Books, books, books

One of the summer chores is to sort the books, clean out the book shelf, re-shelf by category all the books and take away those that we have read. It sounds like a pretty easy job, but for a bunch of bibliophile it is not. Old friends, ie read books, bring back wonderful memories, and may be worth a second read. New books, well there is a certain anticipation, excitement and anticipation when one begins a new book, so maybe that time should be right now?
Hence, sorting, piling and organizing took a backseat to the impromptu readings and browsing until someone broke the spell by reminding of task at hand, and then back for a few minutes to sort, stack before a new book captured the attention and mind.
We did get the task done and the shelves are nice and tidy - and there is even some empty space ready to be occupied with new yet to be discovered books... you see we are off to Detroit to visit Bob and there are bookstores in Detroit!

Huge

We have great strawberries here, as a matter of fact, it is likely that if you purchase strawberries in a US store, they hailed from around here. The climate here permits almost year around strawberry growing, so we are very spoiled.
In our most recent box, we found one that weighed in at over 100 grams or for those on US system, 3.4 oz...

Lukas thoroughly enjoyed this almost meal size berry.

Cheap dentist

I think we need to find a cheap dentist with these kind of teeth... any suggestions?

California the land of fruits and nuts

We are truly spoiled by the great produce we get here almost all year around. Today, we hit the jackpot with special pricing on raspberries, strawberries, mangoes, cherries, apricots and watermelon. Noah knew what he wanted for lunch.
We are filling the freezer with treats - there is no better snack than a frozen cherry according to Lukas.

Music to my ears

We are not taking music lessons this summer since it did not fit into the schedule. This does not mean however that the boys are not playing. Each is committed to play for 30 minutes a day and I am so enjoying the sweet sounds that is coming forth as they improve and progress...
(The careful observer will note the new tie dye shirt. )

All eyes

This is how Noah greeted me this morning - I am all eyes, Mamma!

Distraction

Bob left for his 8 week internship in Detroit early Sunday morning. Although we have been through this before, it is never easy to say good bye and the three of us left behind were all a bit somber on Sunday, really feeling the void of Bob not being here.
To take our minds off our longing, we headed to the beach - this time the Pacific side. Lukas and Noah hauled their tools, and it did not take long before another group of kids approached them and asked for Lukas and Noah's assistance in digging.

Back home, all a bit worn out, making it easier to head to bed without the sweet embrace of Dad.