The Buckley's take on the World: July 2014

We've been hitting the beach regularly this year, all the kids just LOVE it and it's a great way to spend the morning. We've also been strawberry picking, although I Rosalie threw herself onto daddy's back 5 minutes into it and wouldn't continue as she was far too tired so I was picking as fast as I could to beat Oliver who was consuming a strawberry per second before he made himself sick. Isaac did the best and was very careful and required me to inspect each strawberry he picked BEFORE he put it in his basket to avoid a 'bad berry' (He has had two bad experiences of puking on the way home so he was careful not to eat too many) so this all resulted in myself not actually taking pictures DURING picking but I snapped a few on the way home. Some happy campers right there!
We've also been doing a weekly 'baby group + my kids'. as we have two neighbours with new baby's not to mention several close friends with wee babes all born within a couple months of each other, this is quite the delightful time!! It's cute seeing them all together, crying, smiling, kicking, lovin', squeezin'. Etc. I particularly enjoy the plethora of babes to schnuggle. It fills a void in my life. Next year we'll get a puppy.
Anyway, Oliver sometimes likes to pretend he's also a baby but now moreso just races around mocking them ('crying' when they cry and then laughing about it, little turkey!) Rosalie is a bit indifferent actually but she likes tickling their toes and giggling in extremely high pitched tones, and Isaac seems to like the babies most of all, he makes his rounds asking to hold each one and once he has them he takes it VERY seriously. He's actually REALLY good at holding them, being very caring and natural. He's going to be one good Daddy:)

We're stayin' cool! Isaac started riding a 2 wheeler, Rosalie has been drawing whales and earwigs, and Oliver lost his big toenail. Weird. Also Oliver has been talking a lot. He's a little ham that guy!