A Seattle Style Scavenger Hunt

These girls know me. They know I love a good adventure that involves cameras. A few of my girlfriends got me a phone scavenger hunt downtown  for my birthday. I loved it. It was different.  And fun to explore a part of Seattle that I don’t often go- Pioneer Square. We split into two teams of two. I was on the losing team but I blame two of our wrong answers on technicalities. There were 24 clues that took you all over this part of town. The answers were input into our phones and kept our scores. So fun. We used our phones for the photo answers but also took our “big cameras” for a fun camera adventure (sad Amy left her battery at home). Check her blog for the instagram version.  I highly recommend this activity- it can be done in various major cities around the country. Here are a few pictures from our day.

  

Instagram

Some of my favorites since I got the App.

We're Home

We've moved again. We're back to our little community and happy to have a place to call home for awhile. We've found a great little house to rent while we build a new house that looks to be about a year in the future. The last five months have had their fair share of being difficult but I kept trying to remind myself along the way, that in the grand scheme this little bump in the road was really nothing to worry about. Doing that was hard. 

Kyla is back to riding the bus and LOVING it. Molly is back to taking as long of a nap as she pleases (Praise the Lord). Heidi is trying to adjust to all the changes but glad to be back in her bottom bonk. Casey is now far away from the golf course- but he's still glad to be home. And me, I'm just happy to not be putting miles on my mini-van and to be settling into our own little home and routine. 

We're all looking forward to a busy summer and some sunshine. Lots of fun things going on. Busy busy busy. Lots more posts to come. I'm back!

Oh and P.S. There was a bear in the yard last night!

Gum Wall

Kyla's recent obsession (as of this week) is becoming a reporter. Her American Girl doll Kit Kittridge is a reporter. We also have been listening to the same Judy Moody book on CD in the car over and over for the last several weeks. In that one, there is a famous girl reporter as well who writes an article about ABC (already been chewed) gum and talks about Bubble Gum Alley in California. When I told the girls that Seattle had a gum wall they had to go. They've been asking for days. The three of us made a quick trip this morning. I have never actually seen it in person. It's beyond DISGUSTING! So gross. We each added two pieces of ABC gum, took some pics, examined it and then headed home. It was an adventure. 

5 Hours at Lk. Wilderness

Yep, I spent the majority of my day at Lk. Wilderness. We currently live about thirty minutes from school and have to commute right during Molly's nap time. Most days I drive back and forth (Kindergarten is only two and half hours in the afternoon) so it makes for a lot of driving. A few times a week I try to do something or hang out with someone or somewhere so that Molly can nap and we don't have to drive so much. 

Today I dropped Molly to take a nap at Chelsea's house and picked up Pearson and took the recent graduates to the park. We attempted non-training wheel bike riding, did the swings and slide, pretended to be mermaids at the beach and had a mini photo shoot in the flowers. 

I then, took them back and picked up Kyla and Molly and we returned to the lake to wait for T-ball practice to begin. We fed some baby ducks some bread from our PB&J dinner. Kyla DID ride her non-training wheel bike. They played tag with some random people at the park and then we had T-ball practice. From one o'clock to six thirty! Whew. I feel a little sun burned and little worn out. 

The Graduate

 Tonight was Preschool Graduation.

Here is my little graduate.

It was a repeat of last year (Kyla's Graduation) but just as cute. 

So fun to hear them sing all their songs.

Heidi was really getting into it. 

So fun to watch.

She was picked to hold the flag during the Pledge. 

She told me about it last week.

She was thrilled.

She received a Bible from her teachers. 

Her very own.

Daddy reads Kyla's lots of nights. 

Now she can take it to Sunday School.

I got her this hat that she's been eyeing at Fred Meyer for the last six months.

It reminds her of Sharpe Evans (High School Musical).

She LOVES it.

I couldn't think of a better occasion.

Preschool Musical.

She wore it to rehearsal today. 

She wore it ALL day.

This girl loved Preschool Pre-K.

This almost 5 year old is off to Kindergarten.

We love you Heidi.

Such a sweet fun smart girl.

xoxo