{a veritable failure of a picture on the boston commons the other day. blaming this one on you, sun!}
well, the last few days have been busy. hosting guests and going places and celebrating graduates (jordan! hurrah!). and now, william and lindsey are off in minnesota visiting cousins on their mom’s side of the family. i suspect they are eating lots of watermelon, swimming in lakes, swatting at mosquitoes, playing with their cousins, and having a grand old time eating their grandmother’s fine cooking. she’s better than me at the huge spread of delicious nearly thanksgiving-like meal. they’ll get their fill, no doubt. i sent them off with a goofy note to be open ONLY AFTER TAKEOFF. it promises kitchen dance parties upon return (lindsey) and threatens william not to fall in love with any girls out there (it’s only a week; this shouldn’t be hard, but then, you don’t know william personally.).
every morning when parker hears someone, anyone go downstairs he exclaims expectantly, “whim?!” that’s how he says william. it breaks my heart a little to say, “william will be home soon!” when in fact, william’s just left. but whim, if you’re reading this (he doesn’t read my blog, but will one day?), do know that parker misses you dearly and is eagerly awaiting your return!! (and lindsey, the same goes for you too, but he’s just not as good at saying your name, as you well know.)
parker took a whopping nap today – go kid, go! – and upon waking, i whisked him out the door to a lake where we met steve. i brought a summer salsa (this salsa’s really perfect and i do plan on sharing the recipe at some point when i get my act together.) and we had the whole place to ourselves. the water was warm (when i’m saying that, you know it’s really true.) and parker had fun collecting rocks, throwing rocks and nearly nailing steve in the head with them. then, we went to pinkberry where the little dude found himself a table, sat down, and waited for his yogurt while steve and i ordered in line. it was funny. “guys, i’ll just grab a table. order me the original with the blueberries and granola, thanks.” it was one of those summer nights where even at 7:00 it’s still 80 degrees, but compared to the 90+ it was a few hours earlier, it feels downright dreamy.
it’s been nice over here in my neck of the woods. how’s yours?
Sounds pretty fabulous… Especially the dip in the lake. I am still getting into holiday mode, mind still racing and I'm trying to let my body rest.
Oh god, I envy you so much right now! We had an endless winter here until the beginning of May, then about 3 or 4 sunny days and now it is back to rain and gray skies and temperatures like in fall. We are dreaming of summerdays like yours! It sound sooo great and I love that picture!
Sweet of Parker to fancy Whim so much! 🙂 And the pic is sweet too. – A regular but so far, silent reader of your blog.
Perfect. Day.
Parker at Pinkberry? too cute!
Sounds like you are soaking up the summer:) I love it.
Love that picture and SO cute that Parker misses "Whim" so much!!
oh, summer. it's just so perfect. i can just imagine parker asking for william, that's the sweetest! also, the insta-video of him slurping a smoothie just kills me, i've watched it several times and have to chuckle each time. what a dear 🙂 i hope summer continues to be full of great little moments for you! ours is pretty relaxed as well, full of evening walks and ice cream here and there 🙂
xo,
kristyn
I saw your photo on Instagram of you in the lake yesterday evening and immediately put on my bathing suit and headed for our lake, which was just as dreamy as I had hoped for!
Oh, Parker will be so excited when his siblings return! How sweet.
This is such a relaxing post – you sound so relaxed! Oh, summertime 🙂
I agree! I felt relaxed after reading it, too!
Sounds like such a nice day!
Warm summer nights are one of my very favorite things, probably because they're so rare in Seattle.
Also, please do share that salsa recipe!
Sounds loverlyyy. It's getting into the 90s now in Charlotte…a bit too hot for my liking. The pool is our favorite place to be right now! 😀
That would break my heart too…the asking for his big brother thing. *sniff*
I love that picture. Good mom.
Ahhh. Sounds like perfection to me.
I love your family.
im a new addict to your blog! your story and your family are both so very cute! i even started following you on instagram — i agree with the above poster, that instavideo was so presh!
I would like more of my pictures to 'fail' like yours do. Love it.
-ginger
Minnesota summers are pretty great! This year has been a rough start but this last week was nice for us. Hope your kids are enjoying our wonderful state.