Busy weekend

We have had a busy weekend so far. This first set of pictures is from the picnic we had last night at our local lake. It was the first time we'd been to a real beach this summer, and Tucker was very enthusiastic. The pictures make it look like we were the only people at the beach, but there were actually lots of other kids that Tucker was really interested in. The boys in the family next to us caught a turtle and were so excited to show Tucker, who was actually a bit intimidated by the whole thing.

When we got out of the truck, Tucker carried his red ball all the way into the beach... he is really into balls right now, and especially loves to kick them. Pretty soon we're going to have to banish most balls from the inside of our house, because throwing them will be just too tempting. The only thing that wasn't fun for Tucker about the outing was having to leave!




Tucker has found a new hobby: mowing the lawn. Austin mowed it yesterday morning, and so I brought down the plastic lawn mower Helen had found at a thrift shop. Tucker takes lawn mowing very seriously--he wouldn't use his mower when Daddy was mowing, because he needed to observe Austin closely. But once Austin was done, Tucker has been compulsively mowing the lawn at every opportunity. When he has a serious task like this, he is way too busy to stop and smile for the camera.


Yesterday morning we went to a park that had just been renovated and has this neat water wall. It is perfect for Tucker, with water but very little risk of drowning. And it's open all the time (the pools here don't seem to be open until the very late morning).



In other news, Tucker tends to sleep with one of two trucks. Most of the time I don't think he plays with them, they're more like security items along with his ducky and pacifier. He also has taken to gathering our silverware during and after dinner and putting them away in the silverware drawer... the only problem, of course, is that the silverware that he's putting away is all dirty.

These days,