...to all the dads I know out there, especially my dad (Grandpa Bear), my father in law (Grandpa Ed), and this guy right here:
My loves. <3
We spent part of the weekend at the "ribber house" and part of it at home, just enjoying each other (and overwhelming Daddy with projects)... Sorry Jimmy! I heart you. We both do. Just remember that! :-)
Swimming at the ribber *ahem* river:
"Here you go"... wet sand from a baby, priceless.
She sure loves her Daddy. Who can blame her? They have a lot in common! Swimming...
Fixing things...
Doing math...
...even exploring! I set Liv to the task of putting tiny rocks in a bucket. She probably could have spent a whole day out in the backyard looking for rocks. Seriously. A whole day.
"Bucket up the steps?"
She likes looking for sticks, too.
Take a break! Time to climb in the tunnel!
"Biiiiig muscles!"
I know, I know... did you really need to see Livvie collecting rocks from every angle? Probably not.
We spent yesterday at the "Ribber House" according to Livvie. "Hellooooo Ribber House, it's good to see you!"
It was kind of a gloomy day to start, so according to the Maley men, that means it's perfect weather for skiing, wakeboarding, and any other kind of water sport you might like to do. (Maybe not any kind, but I'm not a Maley man and I sure don't know much about water sports.) Anyway, one of my New Year's resolutions this year is to get up on water skis. I was threatened initially that I wasn't a true Maley until that happened... though I think that point has come and gone. ;-) I do still want to get up on skis, though.
Me in my SMALL/MEDIUM life jacket. Rock on, me.
Unfortunately, you get no picture of me up on skis yet. There were a whole lot of short video clips of me almost skiing and then suddenly falling sideways. Geez water, stop tripping me already. I'll post a picture when I master those skis this summer.
Instead, here's Jimmy wakeboarding for the first time this summer...
...and Livvie swimming in the river...
...and floating!
...and kneeboarding! Yep, Livvie is a superstar.
She had fun going back and forth in the river for a little while and then just wanted to get off and go play in the sand, walk in the water, and watch Suka make a "biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig splash!"
Today, however, little miss was in quite a mood for most of the day! We got home kind of late last night and she was WIDE AWAKE and then she woke up early today and took an early nap. Long, but early. Anyway, we had some good play time... but also the first real time outs (two of them!) she's ever had. For kicking mommy (on purpose)! Tsk tsk.
How do I know it was on purpose? She said "I kick mommy" and walked up and kicked me. That little talker gives herself away pretty easily. (...and she was a sad little munchkin after the timeout.) :-/ She said "I sorry, no kick mommy." Until she did it again about 5 minutes later. Same result. Ah well... it had to happen sometime and she didn't do it again all night.
She also found something new she likes to do...
Thanks for the sweet jungle gym, Grandma Joyce! ;-)
