Teaholic not quite anonymous

So about May 24th Adrian started taking a couple steps here and there. He'd hold on as long as possible to whatever he was balancing against and then take a couple steps and reach for whatever he was going to balance on the other side. This happened now and again for quite a while. Then about three days ago he started taking four or five steps to get where he was trying to go. And finally, yesterday, he started walking! Now he's very bold and just walks. He doesn't really fall. He'll go down to his hands but then he pushes himself back up and keeps right on treckin'. It's so cute! Of course I have some video of it but I need some more. Hopefully I'll get a nice long one tomorrow.

We have so much wildlife around here for where we live. Now, we can be a little bit country, but overall we're just the burbs with 'burbs all around us give or take a few old farms, etc. But just recently I've seen at least four broadhead skinks in our front yard. (They love our brick to sun on.) We have a robin's nest under our deck, I don't love this, but I'm not about to tear it down! We may put some screening on the openings in fall. Lots of rabbits lately. I see deer all the time. We've even had some sightings of black bears near us (not right here, but close, they could definitely wander over this way). I fact, I saw one driving home the back roads one night! Of course we have A TON of turtles and frogs/toads. I have fortunately not seen too many snakes but I'm sure they're out there somewhere *shudder*. I am not a snake or a big spider fan.

Summer time! What have you been up to? Here's a little rundown of our summer time fun.

--Drop off playdates for Maddy and friends. It's so much fun now that they are a bit older that I can drop her off at a friends to play for a while and then have them over to return the favor. It helps that we've known this group of kids since Maddy was 18 months old. :)

--Swim lessons! A local girl is teaching Maddy to swim once a week at our local pool.

--The kid pool! Of course, I've dragged out our kid pool, too. Maddy's really enjoyed going in it and is having a blast.

--Running! Yep, Adrian is running now. He's a fast little guy and it's hard to keep up with him!

--Wild life! We've had quite the experiences with animals this year. We have chipmunks, skinks, mockingbird nests but our all time favorite is the robins! We have a robin nest under our deck and we have a wonderful view from our downstairs window. So we bought worms for them and it was great watching them hatch, grow up and then leave the nest. I think mama is thinking about starting another brood!

--herbs! Yep, we have an herb garden this year. Well, we have planters on our deck handrails that I've filled with herbs. Cilantro, Thyme, Thai Basil, Rosemary, Lavender, Oregano and mint! Cucumber, too!

Well, just a quickie today. Off to get some stuff done.