One of the very best things about living in Tahoe is the fun summer brings. Nearly every day is perfect for playing at any of our local playgrounds. Whether we intentionally schedule playdates or not we almost always end up having one as friends arrive at the park and join in the fun.
Ben and Sam both wanted to wear their astronaut shirts from Nan and Teddy and then pretended the swings were their rockets taking them to the moon.
Ben and his Aussie friend, Mitchell, pretended there was an earthquake on the bridge and played a Tahoe version of hide-and-seek. Notice what a great hiding place one of the bear-proof garbage cans provides.
Our Ben also liked when we ran into his preschool friend Mya and her big brother Ben at the playground. Big Ben was always willing to push the littler ones on the swings.
And what summer is complete without bubbles?!?! Even if you can't catch them!
The weekend of July 10th turned out to be a very busy weekend for us. We began by traveling from Tahoe to Quincy for Julianna's third birthday party where we also got to meet her new baby brother Bradley for the first time. The kids enjoyed the Dr. Seuss-themed party and were sufficiently tuckered out for our drive from Quincy to Chico where we met up with my girlfriends, Kirsty and Maite, along with more of their friends and family to celebrate Maite's fortieth birthday party. It was a long weekend in the car but well worth every mile!
The birthday girl, Julianna - Thing 1.
Bradley, the new addition - Thing 2.
The Cat in the Hat? Nope, Ben!
Auntie Steph outfitted as the Cat in the Hat with Thing 1 and Thing 2.
We have found that over the past couple of years in Tahoe we have become good friends with some of the part-time residents. We put together a fairly impromtu potluck one evening with three other families. The Kloaks spend most of their year in Australia, the Lasters spend most of their time in Atlanta, and the Ragers (like us) are year-rounders here in Incline. We all have kids ranging from 6 to less than a year old and all the kids have been able to get to know each other through swim lessons, tennis lessons, and playing at the parks. It was nice to get everyone together before everyone went their separate ways come the end of the summer.
At 6'8' Mike was the bubble machine for the kids.
And Matt is just a big kid at heart!
Aussie Mitchell sporting his woodsy Hawaiian shirt.
Atlantans Annie and Virginia happy to be in Tahoe for the summer.
One of our projects for the summer was to build a worm house that we could use for composting our fruit and veggie waste. Brian found the plans online and he and the boys worked hard to get it all put together. Since then we have becoem the proud owners of over 1000 worms and are always excited to see our chopped up scraps become beautiful, clean dirt!
Safety first!
Ben is very serious about his work.
The work crew.
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