Emerson gets a big brown balloon dog

We went to the St Petersburg Summer Market this morning to see what all goes on down there. Here is one of the things that we discovered: 

Music Man

Little drummer boy

Two boys in the cart

Another aquarium trip with Lucy

Apologies for the recent blog drought but Ethan has sprouted no fewer than five teeth in the last week and a half and I have never been so sleep deprived in my life. And photography while sleep deprived does not appear to be a strength of mine. Luckily, Dianna was with us at the the aquarium today and she always gets some great shots of the kids. As you can see below, Ethan got his first chance to romp around the splash pad and he loved it.

Guess who now uses the potty

Teeth!

Yesterday while we were driving in the car Ethan started to fuss. I contorted my shoulder, while driving, and stuck my knuckle in his mouth to distract him. And lo! I felt two brand-new teeth poking through his gums and into my finger. One on the top, the tooth to the right of the two front teeth; and the other on the bottom on the right. The teeth are not very photogenic yet but I am sure we will get some shots of them soon.

Train ride

Largo Central Park has a "miniature train" that runs the first weekend of each month. We went over to check it out this morning and it was pretty great. The line wasn't too long, Emerson and I got to sit up front, the ride was a good, generous length and included going through a very dark tunnel and over a bridge above water, and it was really fun (and free!). There was also a great playground nearby where we played for a while afterwards. We will definitely be adding this to our list of fun things to do with the kiddos on the weekends.

Water play out back

One thing we like to do on hot days here is pour water from bowl to cup to pot to bowl, or into the kettle. Here's Emerson happy at work.

Killing time at Lowe's

We got to Costco half an hour before they opened the other day and I wasn't really sure what to do. Luckily there was a Lowe's, so we spent some time test-driving riding mowers.