Sunday, September 13, 2009

Summer recap

We've had quite the exciting and busy summer, hence the lack of blog posts. So, here we go with another big catch-up post...

4th of July - GrandMather and Grandpa Tom get married!!

Fireworks cake!

Lots of birthday parties...

A summer luau with my mom's group...

A playdate at the Bay Area Discovery Museum...

Harvesting carrots from our backyard...

A big Ransom family trip to The Berkshires in Massachusetts...

Cousins
Mather (34 months) and Cora (13 months)

Nanna, Auntie Elsa, Momily, Papasan, Magoo, Anne, Baby Cora and Uncle Freedom
(not pictured, GrandFather)

The picture above was taken at the Cummington County Fair. At the fair, we also..

Rode the carousel

Rode the ferris wheel

And, rode a pony!

Other Mather highlights from our trip were:

A marionette performance of Rumpelstiltskin

Mather's first salt water taffy

Riding a seahorse at the local Stockbridge playground

Beating Uncle Freedom in a foot race

Beating Daddy in a foot race

And, barbecuing in the rain!

And for those of you keeping an eye on my kniting over at MomilyKnits:

Here is Cora modeling the sweater that I made for her first birthday!

Other summer highlights include:

Lots of stylish playground adventures

Rolling in the grass

Playing on the cable car at PacBell Park, home of the SF Giants

Practicing for the big leagues

And, Mather's first dandelion wish!