Lego Craze

The lego phenomenon has caught hold of the girls… especially Audrey. Brendan passed on his lego building wisdom and Audrey designed her own little village, complete with its own duck pond. These two architects would spend entire days creating structures if they could. Here is the latest of Audrey's creations:

Galveston Beach

This year we spent a relaxing Labor Day visiting Stewart Beach in Galveston. The sand, sun, and good friends provided an ideal play day for our four busybodies. Brendan and his buddies spent hours building in the sand; Audrey learned to boogie board with me; Madeline ran around with her cute girlfriends; while Caleb lounged in the mud and under the shade canopy with dad. Some of us mommies tried our hand at body surfing and had a blast playing in the waves, watching from afar as the dads did their best to keep track of all the kiddos. What a fun excursion!

We did receive several unfortunate sunburns, and spent the week rubbing aloe plant leaves all over our arms and backs (thanks Maren & Megan for your generous donations to the sunburn cause). We are now back in business and enthusiastically watching as the poor burned skin relics peel away. So very relieved to be done with the tender skin stage. One tip for future beach trips: sunscreen lotions work so much better than sprays!

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Family Campout

Last weekend we decided to take a last minute camping trip with some friends. All the little Lewises were so thrilled to sleep in a tent together and get dirty playing outside. Brendan really wanted to take Legos along, so I reminded him of the bounteous supply of sticks and rocks in the woods. He got an enthusiastic look and exclaimed, "Yes! I just love those kinds of toys. They will be a great substitute for the Legos, mom."

We enjoyed tin foil dinners, throwing things into the fire pit, and exploring the woods. We even found a delightful and cool river that was shallow enough to wade through. We got completely soaked and loved every minute of it. So glad I remembered lots of plastic bags to tote home the muddy gear. 10 loads of laundry later, I'm still so glad we went!