June on the West Coast

We started out the month BIG.  Charlie went to visit Scarlett's future suitor, Max, in Boston.  Max is growing his organs on the outside, superhero-style.

Moving on, Scarlett helped her cousins prepare for their camping trip.  Then, they played in real sleeping bags, we played pretend sleeping bag, we played pretend campfire.  She put friends around a campfire made of blocks, and stoked the fire.  She gave the friends fake marshmallows.  She told them not to get too close to the fire. It was very realistic.

The sunny weather came so there was a lot of gardening and sidewalk chalk.  Mostly we drew frogs, and mostly the frogs looked like aliens.

Then we get to the biggest June event- Esther's birthday.  We went strawberry picking, and did a lot of strawberry eating along the way, and left with full bellies and red fingers.  There was a very ominous rain cloud in the distance the whole time.  It poured on the drive out there, but was nice and dry while we picked berries and rode the hay wagon and watched a rabbit hopping around.  And now my baby niece is two!

All the while, Scarlett has been practicing her new trick, of delaying bedtime.  "I want a glass of hot milk."  "One more story."  "I want another bear."  etc etc etc.  Two has been fun, except this part.