Surfer Boys

GREY*isms*

Greyson has a fondness for adjectives:

1. G: (running through the sprinkler) "MOM! Look at this magnificent rainbow!!"
2. G:  (coming across a pile of glass while riding his bike) "MOM! This glass is extensive!!"

• G:  "Mom, when are we gonna go on a rocket ship?"
• Me: "Maybe you should be an astronaut, but you would need to study really hard"
• G:  "I am!"
• Me: "You haven't even started school yet"
• G:  "Oh yeah..."

• Mike: “Grey, what’re you doing?”
• G: “I’m hiding from the maniac*!”

*i.e. Graham

August has been a pretty good month of sunshine and warmth. I remember our first 2 summers out here wondering how in heck the majority of homes, even new ones, don't include air conditioning.  Our house does have it and in the early days, we turned it on often.  We must be getting used to the Seattle climate because although there have certainly been days that warrant the air, we prefer open windows and doors.

A quiet blog usually means long days and nights of family time. Between afternoons on Lake Washington, a short trip to the Michigan side of Lake Michigan and backyard barbecues we actually have sun tans.  Yesterday, Mike got up at 5am (again) for some early morning wake boarding.  Despite the slow start to summer (and it was really slow), it’s the best one yet. We are a family invigorated, happy and content despite our busy schedules and work commitments which have included business trips for both of us this month.

Graham’s vocabulary is a work in progress. Everything with wheels is a car. He’s got a few words, like airplane, bubbles and vitamin that are easily discernable by us but good luck figuring it out if you don’t spend every day with him.  He’s eager to point out anything in the house, from shoes to sunglasses, that belong to me or Mike.  He points to my shoes and says “Mama”.  He points to Mike’s sunglasses “Dada”.  He’s brilliant.  I wish you could see him like we do. You would fall in love.