Spotlight on Sadie

Jake stayed down at the lake with Poppy and Gram for the rest of the week, so it's pretty low-key at the house this week. I think Sadie is really enjoying the extra attention she's getting. She's getting pretty talkative, although we still don't have any official words yet. Lately, she's been saying something like "pay" and pointing when she recognizes someone or something. Here she is saying "pay" and pointing to the neighbor's cat.

And here's another shot of my little princess. Isn't she adorable with those little pigtails and that dress? Yes, yes she is. More glamour shots here.


Meanwhile, it sounds like Jake and Gram and Poppy are having lots of fun at the lake. We heard that Jake caught his first fish - a sunny! Here he is at Amazement Square, a kids museum in Lynchburg.
We miss you Jake!

Memorial Day at the Lake

We had a nice Memorial Day weekend down at Smith Mountain Lake. We couldn't have asked for nicer weather - sunny and warm, and no humidity. The lake was a little too cool for swimming, so we went to the pool and both kids had a great time there. Sadie went right in, in her little floaty device, and calmly hung out most of the time. Jake was a little tentative at first "It's too wet!" but as soon as he got in he had a great time, swimming from one end to the other, and playing with his toy submarine.

At the beginning of the weekend, Jake had sort of a condensed terrible two episode that lasted about a day. I guess we're a little spoiled with Jake - he's normally pretty well behaved and a good listener (for a two-year-old). But out of nowhere, he took on some kind of angry teenager attitude: "Jake, please don't throw that" "I KNOW daddy!" It was.....exhausting. But luckily, he got over it and was pretty much back to normal by the time we all went to the Strawberry Festival.

Here are Jake and Sadie after eating a big pile of freshly picked strawberries (I should probably add that they were piled on top of funnel cake and then topped with whipped cream):


And here's Jake on a pony ride. I walked alongside and I think I was supposed to make sure he didn't fall off, but my attention was focussed on not stepping in all the horse poo.

They had a little petting zoo, too. As long as you had a little handful of feed, they wouldn't try to eat your fingers.

Sadie looking cute in her sun hat:


Here's blurry shot of a fast-spinning giant strawberry ride that Jake loved. Even though it's blurry, you can see how much fun he's having:


And here's a cute shot of Sadie (if I do say so myself) in back of DD and Pop's backyard, aka the 13th green. Note Jake and Poppy playing tag in the background.


See all the pictures here.