Swamp thing

Well we had a good trip to the west side. Unfortunately my parents were there for only one evening but the kittens were quite cute.
Since we got home we have been mostly just taking it easy. We picked up some groceries and stopped by the international food store yesterday. I got Yan Yan. It is a snacky thing. Cracker sticks that you dip in chocolate, with animals and messages. For example, Goat: It's your lucky day, Elephant: Jumbo, Octopus: Lucky number 8.
Today we finally got the rest of our curtains up. Now we have privacy in the living room, I can walk around naked, or keep the sun out in the afternoon.
The neighbor boys were having fun with the hose in their yard, filling up a hole with water, then adding dirt to make it extra muddy. Layden had fun with that. He seems to really enjoy playing in the water outside. He liked the hose, the mud puddle, didn't even mind it on his head. He needed a bath before his nap, he needed a bath after his nap, he ate dirt. He didn't like his baths though, nice warm water with bubbles.
Layden woke up from his nap today with a growl. He literally growled loudly when he woke up, startling Oli and I. He is such a funny little thing. He keeps us smiling, when we aren't groaning, or sighing, or calling "not it". He was playing with Tristan in the neighbors back yard and then he started hugging him, enthusiastically. A bear hug with a little leg thrown in. Both of them were smiling and laughing it was quite cute. If only my camera was handy. Oli got some pruning done and now we have a large pile of brush to haul off.