Back to Farley's...

... for a few more pictures! We DO go back, for real, in just a couple of weeks, which is a wonderful thought on these hot, humid, land-locked days. This morning's run was swamplike and difficult, not because of cardio-vascular effort but simply the effort of slogging through the water-choked air. I felt like I'd just gotten out of a (tepid, salty) shower when I got home. Yum.

On the upside we did get to see a bit of sunset over the water tonight, via the East 9th Street pier, as we were downtown for "An Evening with Bill Maher". Another of Nat's NPR wins, and probably the best yet. An hour and a half of wonderful, irreverent stand-up comedy with a crowd of raucous middle-aged white liberals loving the fact that this man can stand on a stage and say all those things we think to ourselves but never have the guts to say aloud. I laughed so hard I cried a few times. Oh, if only that mass laughter could create the change we wish to see in this country!

We left the kidokes with a very-happy-to-see-them Gram Gram and enjoyed ourselves a little night out. The past few days have been home- and kid centered, with hours spent doing cleaning, organizing, chores while kids play, and then one of us taking the troupe out for an afternoon event while the other gets alone time. Today was my day to take the kids and we had a hot, sticky, glorious time in the Hershey's Children's Garden. What an enchanted place! All those child-sized arches and little secret paths, stepping stones over creeks and a treehouse and a hedgemaze and statues to discover in the woods. Most of our time was spent in the water-pump and samdbox area where Jack eventually joined in with an industrious group of children who created quite a lake in the sandbox, and Ivy walked around with rakes and played with stones. We came home sandy, tired, happy messes.

With no further ado! Here are some shots from the rest of the Farley's trip:

From july 2011 farleys 3 keepers

Jack and ALex heading off to the park. On their own. Quite the independent young men of the world. Jack was so proud and so confident.


I love this shot because of everything you can see reflected in the sunglasses...


At Long Point for the annual Morehouse Family photo shoot.



The "kids table" on Claire's porch.


New family picture!


Both kids! Smiling! At the same time!




Funny face boy.


Oh! The hair!


And, they're off..


There he goes, that grown up boy. Can you believe he'll be 4 in a month? Oh my.