rain

For some reason when the bejos family leaves home, and only then, it rains.

And I am not kidding.

Neighbors anxiously await us to leave on our annual trek back east simply so the monsoons will reach our little community south of town. I can honestly say that in the three years we have lived in this house I have seen only a handful of summer storms.





So what a pleasant surprise yesterday when the rain fell and baby bejos and I were home, at the same time! We were, of course, already outside since I cannot keep this kid inside the house.

this new "look" is starting to concern me....

Happy Birthday !

Today is Papa's birthday. 

We LOVE you. 

Hugs and kisses

xoxo

Tent Camping

Last year we took baby bejos on his first camping trip. He was an angel baby, sleeping better than he did at home.

This year baby bejos was a hoot to watch as he followed the dogs around feeding them sticks, picked flowers, and climbed "mountains".

All was well except for sleeping time.

It was then that baby bejos was allowed into the "play dome" as I am sure he would call it if he was speaking just yet. Not only was this a new fun space, it was filled with blankets and soft things to break a fall of one wild toddler running from end to end while squealing with delight. 

Needless to say bedtime was a struggle.

But, nothing quite compares to the 1.5 hour play date we had in the middle of the night.

Morning was rough....

Aurora Shoes

Shopping and camp don't necessarily go together but just down the street from camp is the Aurora Shoe Company.  Mr. Bejos already owns a pair or two of these beautiful handmade shoes but I have always wanted a pair all my own.

The shoe store was nothing more than a pre-fab building from the outside, but a charming small scale operation once inside. A cat and dog wandered about while mr. bejos and I poured over the wall of shoes to choose from.  Having just finished a novel about a small shoe company trying to make it with hand crafted shoes (Very Valentine by Adriana Trigiani) I was curious about everything.

I was kicking myself for not bringing my camera but somehow I convinced Mr. Bejos to take part in a shoe photo shoot.

shoe love :)

Cousins, take two

Another attempt at a photo shoot with cousins.

Staged photos and baby bejos just don't seem to work, yet.

Camp

We are very lucky folks to have friends with camps. 

We are even luckier that these friends learned to share with others.

And even though it was a gray NY day, everyone found a past time.

Even when the rain came

But the sun did make an appearance,

 and a few firsts were accomplished.

Home Sweet Home

Our time away was fantastic, and there are still more posts to come on all the fun times we had, but it is in fact very sweet to slip into your own bed at night.

After tackling our jungle of an overgrown yard we ventured out for some fun at the local beer festival.

starting to think baby bejos needs a haircut...looking a little shaggy these days