Music

Concerto in D minor for two vuvuzelas and a labrador. Composed and performed by Max, Nick, and Tony.

(P.S. Dear neighbors. We are sorry. Here's some earplugs.)

Beach!

The weather suddenly turned from winter to summer, plus Kostadis had a day off, so we went to the beach. Nick finds the beach very acceptable.

Contemplating the water

OMG COLD!

Running

More running

A boy and his dog

Very. Large. Sandbox.

Meanwhile, Kostadis and Tony were doing what they
do. One was surfing the web, and the other was
sniffing.

Nick and Polly play Ball

The two crazies came up with a new game: throw ball in the hammock. Notice that Tony is trying to stay faaaar away from the mayhem.

Ponds

The weather was nice so Nick, Polly and I went to the Ponds. Tony and Kostadis went to work. Tony prefers work to Ponds, since there's cookies and head scritchies at work.

I was very clever to dress Nick in a red jacket which stood out nicely against the green grass. Actually, Kostadis dressed him, and that was the only clean jacket he had, but I'll take the credit anyway.

Here are some selections, the full set of pictures is here.

Whee!

Plotting something

Ball!

First encounter with a California Poppy. There was
much spitting after this picture was taken.

Trains!

Nick's latest obsession is to line all his trains into a giant line and get it all around the track. This is one of the more successful attempts, but they all pretty much end the same way: the trains crash and there's yelling.

Polly's personal ball thrower

Finally they actually play together without me having to help.Although after five minutes this game turned into a much more fun activity of "let's run Polly over with a tricycle"...

Gardening

Some day, I hope he'll be turning over the garden beds for me. For now, I am happy he self-entertained while I built this planter.

Super awesome sandbox!