Quick jaunt to the Finger Lakes region

We went visiting a co-worker of Mat's this past weekend. It was wonderful to go see another area of upstate NY and we really enjoyed their hospitality! Their daughter had prepared the room for Brie with some of her toys and made a "sleep" area and "play" area for Brie.

They took us on a lovely walk to a couple of waterfalls, which Brie, Ruby and Maddy (the dog) loved playing in.  Afterwards, we were taken to an overlook to see Canandaigua Lake which was close by.  Then we had a lovely late lunch and got back on the road home.  It was nice to go visiting.

Garden 2011

I wasn't going to have a garden this year.

I just decided since we moved up here late and we weren't going to stay in this 1/2 a house we moved into long term that we wouldn't have one. But once it started feeling more like spring/summer and I was seeing everyone start to plow their garden space and begin planting I began missing it. So, I decided to try something new - a vegetable garden in containers. We'll see how it goes. I need to get a trellis or cage for the cucumber and zuchini plants to grow up. They are growing so quickly. The two tomato plants are happy as can be. It's a small garden, but better than not having anything. Maybe next year we'll go bigger.

Good thing we are moving to our new rental in a couple of weeks, because soon these plants are going to be too big to move!

Family Visit

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Mat's family took a road trip and came to visit us for a long weekend. We enjoyed having them around and showing them where we live.   They were lucky enough to be in town the one weekend they had a parade right in front of our house - Brie's first parade ever.  We went out to Black Pond, took a walk near Sandy Creek, saw Oswego (to see the neighborhood we are moving to), the Derby Hill Bird Observatory, Sacket's Harbor Battlefield and Sacket's Harbor downtown area.  On Sunday, Mat and his dad canoed up Sandy Creek to Lake Ontario while the girls walked the 3 mile loop.  It was a little windy and chilly so we didn't get in the water.   It was a fun time and we hated to see it end, but they for some reason, had to go back to their real world and work lives.  :-)  Here's some pictures from the weekend (I didn't take very many, as there seemed to be plenty of pictures being taken by others.  So some are from Sara and when Naomi's are up on flickr, I'll add a link.  Here's the link to the  slideshow.)

Cooling off in the creek

I don't know why I decided to bake last week on one of the hottest days yet.  But I did.  So our house was quite warm and I decided to cool us all off we'd go sit in the creek.  It was really quite lovely and cooled us right down.

The beach...

It wasn't the warmest day of the year, but warm enough for Brie to stick her feet in the water. She loved it. She also loved sitting in the sand and running her fingers through the sand. Then putting the sandy hand in her mouth!

Memorial Day Walk

We enjoyed a lovely walk on Memorial day.   On one of our walks, someone mentioned that there is a 3-mile loop that you can do which takes  you over a restored bridge.  We love it because it also has a little path that you can access Sandy Creek which runs through town.  (I don't know why, but 3 to 3 1/2 miles, is the perfect walk mileage for me.)  We cooled our feet off in the creek and we also stopped in at the local ice cream window and enjoyed a root beer float.   Then we went home and grilled portobello mushrooms to have with pesto pasta.  A very lovely day indeed.

Second Tooth

Brie cut her second tooth yesterday.   It wasn't as bad as her first tooth.  I don't know if it is the baltic amber teething necklace or that I was more aware of the symptoms.  It is rewarding to see the top of her tooth coming through the gum and to feel it's sharp edge with my finger.  I like knowing there is a reason behind all of her fussiness, her elevated temperatures and her lack of sleep which means I'm not getting much sleep.