Happenings

It's been a very unpredictable week. There's not a very consistent routine in place with regard to napping, so we've just been going with the flow and allowing the day to take us where it wanted to.

We've been exploring some new parks in our neighborhood with some success and some not so great success. Here's a little bit of what we've been doing in the last two days.

 

Shenanigans...Maddie is busy, busy, busy. She honestly never stops unless she's sleeping and she's always into something. In this photo, she's dragged the cat bed into the firewood log holder which she loves to stand in. She's really proud of herself until she can't figure out how to get herself out of whatever contraption she's whipped up. 

 

Yesterday we took a walk in our neighborhood in search of a "hidden" park around the corner from us. As it turns out, it wasn't much of a "park" at all, so we took a detour and headed back to one of our regular parks. En route we saw what Hudson likes to call "the silly car", we see it driving by our house a lot, so we took a picture next to it. We also picked a bunch of wildflowers which grow abundantly in Seattle- note the daisies in Hud's hand. When it was all said and done we walked 1.25 miles. Well, Hud and I walked, Maddie rode in the stroller.

 

This is the smile I wake up with every morning. It's wonderful.

 

At Rachel's playground. I love that they are starting to really play together. There is nothing that makes my heart happier. 

 

First, how cute is the Hud?

Second, the view. 

Third, the lavender. It's everywhere here. I love lavender. I love that it's everywhere here!

 

Family pic post-nap. 

 

Hudson's gymnastics class yesterday. 

He's a natural. Oh, he makes me so proud. 

Chasing the tornado around the gym while Hudson is in class is an absolute disaster. 

Anyone want a tornado for a weekend? She comes with a great smile!

 

See.

 

The park at the Zoo. We saw this park every day when I took Hudson to Zoo Camp, and I promised I would take him there. We finally made it there between Maddie's naps today. He loved it.

 

Maddie learned how to go down the slide by herself. She must have done it 100 times.

 

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

 

Pure JOY. 

 

This is how the Hud does it.

 

Hud became fast friends with a little girl at the park. They played together for about an hour. It was very cute.

 

Maddie loves animals. Cats, dogs, birds, fish, you name it. Here she is chasing the black crows at the park. Babbling at them all the while. She loved it!

 

In the sandbox at the end of the day today.