Monday, July 23, 2012

Good morning at Base Camp



From basket ball hoop box to who knows! Space ship? Shark? Boat?

Swimming leaps



Eric has moved over to the big pool. His comfort level in the pool has made huge leaps this summer! He is relaxed which us a big change fro last summer's 2x4 stiffness. He is working really hard on floating by himself. He is close. He is in the 4ft deep section and so excited to be strong enough to be in the big pool.

He also had an excellent swimming partner named Tennyson. Perfect match and egged..I mean encouraged each other on.

Noah gets a little off the top...and the back and the front



Noah had is first ever hair cut last week. Momma hasn't e en done a little trim!  He is not a fan of me taking a comb to his hair so I knew a haircut could pose difficulties.  Eric however has this haircut thing down so I took them both to our in-house hair dresser at CLIF (who is conviently also a photographer) and she gave them both some.style. Eric going first was bound to make Noah anxious to do it too and it did. He sat still and smiled at me, the mirror and Karen Drinkwater ( haircutter to children extrordinare). He did great and she didn't cut too much because of how baby-fine it is but she DID cut his little mullet clean off...phew.

Brother sister duo of Logan and Sabina Simmons also came over from base camp to get in on the action and Sabina's first haircut too. It was a part!

Wednesday, July 04, 2012

Freedom

So rare to have freedom from work and school on a Wednesday. God Bless America on this 4th of July for all we have. We let our freedom ring by attending the second longest 4th of July parade in all of America, right here in our hometown. High school marching bands, cheerleaders, city officials, local clubs and business floats, horses, bikers, old cars carrying poet laureates,  you name it. We sat curbside for two hours in front of our friend's house.

From there, we expressed our freedom by blocking off our street and joining our neighbors at the annual San Antonio block party. The grills and casseroles came out as did tons of red, white, and blue treats. Our street is also loaded with inspiring musicians who entertained us for hours. Eric was in awe of the teenagers playing guitar, drums, and singing. You could see his mind whirling with the possibilities. He joined in with his drum and Noah followed along with his bongos. Music continued into the early evening. We had a lovely day connecting with our locals and just playing.

Here is a clip of pure freedom and fun. I dare you to strip down yourself while watching and just be free. Let our drummer kick.