We’ve moved into July, after a two week span of 90plus degree heat, and we can’t wait for fall to arrive. Not that we haven’t loved late spring and summer… What’s not to love?
Pop-pop and Ann came to visit. We spent time building Legos, shooting off model rockets, playing games, and reading with them. They came bearing gifts, which we LOVE! (We will always associate gummy candies with Ms. Ann. And mints.) We graciously let them love us, which we also LOVE. We hope they also felt loved, in return. (We discovered when they were here that there are ZERO sushi restaurants open on Sunday in Olympia. Sorry, Pop-pop and Ms Ann! Nothing beats Sushi Den in Denver, anyway…)
We spent the fourth of July in an historic farmhouse in Whatcom county. (We could see Canada from our house!) We picked flowers from the immense garden, played naked in the sprinklers, slept outside in a tent, and lit fireworks next to the raspberry fields. It reminded Mom of Provence and us of our old yard (the space we had to play in outside). We found a newt in the garden and repatriated him to the nearby lake, where we saw and heard ginormous bull frogs. At night we heard the coyotes yip. We toured a Pacific coast resort town and played on the beach there. We all discovered many new things. (For instance, we discovered that Asher’s not-favorite bear looks almost exactly like his favorite bear. So when we brought his not-favorite bear with us to a place close to 4 hours away from our home, we discovered he won’t sleep without his favorite bear unless he is laying down next to Daddo in the bed.)
We’ve been busy so far this summer. We went to the Star Wars costume exhibit at the EMP Museum in Seattle. Emmett was very excited but a bit scared when we actually went in. Most of the costumes were from the prequels, and though they were beautiful, we weren’t sure who they belonged to. But we saw Princess Leia’s Return of the Jedi metal bikini, C3P0 and R2-D2 and Chewbacca. We also saw Han Solo’s gunslinger outfit from A New Hope as well as Obi Wan’s robes. Great stuff.
We revisited the Children’s Museum in Olympia, which is always a good time. This time Baby’s old enough to take part in a bunch of the exhibits. He biked, got wet in the water/dry ice exhibit, and tried to stuff some blocks up a pneumatic tube made for scarves. Cute!
We’ve been to local farms for berry picking, where Asher discovered that if squished, blueberries fit neatly onto his fingertips. (After one particularly dusty farm trip (where we were too dirty to even step foot in the house), we found out what it would be like to take a bath outside. Mommy and Ms Davey, our nanny, filled our pool up with bubble bath and we got clean while sliding down our slide into a pool of suds! Baby hung tough with the Big Pigs, splashing and sliding too. Well done, Baby!) We went to a couple of parks with lake/lagoons where we learned that Riley is deathly afraid of swamps and their ubiquitous swamp monsters. Though Emmett’s wanted to visit the natural history museum and the space museum, both are in Seattle and too far for a quick afternoon trip. So, instead, Mom and Dad bought a totally-legit telescope only to find that the stars don’t really come out til midnight and those that do aren’t so bright. After asking around, its apparently a regional thing. To find clear skies were stars can be seen, you have to go about an hour south of where we live. Oh well.
And Tessa and Mommy went to Ms Davey’s bridal shower, where Tessa was able to revel in all things-wedding. (Since then, Tessa asked Mommy if she could wear Mommy’s “beautiful wedding dress” when she gets married. Maybe with Mommy’s diamond earrings, she thought.) All the Pigs are planning on wearing costumes to Ms Davey’s wedding, so stay tuned to the September post and see how that all works out!
Despite all this fun, we all LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the fall. The changing leaves, pumpkins, cool evenings, nature walks at dusk. Like the changing seasons, somethings afoot at Daddo’s work and we might finally get relocated come September. Until then, we’ve got Baby’s second birthday to celebrate and a visit from Grandma Cheryl. Yay!
So keep cool and we’ll chat soon,
The Pigs
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