Coeur d'Alene: Boating

Tell you what, the lake water in North Idaho is cold, after a barely refreshing pool in Houston, TX!  Miles acted like he was getting attacked by sharks after he naively jumped in with his cousins.  And it took quite a while to get him used to that water.  After his first time going in, he didn't want to again!  What a Texan!  Still had a great time, though.

Dinner on the boat.

Family on the boat:

Tubing!

Coeur d'Alene: Hikes

We went up to Coeur d'Alene last summer, of course.  'Twas grand, per the usual.  Having access to nature really, really, really feeds my soul.  Miles is such a city kid, it is sad.  I had to talk him in to going on hikes, but made him go on as many as possible and he finally came around!  As someone who spent just about every single day of their childhood hiking, it was sad to me that he wasn't jazzed about going at first, but I think we've made a believer out of him.  I hope!

Talk about a view!

Seven

Miles.  He's Seven.  Has been for about 6 months.  Jeez Louise!

I had a doctor appointment on his birthday.  We wound up parking on the 7th floor of the parking garage.  How lucky!

I can't remember now, but I'm, like, 99.9% sure he wanted donuts for breakfast on his birthday, Chipotle for lunch (which we got to have with Dave-- lucky again!) and homemade mac and cheese for dinner.  And a red velvet Nothing Bundt Cake for his birthday cake.

We let him open one gift in the morning before Dave went to work.  Lucky for him (all in all, a very lucky day), it was a Lego set and he built it right away:

He was pretty awesomely excited opening his presents that evening.  His joy was contagious:

Miles sure is a great kid and we love him like mad!

The contagious joy I was telling you about:

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