Eve’s first trip to the ocean. She loves
the beach!

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“Get it, get it” she says as she chases a
seagull across the beach. Not surprisingly, she didn’t get it!
:) Right at the end the bird spreads it’s wings and flew off,
leaving Eve a little confused. I think she was surprised at how
big the bird looked with it’s wings spread.

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Eve likes to “wipe” her face with a napkin.
She even requests napkins sometimes. The funny thing though is
that she rarely actually touches her face. :) She’s very
ineffective, but she does it with gusto!

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Although she wasn’t too fond of the water, Eve
had a blast on the beach (what little of it there was during
high-tide). Here she’s saying “shovel” as she scoops sand into
the bucket. Towards the end you can see Lyndsey scooting over.

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Splashing in the pool. I’m happy that Eve
finally got in. It’s so much more fun for all of us when
they’re both playing together instead of him swimming and her
crying every time she got splashed.

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Our neighbor’s have a great little blueberry
patch that they very kindly share with us. Lex and Eve LOVE to
eat blueberries and I often find myself dragging them away
after eating many, many berries. Sometimes mommy even gets a
few blueberries too. :)

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After what seems like forever and a day, we
finally got outside to play! It was 85 degrees and sunny, so we
broke out the kiddie pool. It has definitely seen better days,
but the kids had fun anyway. Eve even ventured into the pool!
The first time we filled it up she just cried, the next few
times she checked it out and splashed her hands a bit, but this
time she climbed over the edge and slid right in. I was
expecting her to scream when she realized how cold the water
was, but nope, she just got right up and started playing. I
took dozens of pictures, mostly in an attempt to get a nice one
of them together, but no such luck. Oh well. It was fun anyway.
They even had dinner by the pool — Zone bars, Triscuts, grapes
and fresh picked blueberries. Then asleep by 7:15. Yay!

If only
she were smiling! So close.