cherry picking and beyond

a few more good pics from our Tahoe trip. my favorite one of thomas and william, and one of thomas - still performing even up in the mountains. that's william coming up from behind, because it looked like thomas was going to dance himself right off the small boulder he'd selected as a "stage."

also, during one of our boring days, we went into Harrah's casino and played in the toddler play area for the morning. it was nice b/c summer is slow so we had the entire play structure to ourselves. the attendant only charged us $5 for the day, rather than $5 per hour.
since there was no one else, I begrudgingly went into the ball pit with thomas, after he begged and begged. it was fun, but in the back of my mind, i am thinking about all the gross things that could be in that ball pit with us. yeeuck... ball pits are really grody germ pits and if you think about it, there is really no way to clean all those balls. no way. so you are playing in the spit, drool, lost diapers, lost shoes, toe jam, and boogers of all the kids that have played in it before.... but we had fun :)

here's another funny pic - i was trying to clean some crud off thomas' face and he was trying to get me back very vigorously with his little thumb. or maybe he was trying to swat at me, can't remember. :) he really dislikes it now when i rub anywhere near his mouth. no matter what i use (my hand, a towel, a wipe, a napkin) he really hates it and will re-wipe his mouth with his sleeve as soon as i let him.


i have to say two year olds are a TON of fun. i can't think of a day that hasn't gone by without laughs of some kind, along with lots of playing and new games made up on the spot. sometimes, they are really really silly games too. yesterday, i started singing "Head Shoulders Knees & Toes", and thomas was whining, "Stop" so i froze and stared at him. he started to giggle and yelled "GO!" so i started singing the song again. he yelled stop and go at least 10 more times during the short song and we both erupted into giggles at the end. of course, when the song ended, thomas immediately said "sing again mommee sing again!!"

some pics from his first time cherry/strawberry picking. he liked picking the cherries off, but the strawberries were the big hit. his belly was full of unwashed strawberries by the time we left. :)