May

Here are a few pictures of Mitch wearing all of my hair clips at the same time!

Mitch after his haircut with new "spiky" hair

One of Mitch's favorite things to do when I'm about to do his laundry is climb in the basket and have me put all the clothes right on top of him so he's buried!  Then he jumps out and makes a big mess!  (but usually helps to clean it up too.

 Over Memorial Day weekend we took a trip to Lincoln City, at the Oregon Coast.  We stayed in a small house very close to the beach.  The first day was the sunniest and it was still a little chilly but that didn't stop us from exploring the beach.  Here's Mitch standing on the porch.

 Bringing the bucket down to the sand

 Nice sunset

 Running on the beach

 Burying feet

 It's a good age when the boy and his dog are interested in the same things.

 Family photos

One of the more interesting (and stressful) parts of the beach trip was that our car broke down (luckily right in the driveway).  With lots of planning and waiting since it was a holiday weekend and no parts stores were open, we ended up having our car towed all the way back to Portland!  The tow truck driver was very nice and the car seat and Charlotte all fit though as you can see here it was a bit of a tight squeeze!  Mitch was pretty excited about the whole thing!

"The ants go marching" and some of Mitch's rules