2 Years Old and 9 Months Week 1

We finally got the heat everyone else has been talking about for months now.  It is in the 90s for the first time all summer.  We had friends from the neighborhood over to barbecue on the 4th of July.  The kids loved playing on the slip and slide.  Then, we went to a local park to listen to the music and see the fireworks.  Our family never saw the fireworks.  The kids were in bed at 8PM and the fireworks did not start until 10PM because it stays light here so late.

We took the kids to Corbin Park on Sunday to swim at the river.  It was refreshing water.  Jackson loved looking at the little fish and picking up rocks.  Carson loved eating the rocks.  Everything goes straight to his mouth.  We took them back on Monday evening to picnic and fish after work.  Jackson was telling Drew how to fish.  Drew said, "I knew that you were going to know everything.  I just didn't think it would be so soon!"

On Sunday afternoon, we went up to Green Bluff.  It is the farming area on a bluff above Spokane.  We picked strawberries.  Can you believe it!  It is finally the end of the strawberry season.  I am making strawberry rhubarb preserves.  The kids loved playing on the farm.  They had a sandbox full of dried peas instead of sand.
 
Carson went for his 9 month appointment today.  He is in the 97th percentile for head, height and weight.  He is 31" tall and 24 lbs 14 oz.