. Mistake. Here is one cute kid with one bad haircut. Ah, time heals all wounds...

Bren "reads" a book!

Bren "reads" a book - January 2010 from Alli Ryan on Vimeo.

Bren loves "How Does a Dinosaur Say Goodnight?" and "read" it to me one day when he and I were home sick.