Happy Father's Day to Ernie, to Vita's Grandfathers, and to all dads! This Fathers Day we decided to head out to Henry Cowell State Park... We're trying to enjoy our state parks while we can... before they close up due to the state budget crisis. So we took a walk in the redwood forest, and reminded ourselves why we pay through the nose to live in a beautiful coastal California town nestled into an ancient forest.
Ernie and Vita got lots of great Daddy time, and although you may see Vita in Ernie's arms for a photo, Vita insisted on walking all the way through the "big trees" loop.
We ran into some friends on our walk, and took this opportunity to have a family photo taken.
This is one of my favorite pictures. The size of these trees is not easy to convey on film, but they are massive. The park ranger told us this tree is over 2,000 years old. Look how small Vita (and Ernie) look in the bottom right corner.
Vita would look up at these huge trees and say: Tree! Tree! Wow....! (Naturally, she collected rocks along the way.)
Let's see... what else is new. Vita had so much fun with the bean bag at Aunt Mary's house that we had to get our own. Nothing says comfort like sweatpants and a bean bag chair.
Also, Ernie just made Vita her first big girl toddler bed! Below is a picture of the bed, which is modeled after this very stylish (but insanely expensive) designer bed. I picked out this bed online and told Ernie I wanted it to have taller sides, a bigger opening, and skinny wooden leg feet rather than wheels. Perfect!
Vita loves it.
And we felt she deserved it after making her sleep in her toy box all these months.
Not much else is new... Here's Vita enjoying some fun outdoor time. Those eyes! That smile! Is that a bag of rocks she's holding? No wonder she's so happy.
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