PerBear is the Scout master. What a happy camper. Literally.
You may also enjoy the documentation of his month+ mustache growth. He is really proud. I'm tired of only feeling his bottom lip when we kiss, but it's fine with me, whatever (okay maybe not whatever, but mostly) floats your boat! His goal is to make it to GRADUATION! (20th of April) (like 2 weeks from tomorrow) (Do I seem excited?!?!) He is really, really cute. And sexy.
I dare to speak for all when I say that our familial gathering last Saturday (Lynds is 21!) was excellent. We'll have to look to Lynds for the face mask pictures... and seriously our Mother is, in a word, hilarious. She was giving us all the giggles, all night.
Here is what I was referring to when titling this "Around the Neighborhood". We live in a beautiful place. If life takes us elsewhere, which I feel it will, I shall miss the glorious mountains. Truly GLORIOUS. What else can you describe as glorious on this earth? It's not a word I use lightly. They are incredible.
WR and I go on walks daily (I even starting running. Okay so today was the first time, but I did it and I will shout congratulations for me because I cannot say I love to run) and here is our regular route scenery.
Wade had his first taste of dirt the other day. He really didn't seem to enjoy it, but there was something about it because he just kept going back for more. Luckily there were aerated pellets everywhere for his eating convenience. Then the lovely 3 year old downstairs came and kindly dumped a pile of dirt upon Wade's head. No reaction from Wade whatsoever!
He sure is cute, though...
In the 2 photos below, you may be able to spy a slight darker hair color. This would be the post-dirt dumping.
(p.s. thanks for the jacket, Lynette!! Love it.)
Another thing about this neighborhood. I have sighted THREE nyquil or robitussin bottles in gutters on our walks this week. Either people are having some serious problems losing their cough medicine or I am sensing a neighborhood cough medicine buzz problem. I have been shocked. I mean obviously I know that people actually do that, but it's so interesting to me (I guess there are a lot of interesting things girls did where I worked the past few years...). I imagined myself today as I saw the 3rd (which within a few block radius seems like a whole lot of not-so-random-sightings!) bottle as a teenager and maybe if a friend had suggested we chug some cough medicine for fun I might have thought that was okay. But upon further thought, it would have felt wrong, so I know I wouldn't have done it. I can't say i never did anything stupid in younger years, but with "stupid" I'd also define that as "embarrassing"...like walking by a table in the cafeteria and quickly asking, "um can I have one?" while taking a french fry off of their plate (it was a dare), or loading up the back of my little Ranger with friends and doing donuts in a parking lot (I hate thinking what could have happened. Will I ever let my children do these things!?!?)
Anyway. Let's all make good choices is what I'm trying to say. And learn from the bad ones.
