So Long Sweet Summer

As the days get shorter, the color of the sky turns to a deep, rich blue. This makes for picture taking at the beach even more exciting! Snapping pictures has become quite the obsession of mine over the past few months. I love being able to use this gorgeous light to catch some incredible memories. After sorting through the 122 that I took tonight at the beach, I came up with these 4 shots that make me smile.

I have a lot of pictures of him walking away from me!

It took me 5 minutes or so of fiddling with the settings on my camera to finally capture this shot!

Little birdie feet.

Probably one of my favorites = )

Puddles!

Yesterday, Escher discovered puddles for the first time! We explored the neighborhood after the rain stopped and found a few good (and messy) puddles for Escher to splash around in.

I am really enjoying finding "big kid" stuff to do with Escher, now that he is walking. I feel like it opened up a whole new world of possibilities! We walk to the beach, play at the park, go "exploring" around the neighborhood. It really is just a fun age, and an excellent time of year to explore the world outside. The weather has been so gorgeous here! A beach girl at heart, I am so sad to see summer leave us. I am desperately clinging on to the last rays of summer sun and grudgingly pulling out my long pants and ugh, shoes too. I am loving open windows, cool breezes and excellent sleeping weather at night though!

What are your favorite things about fall?

Spaghetti!

I'm honestly surprised that it has taken this long to get a plateful of spaghetti in
front of that cute little face. It was worth the wait!

Thankfully, it was bath time right after!

Weee!

By the end of the day at the beach, he had probably ridden the boogie board about 12 times!

More Beach Fun

Just thought I would share a few of my favorite pictures from this weekend. And yes, Escher LOVES to boogie board = ) I'll try to upload a video soon!

Duck Duck, Quack Quack

So Escher and I had, the other morning, what I would consider our first "conversation". Matt was in the shower getting ready for work and I was getting breakfast ready for the dude while he was toddling around the house playing with his toys. This is how it went:

Escher: "Dada? Dada?"
Me: "Escher, Daddy's in the shower."
Escher (his eyes got really big and he whipped his head around to the bathroom where he heard the water running) "DUCK DUCK DUCK?!?!"
Me: "You think Daddy is taking a shower in your duck tub?"
Escher: "Yes. Fish!"
Me: "So Daddy is in the shower, in your duck tub, with your fish?"
Escher: "Yesh! Ha-haaaaa!"

For those of you that haven't heard it, Escher has a really sarcastic "haha" laugh that he does when he thinks that we think something is funny, and he joins in to laugh too. I'll try to get it on video sometime. Anyways, I just had to share our little tub story. Stories like these are the reason why I wanted to start a blog... so I could look back and remember all the funny things that happened. Almost TGIF friends.... almost!

Popsicles

Escher has embraced summer's favorite treat, the popsicle, with open arms. Or maybe I should say mouth = ) Popsicles have become a common treat in our house, especially it has been so warm lately. Don't want Escher to throw toys/shoes/towels/etc out of the cart on the way to the beach? Give him a popsicle to eat while he rides! Need a few minutes after dinner to clean up? A popsicle saves the day! Now, I've started to be a little concerned about the amount of not-so-healthy popsicles that he eats, so I'm thinking about starting to make my own. I would love to hear some ideas!

Meanwhile, let's decide what popsicle color looks best on Escher:

Magenta

Dark Purple

Green

Or the classic red.

Not sure which I like best, but I do know one thing: That boy can eat some popsicles!