We Love Weekends

The three of us did lots of happy things together this weekend, including going on a wee little hike in Duke Forest and to Harris Teeter, our local grocery store (which gives away a free balloon to each child. This is a mixed blessing; the balloon causes both delight and distress. June has some inscrutable rules about how her balloon is to be handled, including that it is never to be tied to anything. Go figure). Here are a few highlights:

Lloyd and June, still in their pj's, getting pretty serious about Curious George. And June wearing her toy bucket as a hat.

This trail is only a few miles from our house and is part of the extensive network owned and maintained by Duke University (Lloyd has run darn near every inch of it, I would imagine). It was partly sunny and mid-50's and altogether very pleasant on Saturday. June left a trail of cheerios stretching back to the trail head. Clever, no?After we returned from the grocery store, Lloyd unloaded our purchases in the kitchen while June played quietly behind him (too quietly? That probably trips the anxiety alarm for every parent). I heard him exclaim "June!", so I hastened to the kitchen to find this:
A tower! Of bottles and jars! And the artist looking very inspired.

Pushing the boundaries of physics:
So, she's really into stacking things these days (and she likes to top it all off with the inglehoffer mustard). Maybe time to get some big, super-stackable blocks?

Just in case any of you out there were starting to get the impression that all we do is smile and play and feel pleased with ourselves, this weekend had its tears and moments of frustration (I won't name any names here). But we had a very lovely weekend together.