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Saturday, July 16, 2011
Locked Out
There is a story that gets told time and time again about young Travis. Approximately thirty years ago he had a lovely grandmotherly babysitter. One day young Travis decided that while she was in the attic he would close and lock the door behind her. She remained locked in the attic, using all kinds of words I'm sure, until Travis decided to open the door and let her out.
Tonight we were out in the backyard, I was doing a little light yard work and Travis and FFM were playing with the Jeep in the greenbelt. It started thundering and was about bedtime so Travis declared it time to park the Jeep. Thing went relatively smoothly until FFM bolted inside and bolted the backdoor. Now, we can go around front and let ourselves in through the keypad on the garage door, but this locking of the backdoor got under Travis' skin. There's FFM, jumping for glee while both his parents are locked out in the backyard with an impending thunderstorm. Travis is hollering for all he's worth "THAT'S NOT OK!" and I'm trying hard not to laugh out loud remembering the story of Travis locking out his babysitter...
Tonight we were out in the backyard, I was doing a little light yard work and Travis and FFM were playing with the Jeep in the greenbelt. It started thundering and was about bedtime so Travis declared it time to park the Jeep. Thing went relatively smoothly until FFM bolted inside and bolted the backdoor. Now, we can go around front and let ourselves in through the keypad on the garage door, but this locking of the backdoor got under Travis' skin. There's FFM, jumping for glee while both his parents are locked out in the backyard with an impending thunderstorm. Travis is hollering for all he's worth "THAT'S NOT OK!" and I'm trying hard not to laugh out loud remembering the story of Travis locking out his babysitter...
Friday, July 15, 2011
Heaps and Heaps of Rain
We've had record breaking rain in the last 10 days. Normally we high desert dwellers never complain about rain, but there has been so much that the ground literally can't hold another drop and we get floods every time we have even a tiny shower now.
The kids have made the most of the less dangerous showers (some are so bad we all just have to stay inside). A couple days ago I spied our neighbor kicking and splashing and FFM dashed out to join in the fun. He wanted to put on his swimming suit and join Dylan in the gutter, but since it was nearly bedtime he made do with giant stomping splashes. It didn't show up well, but the water was actually flowing all around him and over his feet.
On the nights we get a sunset, it's pretty spectacular.
The kids have made the most of the less dangerous showers (some are so bad we all just have to stay inside). A couple days ago I spied our neighbor kicking and splashing and FFM dashed out to join in the fun. He wanted to put on his swimming suit and join Dylan in the gutter, but since it was nearly bedtime he made do with giant stomping splashes. It didn't show up well, but the water was actually flowing all around him and over his feet.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Vail Valley Vacation
After hanging with the in-laws for a while FFM and I headed north to visit with my brother and sister-in-law who were in CO visiting from Phoenix. We crammed lots 'o fun into a few short days.
Riding the gondola to play up at the top of the mountain with Karen and Q. FFM is busy checking out his 'hiking pack.'
Nice mountains!
There's still snow up on the top, a bit unusual for this late in the summer.
Enjoying a mid-hike snack.
Horse ride, the "YEE HAW, RIDE 'EM COWBOY" and flinging of his hat were totally his idea. Even the horse handler was cracking up.
Another hike, along the river down at the bottom of the mountain. I've never seen the Eagle River this full so late in the summer. Lots of melting snow still and plenty of rain.
The next day was a fishing day and Uncle Q found a lake where we could rent a canoe. It's a favorite fishing lake of ours, but we didn't have any luck that day. It was chilly, and a bit rainy and I had not packed any extra clothes. I was worried my wiggly kid would end up in the water so I made him stand RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE of the boat dock NO MATTER WHAT! He took me VERY seriously and absolutely, positively did not budge from his assigned spot for about 20 minutes while the canoe was prepped and loaded. I guess when it really counts he does listen!
Self portrait as we canoed across the lake. Look closely you can see Uncle Q paddling in the reflection of the sunnies.
After the rain let up the boys took the canoe out together for a solo trip. Again, FFM didn't wiggle even a tiny bit. Until he got out of the boat, then it was a whole different story.
It's our 'monsoon' season here, which means lots of afternoon and evening thunderstorms. We had a good one and I managed to catch some lightening around the peaks at the house.
We chilled more the last couple of days before heading home, spending some time at the pool and playground.
Riding the gondola to play up at the top of the mountain with Karen and Q. FFM is busy checking out his 'hiking pack.'
There's lot of free stuff to do up at the top of the mountain, which was a pleasant surprise (since it's Vail and all). The slackline course was a bit hit as was the Dino Dig (which I did not photo since it was just digging the dirt for 'bones'...)
Another hike, along the river down at the bottom of the mountain. I've never seen the Eagle River this full so late in the summer. Lots of melting snow still and plenty of rain.
