The Laurence Family: July 2009

Wednesday, July 08, 2009

Isa's First Tooth

Yesterday morning "Tooth Watch 09" finally found something, a tiny little edge of a tooth in Isabella's mouth! An early present for me or a late one for Jonathan? Either way it was super exciting! She isn't making it easy to look around there or, God forbid, get a picture. If only her tongue would go away for a minute or two!

Monday, July 06, 2009

Monkey See Monkey Do

For Jonathan's birthday I surprised him with a trip to Go Ape! Go Ape is a set up in a local forest here. You go up in the trees, like apes, and basically navigate an obstacle course in the air. It was crazy, but great fun. There are 5 "stations" in all, each more extreme than the next. Each ended with a zip line which was great fun...great until you had to land. Boo for crash landing! Did I mention I crash landed a lot? When we got home I not only had to clean mulch out of my shoes but also out of my BRA! Jonathan, of course, was a pro. He could have ripped through that course in an hour I'm sure, but I was there slowing him down. We finished in a respectable 3 hours. hehe I almost broke my ankle on the tarzan swing, I lost my very expensive sunglasses, and parking cost us about $12. Would I do it again? In a heartbeat! Not for a while though, my muscles need a very long time to heal. Who knew monkeying around would make you so sore?

To learn more about Go Ape go here: http://www.goape.co.uk/

To see more pictures go here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=105746&id=518621883&l=cd9c5463e8

Birthday Cake

I have had a lot of fun making and experimenting with cakes lately. Keeping with the monkey/ape theme of Jonathan birthday (more to come on that in the next blog) I made him a cake shaped like a monkey's head! It could use some work, but I still thought it was cute. Jonathan loved it and thats all that matters. I LOVE seeing him smile.