Bare feet

Sebastian loves to take off his shoes.

Swirling Fountain

We go to the Market on Saturday mornings. We don't get there very early, usually around 10:30 or 11:00. We get our vegetables and local meat, then we eat a lunch of local brats or tamales while watching Mitch and Eileen, musicians that are very popular with the five and under crowd. If the weather is nice, we then head over to the fountain. Usually there are some kids or parent we recognize and we hang out until it is time for Sebastian's nap time.

I will be sad when the weather changes and the market closes up.

Favorite Tree

We go to the park most days after dinner. Julien loves to climb his favorite tree when we get there. The tree gets lots of attention from all the kids. Sebastian would like to climb as high as Julien, but, thankfully, he has not figured it out yet.

Sebastian walks the dog

Sebastian loves to walk Emmett, which usually works OK, since Emmett is relatively well behaved. Sebastian also loves to feed Emmett his breakfast and dinner.

Creatures

We saw several small creatures on our hike. Julien noticed them first. A budding naturalist!

Sunday Hike

We took another Sunday hike at Griffy Lake. Sebastian walked most of the way. Julien talked non stop about all the Pokemon in the woods. Occasionally I would suggest a couple minutes of silence so we could listen to the woods, but every time I did, Sebastian then became very loud. Julien had a great hike and by the end was voluntarily holding my hand and putting my arm around hem when we were walking. It was very sweet.

We let Emmett off his leash very briefly during the hike and considered the benefits and drawbacks of letting him off leash. When we got back to the car there was a guy frantically looking for his lost dog. He had past us on our hike with both of his dogs off leash. A good lesson to be careful about letting your dog run free. He was still looking when we left.

Inventing Pokemon

Julien enjoys inventing Pokemon. He spent several days creating this group of Pokemon. I love that they were created to stand up. He's done with them now, so I am considering bringing one to work with me. The blue one with the yellow circle is my favorite.

Making mud

We put out the pool last weekend (before the storm came through). Julien scooped buckets of water and poured it into the sand box. They found the sandy mud to be more entertaining than the pool.

We took a long and sandy bath that night.

Portrait

Last night we had fun taking portraits of the three of us together.

Morning reading

First thing in the morning the boys like to read books. Sometimes Julien reads to Sebastian, but usually they sit side by side looking at their own books.

Marching Hundred

The IU marching band, called the Marching Hundred, performed at CCC, Sebastian's day care, at the beginning of the semester for an anniversary Party for CCC. Sebastian was very happy to watch the music from Morgan's lap. He LOVES Morgan.

Roasting hot dogs

Sebastian and I enjoyed staying out late with the campers. There were lots of other toddlers and babies and many adults that gave him lots of attention. Julien played capture the flag, which was lots of fun. He was the youngest kid playing, but he was fast enough that he held his own. Emmett thought the whole thing was great. He played with one of the other dogs. At first Julien thought they were fighting and got upset, but once he realized that they were playing everyone got excited and cheered the dogs on (they were running very fast).

We also roasted hot dogs and made smores.

Camping

We have been back in Bloomington for a while now. I have been quite behind on my posts...

The first weekend back Julien and Richard went camping with Julien's Camp. Sebastian and I were there until night time because I had to work in the morning.

Wild man

Sebastian was a bit wound up and wild at dinner the last night. But once I strapped him down and gave him a drumstick, he was as happy as could be.

Last night

The last night in Paris we went out to eat in a neighborhood a few blocks away. It was beautiful on the way there, but a thunderstorm struck on the way home. Julien was scared so Richard carried him home piggyback. It was almost fun to get so wet.

Tired Sebastian