our favorite time of day...

Well summer in Mesa is hot, that's all there is to it. A hard time of year to have a newly walking kiddo who prefers running around outside to just about anything. That being the case, our favorite time of day is dusk when the temp is most likely to dip to a tolerable 95. Our after-dinner ritual involves a half-naked baby, a dog and a lot of shade in the backyard....oh, and at least one parent running like crazy to make sure all the dog poop gets scopped before said baby picks it up. Sometimes we win, sometimes we lose.

Here are a few pictres and videos of Si playing outside in the evening.

Look at Josiah's little white body! He is obviously a kid whose mom doesn't let him out during the day. I was hoping there were some recessive olive skin tones somewhere back in the gene pool, but if there are, Si didn't get any of them.

When we are outside, Si prefers dog toys to his own plethera. This one is especially dirty and slobbery...Perfect.

Josiah will be 14 months old this week. If that isn't a great reason to take a ton of pictures and to get another post on the way, I don't know what is.