Greenough, Pet Rocks and a Little Paint

A relatively quiet Sunday, just the girls and Mr. O, as George had to work today.

We did the have the benefit of Sat afternoon and evening as a family. Last night we ended up making grilled panini together, then hit Big Dipper for some ice cream. Rounded out the evening with a beautiful walk in Maclay Flats; Bea & Ollie tossed rocks and romped in the river.

Some of the smoke from the forest fires has cleared out of the Valley, so its a decent day today. Bea, Frau & I went for quite a long juant in Greenough along Rattlesnake Creek. Bea and I collected rocks from the Creek so we could make some "pets" for our backyard. On the way home we ended up stopping by Bonner park so Bea could play awhile. Then we made lunch and commenced the pet rock project.

Bea got paints from her cousin Gabe for her birthday so we put them to good use. One thing I noticed about her though. She got really tweaked when her hands got dirty or if she got paint on the table or her t-shirt. I felt sort of bad since that is obviously a direct reaction to me always telling her to "wipe her hands" "be careful not to spill" "don't get ____ on the table." At any rate, I felt pretty guilty that a 2 year old would be so concious and preoccupied with keeping clean. So I made a point to get some paint on her and myself (...ok...and Frau too). I think I better lay off the control freak tendencies and let her just enjoy being a kid at the expense of a dirty t-shirt.

She seemed to have a lot of fun painting her "ladybug." I know I had fun painting my "turtle."

Here she is with our new backyard friends:

Afterwards she enjoyed a nice long hot bath (note the splash of brown paint by her nose, that's as crazy as she'd get) and is now blissfully sleeping the afternoon away w/ Ollie.

Just waiting for George to get home from work. Uncle Al and Sasha are coming over for dinner before they fly back to Seattle, then we're headed to a campaign party for John Tester.