Rainy Day Walk with Tucker

Rain, rain go away.

Come again another day.

Little Tucker wants to play.

It may have been raining, but Tucker and I donned our rainy weather gear and fireboots, of course, and headed out into the weather.  We walked, we splashed, we explored, we danced, we bird watched, we checked out storm drains, we dug in the dirt, we smelled the flowers and threw leaves and sticks into the pond.  We had a wonderful and wet adventure in the rain. 

I will let the pictures tell the rest of the story...  

And back home again....

Rainy Day Walk with Tucker

Rain, rain go away.

Come again another day.

Little Tucker wants to play.

It may have been raining, but Tucker and I donned our rainy weather gear and fireboots, of course, and headed out into the weather.  We walked, we splashed, we explored, we danced, we bird watched, we checked out storm drains, we dug in the dirt, we smelled the flowers and threw leaves and sticks into the pond.  We had a wonderful and wet adventure in the rain. 

I will let the pictures tell the rest of the story...  

And back home again....

Saturday in the Park with the Boys

The boys and I ventured out to the park this morning. We hadn't been in quite some time and it was a beautiful morning- the sun was shining, the air warm, but not hot and the birds were happily chirping away.  We took Tofie with us too. Manzie chose to stay in bed a little longer.  Smart girl!

We hooked Tofie up in the cart and let her run about a bit. She loved it! After some exercise, she curled up on my lap and took a short nap.

 The boys found some large branches that had recently fallen down and immediately they got busy. 

Tuck had fun pulling leaves off the branches.

 Cooper spent a great deal of time trying to figure out how to get the branches to stand up again. He tried several things including digging a hole and putting the branch in, but had no luck. Finally, he figured out that he could lean the branches against the tree trunk and he was good to go!

Then, just as quickly as he figured it out, he decided he needed to move the branches out of the way so no one gets hurt.

On the way home, Tuck's shoe came untied and Coop tried to help.  Although his attempt was unsuccessful, it was sweet never-the-less.

Saturday in the Park with the Boys

The boys and I ventured out to the park this morning. We hadn't been in quite some time and it was a beautiful morning- the sun was shining, the air warm, but not hot and the birds were happily chirping away.  We took Tofie with us too. Manzie chose to stay in bed a little longer.  Smart girl!

We hooked Tofie up in the cart and let her run about a bit. She loved it! After some exercise, she curled up on my lap and took a short nap.

 The boys found some large branches that had recently fallen down and immediately they got busy. 

Tuck had fun pulling leaves off the branches.

 Cooper spent a great deal of time trying to figure out how to get the branches to stand up again. He tried several things including digging a hole and putting the branch in, but had no luck. Finally, he figured out that he could lean the branches against the tree trunk and he was good to go!

Then, just as quickly as he figured it out, he decided he needed to move the branches out of the way so no one gets hurt.

On the way home, Tuck's shoe came untied and Coop tried to help.  Although his attempt was unsuccessful, it was sweet never-the-less.

David Jones Food Hall

 I was told that the department store David Jones has a grocery store (or "food hall" as they call it) and in the store they have an "American food" section.  So while the boys were with the sitter, I went to check it out.  I was so excited to see what treasures from home I would find!  The food hall itself was amazing.  They had fresh produce, a butcher, several bakeries, a cheese shop as well as a few sit down eateries in the hall.  I located the "American food section which was basically one wall  filled with goodies from home- Crisco, Mrs. Buttersworth syrup, Bisquick, Tobasco, Libby's canned pumpkin and pumpkin pie mix, Bone Suckin' sauce, Baconaisse. Pop-Tarts and more!  It was very cool- it felt like I was back at Safeway!  Never really thought I would be excited about that.... :) I was tempted to buy some of the items just to have them in our hosue, but then I checked the prices and decided against it.  The biggest shocker was Libby's canned pumpkin was $AU9.95. Yikes!  So, instead leaving with a bag of goodies from home, I just left the smile on my face to see a bit of home down under.  

PS- to all you Tacoma folks they even had a little bit of Tacoma in the "imported chocolates" section! Almond Roca from Brown and Haley!