Summer Days

August 6, 2011

A lot of people ask us, "How have you been spending the summer?" and some expect some vacation stories, trips, days at the beach, etc..  Although we are having a nice summer, I would say that in some ways it is a lot quieter than we're used to.  

For the past eleven summers we have worked at camp, and we were both campers for most of the summer for the 7 or 8 years before that...  Our summers have always been fantastic and every day off something worth writing home about.  

But there is no vacation for us this year!  We are hard at work!  Finlay has been having some challenges with getting enough sleep (by default, so have we!).  We are reading books and talking to lots of other parents and trying to figure out how to help him (and us) get some more quality shut-eye (more quantity would be good too).

Currently, the main plan is routine.  We had some little trips here and there planned but have decided to post-pone them until the fall in the hopes that sticking around here will help Finlay figure out this sleeping thing.  This doesn't mean that our summer has been void of fun!  We have been spending lots of time at the park, walking to the beach, enjoying the many farmers markets and artisan markets around town, and going to various baby-group outings.  When we are at home, Finlay works on his crawling (still on his tummy and dragging himself around at present), we work on baby-proofing, and there is of course, NAP TIME!  

When Finlay naps, sometimes we nap, but when we don't catch up on z's we are sure to visit Cafe Nap-Time.  Our balcony is small but is sunny in the afternoon and we sit outside with the baby monitor, some food and drinks, and sometimes a book.  It's amazing.  It's the best cafe I've ever been to!  If Fin is awake and we want to hang out at our cafe, we just pull his highchair up to the door, so he is shaded, and he plays with his toys and watches the leaves move in the wind and listens to the crows chatter on the power-lines and has a great time! Fun for the whole family!

We did get out for a day of sailing (instead of the overnight trip we had planned) with Hilary and Calvin.  Hilary did an amazing job with the boat and the weather was great.  

Finlay stretching out in his sun-suit.

Finlay helping pull up the sails (he is chewing on a rope).

More rope-chewing with mama (I didn't give it a try).

Finlay is growing so fast!  This is him in an outfit his Nans got him when we were in Ontario.  It seemed so big in June but I pulled it out today and it fits him!  There is an orange Westphalia van on the socks and shirt.