Stickbug

Mommy and Parker found a stickbug



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Picasso's Couch

Jared and I were shocked last night (after Parker was already asleep in bed) to discover that Parker had scribbled all over our couch with a ball point pen! Apparently this happened while I was in the kitchen making dinner. We pulled the pillows and backrest cushions off the couch to discover drawings on both arms of the couch and all along the back. It was truly shocking--while I know that this is something really typical for kids to do, Parker has never done anything like this before, and I kind of thought he was beyond this stage now at 3 1/2. He also usually seems like a fairly smart and reasonable kid, so I was surprised that he would do something so obviously wrong. But, as Jared said, this is just the beginning of us asking our kid, "WHAT were you thinking?!" and "You know better than to do that!" I'm sure we'll be saying those things to him for many more years to come...


In the meantime, we're working on trying to wash the pen off the couch...not much luck so far. 

Surf Fish

I woke a little early this morning, grabbed my gear and set off to Cassidy Beach. Used two sand crabs, caught one fish.


barred surf perch
Then came home to make pancakes.

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Parker's Pizza Pie

Parker is always super excited to make his own pizza, and he always wants to make a face on his! Here you can see the cherry tomato eyeballs, red onion eyebrows, pine nut freckles, and chicken chunk smile. :)

28 Weeks

So, I reached 28 weeks on Friday...I feel like my belly is already HUGE, but once I saw this picture of myself, I realized that I'm not THAT big, and I'm still going to get WAY bigger! Oof. Twelve more (or so) weeks to go!

Just another day in Crazy Town.

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Parker went through a "dress-up guy" phase this afternoon, when he got really excited about dressing up in some sort of weird costume and then wanted to wear it everywhere. He ended up wanting to be a "robot monster," and (for today at least), he is thinking he would like to expand on this concept for his Halloween costume this year. Here is a little video clip of Parker walking into Lowe's with us this afternoon to do a little shopping...he was kind of over wearing his "mask" after only a few minutes, though...I didn't want to stifle his sense of creativity or fun, so I just went with it!

Batiquitos Lagoon

Do we have the most charming, photogenic son in the world, or what?