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Today we spent the day at Hartlake Conservation Area. It was Melissa’s family picnic. I want to write more about the day but all that sunshine and good food has tuckered me out, so a real write up and some of the 300+ pictures will have to wait till tomorrow. What we have today is a picture that screams little boys and nature. It wasn’t the only frog caught today, but it is the only one I thought to photograph.
In an effort to limit our trips to the doctors we scheduled Violet’s 18 Month appointment and Jacob’s 4 year appointment for the same day. It sounded like a good plan, but with both kids getting needles and a full waiting room it didn’t turn out that great. I don’t think we’d do that again, and given there age differences I doubt we could. Both kids did great but with the long wait and the needles at the end we were glad to get out of there.
Today I was looking at the playground near our house, and thought it strange to see it without kids. It’s been locked up for the last couple of weeks while the fix up a large planter area. The work looks great and almost complete so hopefully by the weekend it will be open again. Having the kids play in the play ground while relaxing on the patio is one of the best features of our house.
Today was Wednesday and that ment a trip to the ice rink for Jacob’s skating lesson. Today was the first time I didn’t feel chilly at the rink wearing my shorts and T-shirt. In fact it felt great to get out of the heat into the chilly arena. I was trying to get a picture of Violet watching her brother skate. After all when ever we’re at skating and Jacob is on the ice Violet is trying to get out there, it doesn’t mater that she doesn’t have skates, it’s where she wants to be. Perhaps this fall it’ll be time to fit her for skates.
Today while Melissa and I slept our children went on an adventure with there Nana and Papa. It’s an adventure we tried to do last summer with them but the evil forces of traffic prevent use from accomplishing it. It was a trip to Marineland, ever since last summer Jacob has wanted to go, he can sing the entire theme song. I’m glad that our little ones got to go and that they had a fun time with nana and papa, but I’m also a little sad that I didn’t get to take them. Of course there will be other adventures to other places that I will share with them as the grow up.
Ever since I got my Milestone I have wanted to start writing reviews of the different software I use on it. My drafts folder has half a dozen half-finished pieces on different apps. Today I start clearing out those reviews. First up is one of the apps I use the most, WordPress. It’s an editor for my blog and most of my posts start their life in it.
The interface is simple, when you first launch the application you choose which blog you want. It supports both WordPress hosted and self hosted blogs. For each blog you have 3 tabs Comments, Posts, Pages.
Today was the hottest day of the year, so far. So I spent some of the evening making sure our Air conditioners where in right. It’s amazing how hot our place gets if we don’t have them running.
Today we finally found time to head out to the theaters to watch Toy Story 3. They way it work out it was a boys afternoon at the theatre, with Melissa and Violet heading off to the Gym. Jacob was very excited to see Toy Story 3 and it was hard to get him to pose for a picture in front of the theatre.
The movie it’s was great, I’m not sure if it’s better or worse than the original or the first sequel, but it was a great way to come back to the story. If anything the problem was to many interesting characters that we couldn’t really get to know any of the new toys. On a more somber thought, seeing the Toys locked in the toy-box desperately trying to have Andy play with them again was a sad reminder of the loss of innocence all kids go through as they grow up. I found myself wondering if when Jacob is ready to go off to college if he’d have any of his childhood toys. Maybe his Woody or Buzz. Perhaps Coco will last through the years.
Today I focus on foot well not the foot the shoe. It’s not really a shoe its a flip-flop. I haven’t had a pair of them since I was a kid, but this father’s day Melissa and the kids picked up a pair for me. I have worn them a few times around the house and patio but today I wore them out and about. It was strange walking with them but after a while I got used to it. It was nice not having to worry about socks for a change, of course I think I’ll be happier if I get myself a nice pair of sandals.
Back in the spring my Mom and Jacob planted a bunch of Sunflowers. They started in little pots in her window before being transplanted into our little garden. I pretty much ignored them, but the other day I did some weeding and noticed there growing buds. It amazed me that it went from bud to flower in less than 3 days. I’m really looking forward to when the other 2 plants start to bloom.