Owen Conquers the Slide. Almost.

Ok, so we've been neglecting our posting duties lately - but for good reason. It's summer and we're outside until late, so I've posted a video so you can see what we've been up to...

Kind of Like the Zoo

Are we REALLY going to the zoo?

We decided to take Owen to the zoo last weekend. We set aside a whole afternoon... and then it poured cold rain from the sky. No good. What to do on a rainy Sunday when you promised the zoo?

You go to the pet store, of course. The SPCA was present with crates of kittens, the parakeets were awake and flapping all over the place, the guinea pig drank some water from his bottle, and a woman pulled her brand-new puppy around by his leash because he refused to walk any farther. Two hound dogs got into a howling match at the counter, and a squawking parrot chewed on toys. Four turtles munched on lettuce. It was kind of like the zoo. Owen didn't know any different.

Festival Baby

Listening to the Music

Taking a Nap with Mom

Dave and I made our annual pilgrimage to the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival this past Saturday with Owen in tow. We weren't sure how Owen would do for 12 hours in the sun & rain, or amid the thousands of festival-goers crowded around us. Owen was a trooper - he took his regular naps, tickled his feet in the grass, waited out a downpour under our purple umbrella, obliged our constant reapplication of sunscreen, and listened to the Nields and Dar Williams with rapt attention. He's a festival baby!

We're never really sure how he'll do in new situations, but he continues to surprise us with how content he is. And beside trucking in four different bags of stuff plus a diaper bag and a cooler, our experience this year wasn't that different from our experience last year, and just as fun! Yay, Owen! Welcome to the world of music festivals, baby!

Sock Fight

I discovered while folding laundry that Owen loves having sock fights. Unfortunately they're a bit one-sided right now, but I imagine our future holds many, many sock fights. It's the only way to make laundry fun.

We have encountered a problem, though, and you can see it in the video; Owen has discovered that the camera is something to look at and study. Uh-oh. I don't know if I'll be able to continue recording videos and photos without him posing/staring/stopping what he was doing to watch me.