Summer Time

We have been having so much fun this summer. The kids are at the best ages to get up and go, and I am making the most of this time before I start tutoring and Charlie starts back up at nursery school. Despite the normal sibling arguing that seems to come and go each day, these kids are truly best of friends. I never planned to have two kids 19 months apart but I can honestly say I love it. They are going through the same stages at the same time (more or less) and are starting to share the same friends. Just this afternoon before Kate's nap I watched Charlie and Kate play peacefully in the backyard without me for 30 minutes. I watched from the kitchen as I worked on dinner and saw them racing, laughing, pretending to fly and fight bad guys, and at one point I saw Charlie lift Kate high into the air to grab a leaf. Over the past 2.5 years I have had plenty of hard moments and long days, but with each day I am reminded how important they are to each other.
Not only are we located in such a beautiful place, but we have wonderful places all around us, fun water parks, sunny swimming pools, creative learning spaces, zoos, and redwood forests.

We spent yesterday at Rinconada pool in Palo Alto and had so much fun.

I was more nervous than he was, he made the jump right away

I snapped this picture to show you who Charlie was jumping with, all the other kids were 10-12 years old. They kept commenting how cute he was, asking me if he could swim....