A little more vacation fun!

Doug was able to join us for a trip to visit his parents in BC - we were so happy that he could take time off and take a little vacation with his family!  We made it to Kelowna and it was hot, hot, hot :).  We had fun going to the beach, resting in air conditioning, pretend playing, and getting lots of love from Grandma and Grandpa.

A few side notes - we went to watch the snowbirds perform over the beaches of Kelowna, and both of the boys were enthralled - actually, Moe was more attentive over the 30 minutes than Charlie - although I think Charlie was sidetracked by the kids running around beside us!  So, once we came home, Charlie put together his own plane and pretended he was a pilot.  I think he did this for two or three days before we left.....So Charlie under the towel, that's him piloting his plane!!!!

And Grandma did up a beach party for us the last day......Charlie was soooo excited for the jello in the sand pail.  Unfortunately, Charlie also chose that day to join me and Moe in sickness, so when it came time for the beach party, he was sleeping.  When it came time to eat dessert, he had some medicine in his system to perk him up so he could eat his jello! :):)

Here are a few snapshots!

Too cute

The boys love smoothies and I love to make them :).  They also love to watch Frozen while drinking their smoothies!!!!  While drinking their smoothies and watching Frozen, I captured Moe's crossed feet - I've been meaning to do this forever.  Too cute and he does it all the time.

Fun in the sun

Here are a few more pictures of the boys playing around while on vacation.  I had lots of help and lots of fun Auntie time, and Grandpa and Grandma time.

Pretend Bonfire

Ok - this may be a little sad to some of you campers out there, but here is Charlie having his pretend campfire.  This is a good example of his independent play - he was making a bonfire and I asked him he wanted to roast marshmellows.  He was beyond excited - he loves marshmellows, so this was the best of two worlds!

Fishing with my Aunties

more fishing pictures :)

Trip to Idaho

A month ago, my side of the family headed to Idaho for our 2nd annual summer trip that might become a tradition???  I grew up going down to Idaho every year and I must say that it is fun taking the boys down there too!

Anyway - Charlie couldn't wait to go fishing with Grandpa M.  Last year was the same, but he was afraid of the boats and probably the open water once we got him out there.  This year was the COMPLETE opposite - my dad was even surprised.  The first few times he kept fishing and fishing despite the lack of fish :).  We put a weight at the end of the line as we didn't want to pay for a fishing license :):):).  We think this will probably be the last year we can trick him!

Regardless of not catching any fish, Charlie went out there and had fun almost every day.  He learned to cast and was actually fairly good at it.  And he would reel in his line quickly so he could cast it again.  Pretty cute!