On the Importance of Blogging

Even though I haven't posted much, I've been thinking about the blog some lately. Does that count? I've been thinking about moving the blog to wordpress. But, upon second thought have decided to KISS (keep it simple, stupid) and keep it here on blogger. Sadly, all the fun things about wordpress are not worth giving up all the lovely youtube links and photos. I can't figure out how to get them to import over easily and it's not worth it right now. What I really wanted was to get away from flickr and I think I'll still be able to do that and stay at blogger with probably less work.

Anywhoooo...I've also been looking back at old posts. It is SO fun and has reminded me of the importance of blogging, especially since my journaling habit is completely nonexistant now. :( Not to mention that I need all the help I can get in the memory department. How's your memory? Do you have a lot of memories of your childhood? I feel like I really need to purposefully recall my memories to keep them. Maybe not everyone does. So, I need some good walks down memory lane on a regular basis or I'll forget it all. 

Sometimes I wonder if all these photos and videos actually diminish our actual memories. At first I was bummed that I didn't take any pictures of our trip to the farmer's market this past weekend. But, I spent a few minutes recalling (just to myself) some of what we did there that day and it made for some lovely memories. There was a regata so we got to watch some boats going by. I'll remember Alec sitting on the woodchips playing in the dirt and Evan climbing around the tree roots by the waters edge. He got pretty brave and actually climbed UP a tree a little ways. We ran into several friends with children and chatted with them while the kids played. All of this on the first warm/sunny/weekend day of the spring. It was so nice to be out in the sun doing fun things! We wandered around buying and eating whatever looked good. Evan had a waffle with an enormous amount of syrup. I'll remember that he stood by a bench in the north end of the market eating it (and not sharing it with me ;). Russ and I kept getting separated on our different trips to get the next yummy thing but the day was OURS so we kept finding each other just fine amoung the other market goers. Alec rode around in the Ergo mostly and I'll remember sharing our first purchase of the day with him-- a chocolate chip scone. He was kind of tired but perked up when we let him out of the ergo to explore. He really loves to walk around holding our fingers.

While I don't have any pictures of this lovely outing I did take a bunch lately of just normal everyday stuff. Like the boys in the living room playing. Pretty typical.

Alec playing in the cupboard

At Cedar's birthday party

enjoying his hockey puck cupcake

Going to the Fair

The summer is getting l-o-n-g and Evan is increasingly difficult to keep occupied.  We've been buying workbooks full of mazes and dot-to-dots.  Anything to fill the hours.  We're also taking advantage of all there is to do in our area and sometimes beyond.

The Trumansburg Fair celebrated its 160th year this summer with a zoo, farm animal display, rides, games, food and a quintessential fair atmosphere.  We decided to check it out.

Evan liked the games and came home with two prizes.  Total cost= $9
We had some fair fare.  Ice Cream and a funnel cake.  Total cost=$6.50
6 tickets which got us onto 3 rides.  Total cost= $6.
Entrance fee  $4

Evan was really worried the tortoise was going to run away.  But at this pace I don't think there's much to worry about.



He did go on 3 different rides but only liked the 2 sissiest ones.

Mini-Golf

As the summer winds down I find myself trying to have as much fun with Evan as I can before he has to start school. I think he'll have a ton of fun at school and be happily engaged doing lots of interesting things all day. But, I'll miss him. (At least sometimes)

So, I thought it would be fun to check out the new, and very beautiful, T-Burg Mini Golf up route 96. It was a bit hot and we were out at the hottest part of the day but he and his friend Cedar had a blast. They kept hitting that little ball until it made its way into the hole one way or another. Cedar, whose father is a hockey fan, used his excellent hockey stance and grip to his advantage. Evan had some rather interesting techniques but we all had fun.