Saturday, May 24, 2008

Date Night

Friday nights are usually “Date Night.” We get a baby sitter, meet down town, and go to dinner, out with friends or to a show. Marty is out of town this weekend with some of his buddies from college. That didn’t stop “Date Night” though:
I had a fabulous evening out. I enjoyed terrific Chinese food, easy conversation and pleasant company. I even got a kiss at the end of the night. That’s right, I had a date! Jack is 21/2 now and quite a good companion- if I do say so myself. I was planning on getting the food to go, but when we got the restaurant, I thought, what the heck? Why not stay, avoid doing dishes and enjoy an hour with my boy? The conversation was mostly about the movie “Cars.” He is very obsessed with the show and retells every scene. But we also talked about school, daddy, and his up coming visit to CA. What a pleasant and surprising Date Night!

Sunday, May 18, 2008

The Duck



For as long as we have lived in Seattle (one year) Sarah’s mom has been asking to go on the Duck. She has visited us 6 times since we moved here. And every visit it’s the same thing: “Can we ride the Duck?”

We’ve made excuses: it’s cold, it's raining, sorry it’s Jack’s nap time, Marty has work to do… but we couldn’t hold her off any longer. The weather was beautiful, Jack loves the water and Marty had the weekend free. Plus, Grandma outsmarted us and went to the website, booked the ride, & paid for the tickets. Look out Duck here we come…



The driver, dressed as a pirate, jumped on board the eight-wheeled craft and put on quite a show. Jack was not impressed! In fact, he was terrified! He hid his head against the seat and in the crook of Sarah’s arm until we reached the water portion of the ride. Once on the water he was too excited to be sacred.







“Jump” Marty’s nick-name for Sue, was in heaven the whole trip. Marty got the pleasure of sharing a seat with Jump. He was thoroughly embarrassed by her singing, duck quacking and genuine “Royal” merriment.





All in all we had a great time. The water portion of the trip was definitely the best part! Just don’t ask us to take you on the Duck when you come to visit. We’re just Ducky- thank you!

Friday, May 16, 2008

"Good Day Sunshine"



Since we have moved to Seattle everyone asks us: "So is the weather as bad as they say?" The answer, YES! However, we "Seattleites" (I don’t know if we have earned the honor to be called this after only one winter here) make due. We have memberships to the zoo and play at the indoor Zomazium, and a membership at the aquarium (which we have been known to visit twice in one week). We frequent in-door gyms, visit coffee shops with play areas, go to music classes, and set up lots of play dates. However, when the sun comes out, EVERY person in Seattle is out side to celebrate! On Thursday we got our first truly sunny day in some time (since my last post in April). It was about 75 degrees. It looked as if there were a National Holiday- I think everyone in Seattle took the afternoon off. The parks were packed, the beaches along the lake were crowded, and everyone was out side enjoying the sun!



Our first stop was Madrona Park on Lake Washington. My mom found it crazy that people were out in swim suites in such mild weather. People of California 75 degrees here is like your 85-90 degree days.





Marty even came home when the sun was out (very rare)! And we all soaked up the sun in our back yard.

Last Day of Music Class



Jack has been going to the Seattle Symphony's children's music classes for a year. We have attended class every Friday. He has an internal clock and when he wakes up Friday mornings he reminds me, “Mommy it is music class day”. He has grown so much both musically as well as socially. When we first began he would not really participate. He was shy about dancing and got nervous when we did activities. Now he is a little leader. He dances, sings songs, plays the instruments and has a great time. He is also mad about Ms. Katy his teacher. He talks about Ms. Katy all the time. When he listens to the CD's from the program he refers to the songs and CDs as "Ms. Katy music." And if he hears a piece of classical music played on piano he says it is Ms. Katy playing. Although he loves Ms. Katy he was shy about sitting on her lap for a picture!



Grandma was in town and joined us for Jack's last music class.



Sadly we are done attending music classes. We are gone thru a lot of the summer (it didn’t make sense to sign up for summer session) and Jack will be in preschool next year on Fridays (so no fall classes either). We will miss going to music classes- they have been such a part of his baby and toddler life.

THEN:


NOW:

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Happy Mother's Day



Jack made me his very first Mother's Day craft. At school they made little paper flowers and a card. He was so proud to give mommy a present.

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Saling trip

Monday, May 12, 2008

Little Sailor

We took Jack out on the sail boat for the first time. We went sailing on Marty’s dad’s boat Sea Otter. We went with Greg, Natalie and their 5 month old son Grant. We set sail from Bellingham Harbor & sailed to Sucia Island. We stayed at Sucia over night. Sarah, Marty and Jack went ashore Sucia Isalnd and enjoyed a fire and roasted marshmallows. We had a fun trip and both boys made great skippers!