Summer's Not Over Yet

There's still plenty of nice weather left to enjoy! We took advantage of the last public pool day last week, and since it was so hot yesterday, we set up the kiddie pool in our front yard. Playing nicely with every bathtub toy he owned quickly turned into a high-energy water fight, which continued today. Misha and Mom Vs. Dad. Let's just say we all got quite wet!

Fun at the park!

A day or two ago, Misha and I drew an elaborate city with roads, train tracks, houses, a lake, a park, and a school which took up considerable sidewalk space. Unfortunately the nighttime sprinkler system wipes out all our work by the next day. Or maybe I should say "fortunately," because then we can start again!

Pizza Picnic!

Sebastian loves it outside too -

especially in Grandma's lap.

And now, a brief section called Meet the Fish:

These are yo-yo loaches. You can see the reason for their name written right on their scale-less bodies - their unique pattern resembles alternating Ys and Os! They are cute and playful fish, some of our favorites.

In the center we have the beautiful blue dwarf garami, flanked by the male betta on the left and the female on the right.

Our happy betta couple. (At least I'm assuming so.)

I'm quite proud of this photo - our betta silhouetted beneath the lily pads.

We conclude our fish report with a video of the tank - you can really see how pretty the plants are.





Back to the kids! Ever since his birth, a certain expression of Sebastian's has driven me crazy reminding me of someone I couldn't place -- particularly when we'd go walking with the stroller, when Sebastian would look up at the trees with absolute wonder. Sort of like this:

And then I figured it out! It was the little lion cub, Simba's son, at the end of the Lion King when Rafiki holds him up.

Sebastian has made a new friend:

He enjoys sucking on his fists and he really pushes with those back legs! He wants to go places!

Look at those roley poley arms and legs!

A great way to multi-task:

I can totally imagine Misha coming home from school one day with something like this as his school portrait:

Our little monkey. (That's a rug burn under his nose. We're not sure how he manages to do things like that.)

Misha creates his Lincoln Log zoo while Sebastian snoozes peacefully ...

The family. (That odd-looking spot on my arm is actually a frog tattoo, a gift from Misha.)

All my cute boys!