Onward Summer!

I finished my license program and am now just waiting for the Colorado Department of Education to go through the paperwork and then I'll have my license. I've also left my job at the treatment facility and am busy applying for jobs at the school districts in the area. Cross fingers that I get lucky and land a sweet job!

Dave is busy at the lab during the week, and he's tired but happy when he comes home. Either he or I pick Will up from daycare at the end of the day. When we get home, we usually have some kind of activity, we play in the back yard and Will organizes his toys,

Or pumps up the tires on his trike,

Or fixes mommy or daddy's bike,

Or waters the lawn,

Or takes Rocky for a walk around the block,

Will is very industrious.

We have had several weekends in a row where we've had a chance to do stuff TOGETHER. As a FAMILY. How novel.  Dave bought me a bike for Mother's Day/Graduation and we've been taking family rides out on the Highline Canal or to Wash Park or Platt Park. We have a little buggy that Will sits in like a Pasha and Dave tows him along. No pictures yet, but I'll get some soon!

Will is a bit of a daredevil.

But he also knows when to kick back and enjoy a box of raisins.

And he is obsessed with things with steering wheels. This was a little four-person bike that you could rent to trundle around the lake at Wash Park. He played on it for hours and was reluctant to leave (a bit of whimpering).

We took one trip to Belleview Park which has a TON of kid friendly activities (I've called it Kid Valhalla before) including a stream running through the whole hilly park. We rode the little choo-choo train, visited the petting zoo we went to the stream to cool off. After we played in the stream, we changed Will out of his wet clothes to get him into dry ones.

He immediately took off running and giggling. 

And kept running until he reached the train tracks where he found one perfect rock and ran back to the stream to plunk it in. 

This activity lasted for at least 45 minutes. 

On our weekend outings we sometimes stop and have breakfast at Panera. This is a Will and Daddy routine from when I was working every weekend. 

We have been to the big Barnes and Nobles downtown. It has an excellent play area.

Some weekend mornings Will and I make breakfast together. He likes to stir the eggs. 

In the evenings he helps me cook stuff like meatloaf. 

Whatever we end up doing, there is always an opportunity to play a little ball,

And time for a little bike ride.