The latest and semi greatest

Yes, we play in the bathtub a lot--both with and without water. While D hates to be contained anywhere (go figure!) he will spend many, many content minutes playing in the tub. I am not so secretly wondering how long it is until he turns on the faucet and soaks himself.

Check out the size of this monster! I have mastered zucchini bread, omelets, fried zuch, etc. I actually love it and can't help but be really satisfied/smug that I haven't had to buy any produce for quite some time now. Although we did splurge on some DIVINE 1.00 pints of marionberries the other day. As for the boy in the pic, according to his latest 4 year old check up, he is in roughly the 60 percentile for height and weight. And is healthy and a genius. But you knew that already... He bravely opted to get four shots all at once and is done with vaccines until he is 11. Yay!

We rawk! Mizz, not surprisingly, seems to have a genuine knack for the game, much like his father. Meanwhile, I am improving, by sheer perseveration and hours of practice. In fact, my playing amounts to every couple of days until my wrists hurt. I am old but can be taught apparently.

Dave gets home today after two weeks of being on the road and to say that I am really excited, relieved, and highly impatient would all be major understatement. It hasn't helped that I have already consumed half a pot of coffee and haven't managed to entice the kids out of the yard thus far.