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Daddy's Little "Helper"

Parker always wants to be doing whatever Jared is doing, and if it involves any kind of tools or fixing anything, Parker makes sure that he is RIGHT THERE all up in Jared's business. Jared "loves" this. It certainly makes fixing anything a much bigger challenge!

First Skateboarding Lesson

Casting

We went fishing in the Carlsbad lagoon yesterday evening...didn't catch anything, but Parker got some good practice in with casting his new pole!

Pool Time!

Now that we have a pool in the back yard again, it feels like summer is officially here! Actually, it means that June is over, so now we finally get to see the sun again and it's warm enough to get naked and start splashing! Although, Parker seems to be a bit unclear on the concept of a "swimming" pool, as the first thing he did was throw every single toy he could find in the back yard into his pool until it was completely full, and then proceeded to throw every single toy back out onto the grass. No wonder his swimming classes aren't going so...swimmingly.

Happy Father's Day!

We had a super fun Father's Day in San Diego this year. Dee and Niki scouted out a perfect hang out spot on a little beach in the bay on Point Loma looking out at Shelter Island. Nate, Lisa, Alex, Kristina, Jim, Lanea, Diana, Grayson, Grandpa Don, and Andrew were all there, too, and we spent the whole day playing in the sand, splashing in the water, going for boat rides (Jared brought his boat and beached it right at our spot), and eating lots of food and cake (it was also Alex's 8th birthday!). After weeks of heavy June gloom, the sun came out all day and we had a gorgeous San Diego Sunday. Can't wait to do it again!!

Daddy's Shirt

This shirt used to be Jared's when he was a little boy! I didn't realize that Parker had already grown into it! We'll have to see if we can find a picture of Jared wearing it when he was little.

Fishing Buddies

Parker got to use his fishing pole a lot in Catalina! He's pretty attached to it now, and likes to take it with him everywhere he goes (even to Grammy and Grandpa's house!). He has learned to release and reel it in all by himself. He was so excited every time Jared reeled in one of his lures that he would shout "Daddy caught a fish!" When we corrected him, and told him it was just a lure, he would shout, "Daddy caught a lure!" We'll probably take Parker to a lake to go fishing soon, and actually put some bait on his hook so that he just might catch something!

Daddy's Little Helper

The Start of a New Year

2009 got off to a good start! The weather was pretty cold, so we got all bundled up to play outside...or just took the fun indoors!

Daddy's Office

Parker absolutely loves going to visit Jared at his office now because he really loves watching people skateboarding and he loves to play on the ramps. He runs up and down the ramps, slides down them on his butt or his tummy, and gets to go for skateboard rides with Daddy. Mommy even pushes him around on a scooter! It's like a giant playground, for little boys AND big boys.

(p.s. That funny face Parker is making in the last photo is his "say 'cheese!' for the camera" face...he can't fake a smile for the camera without closing his eyes. It's pretty funny--look for it in many other photos too!)

Indian Summer

One last naked-day at the beach for Parker before the weather finally turned cold for winter. Can't wait for summer to return! It's tough getting in a full day of playing outside when it starts getting dark at 4:30 in the afternoon now!

Airplane!