over tunnel on the bridge

i know i was going to let michael do the next post, and at the risk of being a bloghog i wanted to share this picture. this is "the bridge" i was talking about and that little speck of yellow building in the background is our hotel. anyhow this is such an owen face--but a rare one as he is actually looking at the camera-- and he took about ten minutes to walk across the bridge, stopping to put his arm thorugh each and every one of the circles doing a swoopy kind of movement with his arm singing "circle circle." this was after, of course, he ran past the statue i was going to take a picture of him standing in front of (a little boy fishing) and said "mommy! mommy! go over tunnel! on the bridge"

and here is owen a few seconds later, lost in thought, a more typical pose.and as i write this of course, i am struck that this is why we're here. not for pretty bridges and picturesque htoels on the water but for the chance to sit here quietly on a thursday evening with my boys. kcrw streaming. owen with colorcrayons and then on my lap. michael making tea. both of us have books and laptops but mostly both of us have each other and owen doing a "cookie! cookie!" dance. best go now. he does like to turn off the minifridge.