Today as I was cutting cantaloupe I found myself thinking about Mimi a great deal. Mimi was my mother's mother and for some reason, the smell of the cantaloupe reminded me of her and her home. Most likely because cantaloupe is such a summer fruit (and one of the few that can be grown in the midwest) and we made such great memories in Lake Geneva during the summers. I am fortunate that cantaloupe is one of the few things my son will eat consistently, so we have plenty of it around this summer.
Speaking of summer, Baltimore has had an interesting summer of record amounts of rain and cool temperatures. This means we haven't gotten to use our pool nearly as much as we would've liked. But, I just checked the weather for the next few days and we have mid-80s and sun predicted (we'll see how long that lasts). I hope Auggie doesn't mind staying close to home this week - because I'd like to get some pool time in!
We went on our first hike in a Maryland State Park this past weekend. We took an easy hike, about 1.5miles along the Gunpowder Falls River to a little swimming hole. The day was perfect, cool temperatures and no rain. On our way out, Auggie heard a bird chirping and asked me "What's that noise?" I told him it was a bird singing a pretty song and did he have a birdsong that he liked to sing? He said yes and tried to make a warble-y sound. It was adorable, only to be topped by him skipping the rest of the way along the trail, swinging his arms over his head singing "dance, dance my birdsong.....dance, dance my birdsong". I wish I had video, but Felix had my camera and was up ahead on the trail :(
Auggie goes back to school two weeks from tomorrow. He is soooo looking forward to it and I am soooo thankful that he is. Hopefully I can finish getting the house in order once I have a couple hours a day of 'free time'.
Speaking of summer, Baltimore has had an interesting summer of record amounts of rain and cool temperatures. This means we haven't gotten to use our pool nearly as much as we would've liked. But, I just checked the weather for the next few days and we have mid-80s and sun predicted (we'll see how long that lasts). I hope Auggie doesn't mind staying close to home this week - because I'd like to get some pool time in!
We went on our first hike in a Maryland State Park this past weekend. We took an easy hike, about 1.5miles along the Gunpowder Falls River to a little swimming hole. The day was perfect, cool temperatures and no rain. On our way out, Auggie heard a bird chirping and asked me "What's that noise?" I told him it was a bird singing a pretty song and did he have a birdsong that he liked to sing? He said yes and tried to make a warble-y sound. It was adorable, only to be topped by him skipping the rest of the way along the trail, swinging his arms over his head singing "dance, dance my birdsong.....dance, dance my birdsong". I wish I had video, but Felix had my camera and was up ahead on the trail :(
Auggie goes back to school two weeks from tomorrow. He is soooo looking forward to it and I am soooo thankful that he is. Hopefully I can finish getting the house in order once I have a couple hours a day of 'free time'.
