Not mute, just lame!

Half-pint here.... I have been carefully listening to all of the "clucking" but, I know, you haven't heard a "peep" out of me for a while!  

Earlier in the summer, we spent 10 fun filled hours in Coney Island the day of the Mermaid Parade.  The costumes were really great this year!  I'll post photos.  We went with a my friend Robert who upon arrival explained to the kids that he would take them on any ride that they wanted to go on and that he would pay!  Needless to say, the kids were ecstatic!  This is the same guy that bought them a pair of "the world's largest underwear" and a "woopie cushion".

We have been upstate a few times to friends summer rentals which is always a real treat.   I am designing a pond house for a client of mine that just put in a one acre pond, so I took the whole family up and we stayed in her carriage house, ate great food & swam in a heated pool.  We felt very pampered!

We have also taken a few trips to the beach.  We found a great one for kids in Westport, Connecticut.  It is only a little over 1 hour away, easy to get to, very clean water, no waves &, thus, as relaxing as a beach can be.

Here in Brooklyn, I have been enjoying the long summer days with the kids.  We've been meeting Albert after work at the Redhook pool.  It is a great pool...the lap pool area is especially nice.  It is isolated from the crowds because there is a section between it and the open swim area that is empty because they never have enough lifeguards. Speaking of swimming....BC just completed another Triathalon last Saturday.  She swam a mile in the Hudson, biked 25 miles and ended with a 10K in Central Park. The stinging nettles were particularly bad because there hasn't been much rain lately and she got stung 3 times.

I haven't had a lot of work, so I have been enjoying hanging with the kids & working on the house a bit.   Until.....  Grace was sick for 3 days with a temperature of 102, we skipped one day , then Louis had it for 3 days.  The next day I passed on family bowling to go to Djonibas!  Whew, I sure needed it!

A week from Friday we leave for Va for the month of August to give the kids a good dose of nature & the my family a good dose of the kids.

I have finally finished my website check it out at katherinehammond.com.

Ok, enough "peeps" for one night .....this little chick needs to roost.