Seattle Birthday Weekend

Many birthdays to celebrate in the month of June. CG's 7th bday is today. He requested a big seafood boil--lobster, clams, shrimp, etc. This afternoon we left H is Seattle to spend a few days with cousin H, and CG came home with us.

After eating a little pizza for dinner, the boys took off to the park to play some baseball. So far, so good.

Nudibranches and Tide Pools

On Wednesday morning the tides were the lowest of the year, so we woke up very early and headed to the coast so that J could find some nudibranches, something similar to a sea slug. J was determined to find these creatures in the tide pools created by the extra low tides. First we went to Hug Point. It was really cool and named because of the old road bed that hugged the point, allowing Model T traffic at low tide. I think all the photos on this page are from there. There were plenty of anenomes and sea stars, however, no nudibranches. So we stopped at Haystack Rock, like many other people, and there we found a bunch of volunteer guides who helped J find the nudibranches. If you're curious, I have some photos in the web album. Click on the link at the right.

Princess Dress and Track Meet

John's co-worker, Anisha, AKA Princess Jasmine, brought H a beautiful dress last week. H loves her dress and wants to wear it all the time.

When the boys went on a Father's Day fishing excursion, H wanted to go somehwere too, while wearing her dress of course. The only place I could think of to go dressed like that was church. So, I put on a dress too, and off we went.

One of the fun summer neighborhood happenings is the All-Comers Track Meet. J and H both participated in a few events. You can see more comprehensive coverage of the meet by clicking on the web album link.

Princess Birthday

"Baby" H turned 3 on Sat, and as she likes to tell us, "I not liddle; I big." We gave her a Snow White outfit and matching doll. She was pretty excited. As you can see in the final picture, she received many princess accessories, and her cake, was shaped like a crown. (Oh, and if any of you pirate treasure hunters happen to be looking, that's pirate booty being recycled as King John's treasure. I buried it in the yard in little tins and the kids ran around digging it up.) I think the princess had a good birthday, but we hope the whole royalty thing doesn't go to her head.

Take J Out to the Ball Game

He catches, throws and the runner is out at first. J was on fire at the last tball game. He had three big hits from coach pitched balls and made some really great plays, like this one. We don't know what's gotten into him, but I guess that means he'll be ready for coach pitch in time for next season.

Daddy's New Toy

A beautiful Friday in May means it's time to hit the Columbia and try out the new boat. The boat ramp is across the street from the airport and near the highway into Washington, not exactly peaceful, but the sky was blue and the mountain was out. No complaints from our family.

Pterodactyl

J's kindergarten class performed an opera. They made it up using their own story line and tunes they knew, like the Star Wars theme. J talked about it for weeks. It was about a mad scientist who built a time machine and got stuck in the time of the dinosaurs. J was a pterodactyl who circled around the scientist singing, "Shoulda gone to math class, shoulda gone to math class."

Of course it required a costume. I went crazy with a glue gun and some orange material, but as you can see, some moms were way into it.