August highlights

I'm a little shocked, but August has now come... and gone.  The heat snap is over, and fall seems to have settled in for real this time.  Although I am later getting around to this post than I had meant to be, it seems somewhat fitting to pay a little homage to August and all the highlights it entailed.

One of the biggest highlights was our naming ceremony, but I think it deserves it's own post.  So I will leave it out for now, with promises of a full report in the next couple of days.  In the meantime, here are a few pictures and short little explanations to go with them.

Here is Juniper sporting her birthday card and adorable apron from her auntie Zsofi. "Wouldn't this picture have been more appropriate with her birthday post?", you ask?  Touché.  But the reason I thought I should include it is because Juniper decided - I kid you not - to make this my desktop photo.  I'm not entirely sure how she accomplished it, but she saw my computer open, and with a few well-placed keypad strokes, changed my desktop from flowers to this particular photo of her.  True story.

Once upon a time, I thought that innocent little Juniper would pretty much never be allowed to have sugar in these early couple of years.  However, I quickly realised that she would absolutely not put up with being denied the opportunity to share whatever Clark and I were eating.  Sunny day ice cream?  You'd better believe it.  Don't worry - she didn't get her own cone - we all shared this one. 

Here is Juniper, taking care of Calla, as usual.  One of Juniper's most endearing qualities is how keen she is to interact with everyone - especially kids - and how attentive she is to their needs.  She loves to share whatever she thinks someone wants - in this case, obviously Calla really needed a ball :)  And while she truly is like this with most kids she meets - even complete strangers - she is especially attentive to Calla.  Case in point:

Seriously - how cute is this?

We love getting visits from Theresa - especially Juniper, who gets loads of attention.  We see Theresa enough that I sometimes forget to take pictures, but I'm glad I got this one - I think it is especially sweet.

Though this may seem silly, I'm proud to say that Juniper has mastered the concept of smelling - rather than just eating - certain things.  Here she is, trying out her smelling powers on a pretty yellow flower in the back yard.  She also feels she needs to "blow" her nose every time she becomes aware of a tissue box.  I'll have to catch that one on video at some point, because it is truly adorable.

This picture and the next one (and opening picture on this post, for that matter) are all from an adventure we took one day to Economy Falls, and then to a Gem and Mineral show in Parrsboro.   Clark and Juniper were very brave, and went for a dunk in the icy waters, as you can see:

Here is a shot from a hike that we went on with Tawnya, Jeremy and Calla, in the Salt Marsh Trails. Who did we encounter but a very rotund, happy seal sunbathing just off the path.  Check it out!

See that cigar-shaped mass by the water on the right?  Seal!

And finally...

I thought this shot was amazing for any number of reasons.  It is actually from the naming ceremony day, but I couldn't resist tagging it on to the end.  Patrick is SUPER into eating that block, and Calla is realtively unimpressed with yet more fawning attention from Juniper.  And there's Clark in the background, trying to get a shot from behind, but I think mine was way better :)

Stayed tuned - I promise to post about the naming ceremony post haste.