ZoomAir

Recently Curtis was invited to ZoomAir to celebrate the birthday of one of his friends. ZoomAir is an obstacle course set up in the trees in wild Seminole County (well right in front of the zoo, but it definitely isn't the city). We have marveled at the course each time we've walked past on our zoo trips for the past year, so we were excited that Curtis would finally get a first hand experience.



The children's course starts with a practice run through a course that is lower to the ground. Once that course is completed, the children then go over to the main attraction, which is much higher (at some points well above my reach) and a bit more challenging.



I was very proud of Curtis for pushing through a little rough patch mid-course with some help from the guide. Once the course was completed he got to ride a tree swing down to the ground and was awarded with a water bottle with carabiner holder for future course work.



I'm not sure if Curtis will be asking to do the course again anytime soon. It was quite a workout for him and I do believe that if he was even a cm shorter that he wouldn't have been able to reach the guide wire at all. Maybe after another year of growth we will try again and see how much he has improved, but for now we are happy to be just looking over the photographs and enjoying the memories of such a fun, hot, and challenging experience.

{this moment}

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see.

Wishing everyone a lovely weekend!

{this moment}

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see.

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend!

Showing off

I'm excited about my new(ish) craft space and my overabundance of fresh herbs, so I decided to show them off here on my blog.

So here it is, my own little spot in our office/craft/art/guest room. Hey, when you have two kids and a 'work out of the home' husband in a 3 bedroom house your rooms have to multi-task.



Here you can see my comfy little set up. I bought a table at Office Max and set up my sewing machine and Aero garden right next to my husbands desk a few weeks ago. I don't get many daylight hours in there yet, but I can envision happy mornings crafting and writing away next to my beloved once both boys are in school.



I can't tell you how nice it is to finally get my sewing machine off the dining room table and in it's own little spot. No longer do I need to worry about little hands getting into my machine or having to pack it up and move it when company comes over. Maybe having this spot will even motivate me to sew more often.



And here you can see the abundance of my Aero Garden right now. This was actually a Mother's Day gift from two years ago that was just waiting for a spot to be set up. My own Mother won it for me in a contest and I have found it very easy to set up and the herbs seem quite happy.



So this morning I had to do another Basil harvest. I have been researching new ways to use basil (basil iced tea, purple basil lemonade, lemon basil muffins, basil sorbet, etc etc) and I have thankfully had some pretty good success since this is the herb that seems to be taking off the best right now.

Stayed tuned for future blog posts for more of my tales of experimenting with fresh herbs.

{this moment}

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see.

Wishing you a beautiful weekend!

In the eyes of a two year old...

And now for a glimpse of July from the eyes of my two year old...

July?

How can it already be July? I thought the summer would be so slow, but it has been flying by. I have totally neglected the blog and since I hate excuses I won't make any and instead I'll just pretend like I've been blogging all along.

So far this July has been:

...lots of smiles...




...some good old fashioned pirates...




...a little bit of baking...




...and of course, fireworks...