Down by the river

Some of our friends have a place down by the river...

So yesterday, instead of heading all the way into Bellingham we went over to their place and walked down to the river.

Maria started off like this...
hat.
jacket.
towel.



she wanted to help my mom carry Cooper


her towel was dragged most of the way


then she decided that she didn't want to carry the blanket or have her coat on... but she wanted her hands in her pockets.


lastly she wanted the hat off...


she is so interesting...
& she definitely knows what she wants...
& she doesn't forget what she wants either...
that distraction thing we used to do.... yeah, doesn't work so much now.

Once we got down to the river she LOVED it.
we got that swimsuit on and she wanted IN the water.

Nana did the honors of walking around with her.



I have to admit that I am a water snob.
This was pretty rocky & once you got into the river it was muddy and made the water all dirty.

But Nana was a total trooper and even dug out sticks for Maria to throw around.



We've enjoyed the warm weather we've had...
but apparently summer is over here. By Saturday it's supposed to be in the 50s. Ugg!