This boy totally loved the water. As he tolerated Dad's dunking antics, played dolphin (Erik lifts Everett from the water like a dolphin sails through the air between dives), and impressed all by laying on his back: kicking-and making motorboat noises--we discovered that Evy's true party tricks are water based. Erik thinks this is the perfect justification for getting a pool for our house. I guess he thinks we'll install it on the golf course since our minuscule backyard is doing good to be large enough for our birdbath.
As he and Erik cruised the pool, surrounded by splashing and screaming, Evy just babbled along telling his dad some cool story.
Everett listens intently, oblivious to the noise around him, as Dad explains the intricate details of the backstroke.
This shot was taken just as Erik was starting to tickle Everett. You can see Everett's wind-up expression as he gets ready to squeal.To our surprise, he preferred wearing the hat and sunglasses.
Hit The Road
Later in the weekend, Erik and I decided to return to our former glory of road tripping. Typically, we would load the car and just start driving intent on seeing the small towns, the big towns, and the towns in between. In the old days, we would stop and turn around to make it back in time for the weekend to end. Our mini-version of this was to drive as long as Everett's naps lasted. So, we started going east towards Maryland's coast and made it to Indian Head. At Indian Head, a security guard at some high security Naval facility suggested we feast on seafood at a restaurant on the water, Captain Billy's.
We arrived almost as soon as Everett woke up. Perfect timing that I don't know will ever be repeated.
Later in the weekend, Erik and I decided to return to our former glory of road tripping. Typically, we would load the car and just start driving intent on seeing the small towns, the big towns, and the towns in between. In the old days, we would stop and turn around to make it back in time for the weekend to end. Our mini-version of this was to drive as long as Everett's naps lasted. So, we started going east towards Maryland's coast and made it to Indian Head. At Indian Head, a security guard at some high security Naval facility suggested we feast on seafood at a restaurant on the water, Captain Billy's.
We arrived almost as soon as Everett woke up. Perfect timing that I don't know will ever be repeated.
While there, Everett ate his paper placemat and talked to everyone around us and threw everything on the ground. We don't think that the throwing everything on the ground is intentional. . . . Actually, we are just in denial about that one. 
At Captain Billy's---the restaurant was more Grizzly Adams Serves Up Seafood than anything else. The taste was great, and it was fun to see boats docking right on the restaurant. It reminded us so much of Lake Austin.
As soon as Everett fell asleep for his next nap, Erik and I hit the road again swarming through Charles County and ending at Cobb's Island, a quaint island full of homes and vacation rentals with boat-docks on the back. This always comes with some discussion of the pros and cons of buying a place in this location where we inevitably always conclude that you need direct access to a pool or beach--sorry Cobb's Island.
And So It Ends
The weekend has ended with Everett fussing most of today (Monday). So, we stayed inside away from the muggy weather and committed ourselves to roaming the air conditioned isles of major electronic stores, on a quest to find the perfect video camera, which Everett only tolerated for about 20 minutes. He did, though, think that the wall of 50 flat screen TVs at the store was AMAZING. You should have seen how big his eyes were as he saw TV after TV of (1) surfers in Miami and then (2) a short snippet of the sitcom, The Office. Good boy, great taste in TV must start early.
Right now I am at home while Evy sleeps. Erik is off at the pool to work on his tan and organize "splash offs" with all the neighborhood kids. (No, this is not an official function or something he gets paid to do. It is something that *spontaneously* ends up happening as Erik makes sure he gets a turn at the diving board.) I must admit that even though I am here until our Sleeping Prince wakes up, Erik just dropped off a creamsicle Slurpee. NICE.
Right now I am at home while Evy sleeps. Erik is off at the pool to work on his tan and organize "splash offs" with all the neighborhood kids. (No, this is not an official function or something he gets paid to do. It is something that *spontaneously* ends up happening as Erik makes sure he gets a turn at the diving board.) I must admit that even though I am here until our Sleeping Prince wakes up, Erik just dropped off a creamsicle Slurpee. NICE.
