Brayden and dad at Brayden's first surf movie premiere and La Paloma experience. We went and saw "Drive Thru Australia". We gave him the total experience. Waiting in line for an hour to an oversold theatre and a dinner consisting of m&m's and popcorn. We made it through over half of the movie which was longer than expected. I was so looking forward to Siamese Basil after the movie but they were packed from all of the other people who were not able to get into the movie. It was a great typical Encinitas summer night even if I still have guilty feelings over feeding my child chocolate for dinner.
We have been spending our Sundays at Cardiff Reef. It is no surprise that Brayden feels right at home at the beach. He especially loves sitting in the sand in his new chair. We are making good use out of our state park pass and taking full advantage of setting up camp early and staying as long as we can. I grew up coming here all the time during summer. I think the majority of my birthday parties as a child were either at Cardiff Reef or Seaside. I had very little say in the matter thanks to my dad. Maybe Brayden will want to celebrate his birthday's here too. I know his Grandpa is counting on that tradition continuing even if his birthday is in late November.

Summer cont..

Brayden mastered the ability to climb in his crib. Thankfully, he can still not climb out but it is not for lack of effort.
Brayden and friends Liam and Piper posing at the Ott's birthday party. They sat so still for the longest time . They are so cute in this photo. Seconds later they wiggled in and out of the pool and threw the plastic balls at each other just like toddlers should. Greta always is such an inspiration for throwing fantastic and utterly creative parties and making all of the little things in life very special for her family.

Whenever Tony works in the garage Brayden prefers to watch him sitting inside his truck. Lately, Tony has been working on a frame for a print we bought in Hawaii on our honeymoon. Too bad my embroidered print is taking forever ( the bottom half is at least complete) otherwise he would have another frame to make at the same time.

A nice yummy chicken pot pie was waiting for me last week when I had a late night at work. I have been really busy at work which is a good thing but the qualification process continues to get worse which is always fun. Dinner was at 8 pm ( which is very late for us) but oh so worth it. Tony made it from scratch and was clever enough to put all of our initials on it.

Next up on our agenda....

Brayden's first surf movie tonight and TGIF in the park tomorrow.

Celebrating the 4th Australian style

Yesterday we spent the 4Th at the beach and barbecuing with our friends Matt and Celine ( Matt being the Australian). We spent the day visiting old neighbors on Neptune, watching the parade, drinking a few beers on the beach and consuming lots of meat. Brayden had lots of fun dropping in at various neighbors and quickly made himself at home. Beacons's Brayden

Playing with Lily at Jazz in the Park last week.

Loving the opportunity to dance and play with friends at Staecoach park.

I hope everyone had a safe 4th of July.