Beautiful Days and Smoothies

Is this not the cutest little face who loves the sun?!

So we have had some GORGEOUS days lately.  Yesterday was the best one yet - but I'm thinking today might give that one a run for its money.  The sun has been out the last four or five days, but it has been pretty cold despite the inviting visual display.  Did we Oregonians care though?  Heavens no!   I even ditched my jacket a few days to confirm to myself that it was the middle of summer though I would still come back shivering.  Ross and I have been regular swingers at the park next to our apartment.  He's liking the swing more and more though he still can't decide if he wants to lean forward or backward while he swings.  We've been regular walkers everywhere too.  I'm sure soon enough I will be complaining about the atrocious heat and how I miss the days of sleeping with a blanket, but right now I'm enjoying the sunshine every chance it presents itself.

Enjoying some grass

Not quite sure what he thinks about it.

Trying to come to terms with the feel of green soft yet prickly stuff.  Note the one sock wonder - this kid was never born to wear socks - OR shoes.

Realizing you can break off the blades

Investigation complete - he can officially crawl on the grass.

 I had my book club meeting last night that I had just started.  It was a pretty good turn out with about 10-11 people there.  I was quite pleased everyone liked the book I chose - The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton - with the exception of one who couldn't get into the jumping around of time periods.  I won't judge her though. ;)  I had kicked Steve and Ross out of the house since I was hosting it.  They were good sports about it and went to a fellow abandoned husband and son's house whose wife came to our meeting.  We all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and some even lingered hoping their kids were put completely to bed by their husbands.  As much as I love reading, I have only been in one other book club that flopped when I was a summer camp counselor at Aspen Grove.  We read The Phantom of the Opera and had a super boring conversation about it and then were going to read The Hiding Place but never organized it.  I think maybe being -ahem - older now - I  am much more interested in other ideas and comparing them to my own.  Anyway - I hope this little club keeps up.  We're going to read The Book Thief this time which I am really excited about.  
 
So back to the beautiful weather - I've decided smoothies are another way of pretending it's already the middle of summer.  I got this smoothie recipe from an old roommate of mine, and I must say - it is very tasty.  You'll have to try it.  You get 4 servings of fruit, almost 2 servings of vegetables, and just over a serving of dairy.  Yum!

 

1/2 cup nonfat vanilla Greek yogurt

1 cup frozen mixed berries

1 banana

1/2 cup fresh strawberries

1-1 1/2 cup spinach

small amount of skim milk

ice

He wanted some too.

Yummy green smoothies!