Base Camp Lately: Father's Day Weekend

we celebrated father's day with a relaxing weekend. saturday morning we checked out the aquidneck island growers' market for the first time. keith bought some bacon from pat's patured for sunday's breakfast which was delicious and i found a stand that carried great mosquito repelling plants. we purchased some lemon balm, citronella geraniums and basil for the backyard. the sweet lady running the stand even let our cub pick out a sunflower plant to take home. he is doing a great job of taking take of it so far. later we stopped by waterbrothers for a new t-shirt for dad, tacos for lunch outside under the tree at perro salado, then headed home for an afternoon nap and a snuggle wrestle as our little one likes to call it. please excuse the serious bedhead we are all rocking in most of the pictures.

24/52, 25/52 and 26/52

"a portrait of my child once a week, every week, in 2016"

24/52 our cub: he loves jamming with these cool dudes and they totally let him muscle his way into center stage. such good guys. he thinks they are pretty rad. 

"a portrait of my child once a week, every week, in 2016"

25/52 our cub: hours searching for sea glass and flat rocks for skipping by the bay with his cousins 

"a portrait of my child once a week, every week, in 2016"

26/52 our cub: spent the weekend camping and not once did he get this dirty. 20 minutes at home and i had to scrub him down twice before bed. he loves digging in the dirt. 

every week we are linking up with practicing simplicity weekly portrait project. 

21/52, 22/52 and 23/52

"a portrait of my child once a week, every week, in 2016"

21/52 our cub: back at the playground. he says hi to everyone and loves making new friends. young, old it doesn't matter.

"a portrait of my child once a week, every week, in 2016"

22/52 our cub: eating a bagel with cream cheese one of his favorites and wearing his cousin sam's hat that he insisted on wearing instead of his own.

"a portrait of my child once a week, every week, in 2016"

23/52 our cub: mondays are our day. it was a hot one this week so we headed out of the house early for a morning trip to the zoo and to see the toe jam band. it's been a while since we have been so we watched both sets, road the train and carousel and he led the way to all his favorite animals. i had to keep him awake on the ride home so we could take a nice long nap in mama's bed. it was a good day.

every week we are linking up with practicing simplicity weekly portrait project. 

19/52 and 20/52

"a portrait of my child once a week, every week, in 2016"

19/52 our cub: watching the rain on a lazy monday

"a portrait of my child once a week, every week, in 2016"

20/52 our cub: he is becoming such a little boy, no more baby as he likes to remind me

every week we are linking up with practicing simplicity weekly portrait project. 

17/52 and 18/52

"a portrait of my child once a week, every week, in 2016"

17/52 our cub: pretending to still be sleeping. he hates getting up in the morning and waking from naps. he has quickly learned to say "five more minutes."

"a portrait of my child once a week, every week, in 2016"

18/52 our cub: digging the new playground in our neighborhood. a long over due project that the city has finally started. it's not quite down, but what has been done is very cool. 

every week we are linking up with practicing simplicity weekly portrait project. 

Sundays: Spring Sand and Salt

keith and i have been doing lots of work around the house. he has been busy cleaning our yard that seemed to get totally trashed over the winter. i have been in side the house cleaning and weeding our stuff like crazy. the past two year we have practiced "march minimalist madness" where we each place something we no longer need or want into a box for the goodwill each day. somehow we missed most of march so i have been doing my best to catch up. a few weekends back we were both in need of a break. the weather was perfect for our first beach day of the year and a little bike riding. the sun was warm, the breeze was cool and we were all quite happy and content enjoying the fresh air and sunshine. i wish all sundays were this easy.

Road Trip: Mt Washington Valley

every march we spend a week in mt. washington valley. we love this time of year in the white mountains. the bitter cold winter has usually subsided and gentle cool spring weather begins to settle in which is great for spending time outside. most years we even luck out and a fresh coat of snow covers the mountains. this year, however, the weather was unseasonably warm. we saw 60 degrees several days over the week. this is nice in theory but these conditions make for muddy icy trails. good thing we were prepared... well most of us. at the end of last season i purchased kingston the smallest micro spikes i could find at the trading post. i knew he would be spending more and more time out of his carrier in the upcoming year. he looked so cute in his boots and gear. Here is our road trip in photos.

he wanted to ride the elevator every night when we returned to the hotel asking what every button on the elevator panel is for each time. when keith explained "the help" button he asked "like when i need help picking up my toys?!" one of his least favorite things to do at home.
he would say his hellos to this little beaver carving everyday. he sang a song and played his guitar for his wood friend about how he saw his beaver den home and gave him a kiss on the nose to say goodbye as we waited for dad to pack the car. i was so funny and sweet.