Summer Breeze

And boy, it breeeeeezes by... fast! We've officially said goodbye to Summer. We switched from Corona to Ale, we had a fire and even kicked on the heater a little.

I called it a wrap like this for little Leo's 21st birthday. Yes, 21. Yes, party bus. Yes, Grandpa Graf's bull belt buckle.
Incidentally, how much do you have to weigh and how tall do you have to be to stop being called "little Leo?"

Marco spent the time at Grammy's. The next day (with a 32-year old headache) we visited the Sacramento Zoo with Grammy and Granny. It's a small zoo, but really cute and well kept and easily walkable by Marco.

I thought Marco might be a little young for it, but he loved it! He loved loved the monkeys, the ostriches and the tiger (but not too close). "More monkeys Dammy!" and "The ostich coming to Mano! The ostich coming to meeee!" and "No touch big cat on rock." Smart kid.

Plus, they have corn dog and "dip it" (ketchup) and isn't that what it's really about? Granny had her first corn dog with Marco. I was appalled. Eighty (plus!) years is a long time to live without a corn dog.

Here's the proof:Goodbye Summer. You'll be missed.

Recent Conversations

Waking Up
"Mama! Mama? Where are you? I up... I want get out! ...are you coming?"

Evening Negotiation
"Mama, I want watch Dora."
"Silly, we watch Dora in the morning."
(Shrugging) "Maybe we watch Dora at night?"

On seeing a man dressed as a life-sized pizza slice
(Tears and shaking his finger) "No, no, no pizza man!"

I like Beck and Jaaaaaaaayme

I ride Mama's car. I ride BART choo choo train tunnel. I drive BART bus. I go airplane in the sky.

Carrots, cousins and Clara.

Here are some pics I stole from Clara's birthday party. All the way to the Bridge on the way home from the party, Marco was saying "Bye Bye Aunt Sara, Bye Bye Clara!"

Pictured below with carrot, cousins and Mama. Carrots are the current fav. I have to hide them until the end of the meal or it is all that he'll eat. "More carrots Mama!"Marco has recently started calling me "Sarah." Uh. Real "punny" Marco. I don't think so. I have explained to him that I want to be "Mama" until he's 60. And yet, tonight at home...

"Sarrrrrah, where arrrrre you?"

More Poseidon Adventures

Here and here

Love some of the shots Linda got!