Rock Climbing

Last weekend I went exploring to find some of the local rock climbing areas that might hold some potential for the future. It turns out there is a great location about 20 minutes away - who knew? I'm looking forward to going back to do some climbing soon. I've got gear for 2 - anyone want to join me?

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Surfer Girl

In the interest of providing a little more coverage for Baby H in the sun than a bathing suit usually does, and because she can wear this around a little more during the day, we picked up a swimsuit at Gymboree recently during their "summer's-not over-but-everything's-on-sale-as-though-it-were" sale.  

We've got her decked out in surfer gear, but found out that the best surfing around here is supposedly from September to January!  Brrrrr.  That's cold even by Midwest standards!

Working From Home

Every once in a while, Mrs. H has the opportunity to work from home, or just ends up working while she's at home.  When this happens, laptops seem to spawn on their own and outnumber people.  Here's Mrs. H's home office in full swing.  The audio from the Nick Jr. website or www.pbskids.org is blasting from the Mac, Baby H is intent on whatever Flash game she's running, the coffee's gone, there's still work to do, but everyone's having fun.  

Baby H has taken over running the Mac and calls it "her Apple" and has no problem with anything on the two websites she's allowed to use.  It's cool, but pretty scary at the same time.  I am not encouraging her to become a computer nerd when she grows up . . . but wouldn't a Lego robotics kit would be a good father-daughter bonding experience?  

Robots are now starting to compete with dinosaurs and space as "things that are cool".