I think I have the answer! I always think I need to include pictures (because there are so MANY of them) but that is always a big process. But I realized that if I just skipped that part and journaled more often, maybe it would satisfy the masses and you would forgive me for not adding pictures every single time!
We are just hanging out today, waiting for it to cool off a bit before going outside. 20 or 30 minutes out in the sun and Josh starts getting red cheeks and slathering him up with sunscreen is never fun so we wait until part of the yard gets shady and venture out.
Besides, he had outdoor time this morning at his internet playgroup. No, we don't force all the kiddies to sit at the computer and type to each other :). It's a group of local moms that met on a message board and we've managed to all stay in touch with each other and try to meet every so often so all the munchkins can get together to play. One of the moms got us started on a weekly playgroup and so far Josh and I have made it to 3 of them and had a great time. I call it his girl playgroup because the other mom's with boys are currently working, although we have all had a chance to get together at some point.
Today was great, we went to Rebecca's house over in Kirkland and played in the backyard. Josh was very daring and hit the slide all by himself. When Sam (Sammie, Samantha) turn around and went feet first on her tummy, Josh was right behind her giving the same move a try and was so pleased with himself when he pulled it off. They also had a fun tent/fort/tunnel set that Josh loved crawling through. Rebecca's mom (Margaret) has great luck at Costco finding fun kid things. I am completely envious of an art easel that she picked up from there last year. I have made it my mission to get to Costco every week or so just to see if they decided to bring it back again this year for the holiday season. I WANT THAT EASEL!!! :)
The other great thing was that Margaret had planted a bunch of fruit trees/bushes/plants in her backyard. They have a cute compact backyard, but it offers so much. Big difference from my huge brown wasteland! LOL! They have a dwarf apple tree (Honey Crisp variety), with apples ready to eat, so we all enjoyed a lovely apple. Oh my, I haven't tasted an apple so good and fresh in a very long time. From there the kids ventured on to the blueberry bush and attacked it with quite an appetite! I couldn't keep Josh away from the blueberries, he kept sneaking over to grab a few more when I was distracted talking. He also snagged 2 more apples from the tree that he wasn't supposed too! Finally, Margaret had some grape vines growing up through a pergola(right term I think) over their back deck, well who knew that there were actually GRAPES growing on the grape vines LOL, so we all shared a bunch of sweet little grapes. Josh was in fruit heaven! They also had pear and cherry trees and a bunch of strawberry plants. Oh I am having dreams about my own yard next year! I have so many new ideas, I need to start planning now. Whoops, that's stuff for my own journal, not Josh's :)
So I have a few more notes on "stuff I need to put in Josh's journal" but I think this is a good start for now. When I add that in, I'll backdate it so it appears before this entry. Happy reading!
