down and dirty...

I am so sorry about my absence from the blogging world. My life is pretty chaotically busy! Well I have found one of my son's favorite things! DIRT! Not only to play in, but also eat. I tried to prevent the eating of the dirt, but it was inevitable. He did't seem to like the taste (by the horrible look of disgust on his face), but again and again his little hand, full of dirt, somehow made it into his mouth. Yuck. He would scrape his toungue off, but then he would indulge again. What a nut. He got a good scrub down later. It made for a wonderful memory. Glad I had my camara close at hand.

Neptune Festival!

A couple of weeks ago, we watched a parade that is part of the annual Neptune Festivalat the Virginia Beach oceanfront. We met Brian's brother, Chris and his wife Christy, and their two kids down at the parade. Duncan loved watching all the commotion. There were lots of horses and dogs. He got so excited when they went by. His favorite part, I think, was playing with his cousin, Claire. He really looks up to her. I am so happy they are pretty close in age. and little Henry is only 6 months behind Duncan. I am sure they will be best buddies. I was almost out of film so I couldn't take as many pics as I would have liked... but here are a few!