Geocache

Friday afternoon, Jennifer organized a geocache trip - an activity employing a GPS to locate hidden stashes of trinkets and sign-in logs.

The first cache is found!

Just Beachy

Thursday the Smith ladies escorted Aimee and Joel to Ecola State Park.

We enjoyed walking up to the hiker's camp, though Megan was a bit fussy on the return trip (possibly a lot fussy if you ask Joel, who was carrying her at the time!).

Vermillion Visitors

This week we are fortunate to have Aimee and Joel back in Portland, visiting from Vermillion, SD. Saturday we welcomed them with a potluck at J.D. and Kris's. Then on Wednesday those of us who weren't working met for lunch. We sat outside to take advantage of the fantastic weather we are having.

Megan and Henry also got some prime sidewalk real estate.

After lunch it was time for a stroll along Hawthorn.

Movie Star

In addition to the ceiling fan, Megan really likes the black frame on the Monet picture above her changing table - you know all that high contrast against the light walls. She hasn't shown as much enthusiasm for her toys yet, but then again they are just so juvenile!

Check out Megan getting her kicks (.avi movie 1.8 mb) on the changing table. ;)

Where's Megan??

Yesterday I put Megan in her swing to entertain her (and truth be told, put her to sleep). It had the desired effect, but when I came back to check on her she had slid way down in the seat (her head started at the top of the blue crescent pillow).

Smile!

I caught Megan in a really smiley mood this morning:

You might think Megan was just happy to see her mom or was finally responding to all my silly games, but no, all the smiles were directed at that clever ceiling fan! At least I still got to check out those cute dimples!

Reading Time

Megan hasn't shown much preference for what we read to her, but Mac clearly prefers rhyming prose.