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Sam's First Haircut

June 25, 2011 by Sara

Or "care-hut", as he calls it.

He did really well, and in fact, didn't make a peep the whole time.  His stylist, Mercedes, was very nice to him.  She let him watch Yo Gabba Gabba on his own little t.v. and gave him a lollipop after she was finished.  She gave him a nice cut, too, and he was pretty shaggy when we went in!  He's our handsome boy!

June 25, 2011 /Sara
Daddy, Mama, Samuel, haircut, photos, 2011_June
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Lavender Ridge

June 20, 2011 by Sara

There's a pretty little lavender farm about an hour northwest of us, so Sam and I took a trip up there this week to check it out.  Sam loved the doggies, and I loved all the whimsical things there were on the farm to photograph!  We stayed for a couple of hours and enjoyed the quiet time in the country.  He did a great job using "zizzers" for the first time (with Mama's help) to cut the lavender, and carried the basket for me since I had my hands full, too.  We loved the animals there, especially the bunnies, and it was nice to cool down and have lunch at the picnic tables in the little forest with our doggie tour guides.

We stopped and had a snack at a downtown bakery located in one of the small towns we passed through on our way home, did some fabric shopping at their quilt shop, and dropped off a package at their post office.  We met lots of friendly people, too.  Sam was very chatty with the lady at the fabric shop and a man in line behind us at the post office!  He slept most of the way home - all that lavender-cutting and small-town folk-meetin' wore him out! 

 We had a great visit and plan to go back again sometime!

June 20, 2011 /Sara
Mama, Samuel, farm, photos, summer, 2011_June
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T-Bawl

June 19, 2011 by Sara

To say Sam threw a huge fit at this particular playdate would be a major understatement. Not our best day. But I still managed to get a couple of good pics - before the meltdown...

June 19, 2011 /Sara
Samuel, baseball, playdate, summer, 2011_June
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June 07, 2011 by Sara

Sam and I went on a little farewell-for-now tour on Friday.

We stopped by my school for the last-day-of-school assembly, visited Mrs. Ellis' library for some flashlight-reading as she was finishing up her last class for the year, then had one last dinner with Daddy, Gram, Pops and Andrew before Andrew goes to Austin for a few months. Not sure how Sam's going to handle not having Andrew to boss around...

June 07, 2011 /Sara
Andrew, Daddy, Gram, Mama, Pops, Samuel, family, summer, 2011_June
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Swimming Pooool

June 05, 2011 by Sara

I think this is where you'll find us most of the summer.

I wasn't quite sure how Sam would do at the pool this year, but he did great. In fact, he wants to do a lot more than he's ready for, so I have to watch him like a hawk. He loves hanging out in the kiddie pools, which is where we are in these pictures. The fountains are still a big hit (which he still calls "mountains"), and so is the big pool. He still likes for me to give him a "tour", which is just me holding him in the water as we bounce around the big pool, stopping occasionally to jump off any steps we find along the way.The only thing left to do is get Daddy out there!

June 05, 2011 /Sara
Samuel, photos, swimming, 2011_June
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Summertime Treat

June 05, 2011 by Sara

"Popsicles", he says, "wike Pops".

I made several flavors this week - blueberry, peach-mango, and chocolate pudding - and Sam thinks they're pretty cool! I took these pictures the first night we had them, out on the porch before bed. He asked to try the blueberry. They were a little tart, as you can tell from his face!

June 05, 2011 /Sara
Daddy, Mama, Samuel, outside, summer, 2011_June
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