Lavender Festival

Barclay and I took the boys up to the Lavender Festival in Athol. They loved the petting zoo and the fishing pond. They got to pet goats, a rabbit, a guinea pig, and two geese. They kept calling the geese chickens and they even started singing and dancing a chicken song while the geese were wadding in the drinking water (third picture). The fishing pond was manned by several volunteers who, thankfully, hooked the maggots for us and essentially did 99% of the work. Mason caught 6 fish, Talan caught two and I caught one. :) It was very low key and most of you all probably wouldn't consider it fishing but it was perfect for a 4 year old and a 2 year old.

When people at the festival asked Talan what his name was, he told them he was 2 (holding up 2 fingers). He then preceded to sign Mason and hold up 4 fingers. He is excited that Mason will soon be five and he will hold up 5 fingers when asked how old Mason will be in August. It is so cute. He is definitely taking the initiative to talk more but he also loves to sign even when he can say the words. Currently his favorite sign is ice cream, no wonder. :)

Barclay just babysat for us tonight so that Joe and I could swim in the Spokane river. We found the exact same spot we swam in it last year and enjoyed it just as much. The water was a little cold but there were plenty of people boating, tubing, jet skiing and swinging off ropes into the water. I spent most of my time treading water trying to keep warm. Afterwards we did some grocery shopping as Joe leaves tomorrow for a week and we needed to buy supplies that I can manage while he is away. I am planning on lots of salads and soups as we are all so fat after the cruise. :)

It is beautiful up here, the weather is warm and dry. Such a far cry from the humidity of Georgia. That experience will forever make me grateful to live here. I love Idaho. I am also loving my home so much more now that we steamed cleaned our furniture which now looks amazingly clean and the decorating I did yesterday has really made the place feel more homey.

All is well in our little world.