Pumpkins and Playrooms

Gosh, lots of things have been happening in our household, yet I've neglected the blog once again! Lucy is off and running. It's so great watching her learn and explore our home. She's constantly trying to climb. Sometimes that's on her riding toys, other times it's on my bags, she often tries to just use Indy or even the cat to get a little more altitude. Anyone, anything...she doesn't discriminate.

Our garden... What to say here. We really didn't know what to expect back in May. At all. All we had to compare was the garden in Orrington, that honestly had more rocks than it did soil. It was so hard to get anything to grow. But we definitely hit the jackpot here in Detroit, Maine. For putting in very minimal effort we seem to have endless supplies of acorn squash, summer squash, zucchini and pumpkins! Many other things as well, but these mentioned were near perfection (well, you know, sort of). Lucy sure loved the garden, too. I think it was a combination of the dirt between her toes and being able to tear up as much grass surrounding the garden as she wanted without anyone stopping her.

Here's Lucy with the pumpkins:

And walking to get mama:

We've also had a little time to get her playroom downstairs started. Memorial Day weekend we had a large number of family and friends stay over at our house. Since then, most spare rooms in the house are still filled with beds. I mean, one room in the house has 3 beds in it - and I'm not kidding. So, Operation: Playroom is underway.

We still aren't quite done. We don't have a rug or playmat in the room, which is definitely necessary. We have awesome hardwood throughout our entire house, but it's just so slick and slippery. Lucy has a lot of nice, heavy toys in the room that I just don't want her to hurt herself with...and like I mentioned at the beginning, she's definitely off and running.

So that's all for now. Many more updates to come soon!