What We've Been Up To

Hanging out with friends

Having spa parties at friends' houses

Celebrating 1/2 birthdays

Getting our picture taken by a 9 year old

Spending time with cousins

Going to the beach

Taking in the view in Bremerton, WA

Losing teeth

Hosting Baby Showers

What have you been up to?

Perpetual Cycle

Paige has always preferred the shuffle along method and just learned to peddle this week. She went around the track no less than 3 times. I was so proud of her. Next goal for the summer: to teach Blaire how to ride without training wheels.

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Fun in the Sun

We have been making good use out of the glorious sunshine this week. Yesterday afternoon the kids spent sloshing around on the slip-n-slide, while I lounged in my comfy chair; sipping an iced latte. Then I got up off my rear and attempted to teach them how to do cartwheels. Needless to say, we didn't take any pictures of that. Graeme got pretty good at it, but Blaire Rose still has a ways to go. It's been a while since I've done cartwheels... Slip-n-slide

We went to Old Man Beach here in Suquamish today. Our friend Tammy met us there with her daughter McKenna. It happened to be nice and quiet there, so we had a pretty relaxing time watching the kids play in the sand.

Paige

Blaire Rose

McKenna

Graeme

Having a little afternoon snack
McKenna, Blaire Rose & Paige

Graeme sipping a very rare treat

West Coast Beach Club

We went for a walk on our local beach here in Suquamish - Nothing compared to the beaches on the East Coast, but at least it's close. We got to see the boats going by and the kids enjoyed picking up shells and tossing them into the water. Duncan worked at teaching Graeme to skip rocks across the water - which occupied their time for quite a bit.

It's so nice to live this close to the beach - we definitely enjoy it. And now that the kids are getting older and my OCD self is mellowing out some *gasp* - I may actually let them play in the sand without hyperventilating about the mess it's going to make in my car and subsequently in my house.