Our little Destructo-Chan

Well it is happening, Harper is growing up. Isn't she cute?

 WRONG!!!  (okay, she is adorable, like undeniably cute but for the purpose of this post..) WRONG!!!  She is quickly turning into a little destructo-chan.  This term was lovingly coined by Brent who noticed that our daughter has the destructive capacity of any category 5 hurricane or enlarge, enraged monster (ala King Kong, Godzilla, or Mothra).  

The girl will not stop hurting herself.  She climbs on everything.  I went to grab a diaper and she is dancing on the table when I return.  She climbs from couch to couch which has recently become to easy so she is experimenting (and failing) with some Tarzan-esque moves. She is sick of her high chair and wants to sit at the table with us, which I would be fine with but she inevitably finds her way onto the table and then into her food.  I have found her on the table, in her dresser, on her dresser, on a window sill, in the entertainment center, on every chair and bed we own, and basically any other elevated surface in our house. This is all fine with me expect she has gotten riskier and therefore her face currently looks as if she has taken up professional boxing... I am not looking forward to our next well check.

She doesn't just destroy herself though... As I put Harper down for her nap and though I would quickly tidy the house and relax... After a quick shower I realized there was no point.  I have unused pots and pans in the living room, socks and shoes all over the kitchen, yogurt footprints on top of the table, bananas in the entry way, a 50 piece dog puzzle strewn over the house, tongue and snot marks on the sliding glass door, every toy we own scattered through out the house and I am pretty sure my tablet was thrown over the stair railing but it still turns on so I am not that concerned.  In short, my house looks TERRIBLE!

The truly sad part is we were only home for 30 minutes today before nap time...

So what do I do?  I know this is normal so I grab a pudding cup, put my feet up and enjoy some peace and quiet because it is only t-minus one hour until the destructo-chan wakes.  

Wish me luck.

Cape Cod

On Monday, we decided to get out of the city and hit Cape Cod!  Our first stop was in Provincetown.  As we were driving in, Brent made the observation that there were a lot of gay couples.  I didn't really notice so I thought he was exaggerating... but he wasn't.  Provincetown was having a celebration to mark the ten year anniversary of legalization of the same sex marriage.  The only weird part was that it was on memorial day.

This is the beach.  It looks really pleasant but it was really cold.

Cool picture.

We tried putting harper in the sand.  She didn't enjoy it much.

Have you noticed how we are all wearing the same outerwear?!  When you live in Las Vegas you don't really know what cold is so you always forget to prepare correctly.

Provincetown was really commericalized and it lacked the charm of many of the beaches that I enjoy most.  That doesn't mean Harper didn't fulfill a dream!

We finished in Provincetown and continued up the coast.  There were a lot of little picturesque towns along the way.

We did have to stop at this lighthouse.

It was a really pretty light house but on the tour we learned that some historical organization demanded that the lighthouse be preserved despite the fact that they would need to pay 1.5 million to move it and it would never actually have a purpose anymore and despite all the lighthouses that are on the cape... Kinda made me think we need to stop spending money just because someone really likes lighthouses.

The view from the top was neat.  All you could see was ocean but it was still pretty.  You can see me at the top.  Brent and I had to take turns climbing the very steep stairs, apparently it would have been "dangerous" to take Harper.

We finally hit the beach, determined to touch the water.  It was chilly and rocky... Give me the pacific coast any day!

It was a really nice day just driving and experiencing the Cape.  Traffic was a pain getting back but overall it was totally worth drive!