Some stuff.

Cole learned some new tricks:



I landscaped the front yard a bit with some grasses and bamboo and buried a bunch of bulbs and stuff. The hoses you may notice protruding from the basement window are for temporary water delivery while the city tweaks the water system.


And I built another wall bit over on the other side of the driveway.


Then with the last of the stones I built some "legs" for a silly table in the garage to hold general crap. For the top I smooshed some 2x4s together with glue. We'll see how long that lasts.



And Emma; this part's for you: the other day I made some Pear-Ginger pancakes. The ginger was a little more subtle than I'd have liked it to be, but they were pretty super yummy overall.



I started by soaking the pear bits in ginger tea:


Then I minced the pear bits so they'd be all smushy in the cakes:


When I made the pancake mix, I used the ginger tea instead of water:


The end result was pancakes. Hello pancakes! They're like a fruit salad. But cake shaped.

Remember when it was SEPTEMBER?! Damn.

Wow, we have a lot to catch up on.



About a month ago we went to visit Kates' folks down in Long Beach. We went to the beach a lot and shared lots of sunny smiles and cuddles with G6 and Grampa Rick.







As an added bonus, Kates' sister Hanna was also there, along with her shark bag.



Amazingly, in the past 6 months or so, their mean outdoor cat Garp has turned into a sweet puppy dog. Everyone is amazed.



Sweet-ish I guess. Garp will still usually try to eat your face. Or your hand, or whatever's closest. But still cute for sure!

Cole is working on sitting in chairs. The beach was the perfect training environment.





Kate's aunt Liz got Cole a super dope Black Dog hoodie.



For the first time EVER he wore a hood and left it on, and put on SUNGLASSES! It's the dawning of a new era.



Although I guess if the "era" is that of Cole being a diva, then I guess that's not very new.

Side note: when we got home, we put Cole in a truck.







Last weekend, our friends Scott and Emma visited and stayed with us while we all attended our mutual friends Tristan and Vanessa's wedding.

Scott:


Emma:


Scott and Emma:


Tristan and Vanessa all married and dancing and stuff:


The wedding was beautiful and tons of fun.

Finally, I leave you with a video of Cole giggling:



The End!

I Made a Frigg'n Wall

The other night, as Kate and I were sitting at the dinner table enjoying the Fois Gras Duck Bleu Au Gratin Flambe that Kate had prepared, she was like "I've been thinking. Nothing says lovin' like some good old fashioned masonry."

To prove my undying and true Love, I went straight out and ordered a giant palette of stones and began work on a stone wall to beautify our front "yard."

Here's some before and after pics!

Tree area before:


Tree area after:


Path to Patio before:


Path to Patio after:


Front area before:


Front area after:


Front angle 2 before:


Front angle 2 after:


And the Pièce de résistance is that I took our solar lamps and built them into the wall to illuminate the patio walkway at night:



Yay for rocks!

How YOU Doin'?

Hot fun in the summer time, that's what we've been up to. Grandma and grandpa (Cole's Gogo and Grampa Bill respectively) have come to town. Good times galore...

We got together with our fun new cousins again!

Ohh la la, the Public Garden is lovely this time of year. We Made Way for Ducklings

"Climbed" Trees at the Boston Public Gardens

Hey grandma can I get a boost?

Checked out the awesome fountain on the new Greenway

Wore crazy hairdos

Giggled our faces off

Visited the Aquarium

Walked in the woods

Played at the playground under grandpa's watchful eye

And we all generally had a wonderful time. Thanks for a super awesome visit!