Sept recap #3 - Cama beach

On the last weekend of the summer, we went "camping" (and by camping I mean staying in a lightly furnished cabin) out at Cama Beach State Park on Camano Island. The cabins had kitchenettes, a table, bunk beds and a double bed (mattresses provided but you had to bring your own bedding). The only bummer was having to walk to the bathroom in the middle of the night, not because it was scary but because it was so friggin' cold in my pj's! The best part of park is that there are NO cars allowed down by the cabins so the kids could play outside and ride bikes worry-free. And when it down-poured on Friday night, nobody woke up to a leaking tent on Saturday morning! I think we may have found our new favorite spot for family reunions (although I do miss Kalaloch - if only it was more predictable!).

We got lots of great pictures from our trip:

the inside of our cabin:

Jamie and Stephen were inseparable on their bikes:



Lots of great hikes and walks to be had:


A field to play sports:

Model-boat building on saturday mornings (the kids loved this!):





The rows of cabins (we had a back-row one, which is cheaper than the waterfront ones):


The beach, which is made up of rocks and small shells:

Beautiful views:

Abby and Hannah have fun with art supplies out on the picnic table:

Sept recap #2 Back to school

Jamie is now in the Pre-K class, and since Abby adores the preschool so much, we put her into the Two's class (I didn't start Jamie until he was 3). Both of them love their class and teachers.

Abby

Jamie

This was the picture Jamie made on the first day - it is of our whole family (including the new baby!). Daddy is the one with the big head, Jamie is actually the second biggest person (because he says he's so tall). Funny that only him and dad are the ones with hair!

Sept recap #1 - Mariner's game

I realized that I completely skipped September in my blogging, so I'll try to catch up with the next few posts (and you'll soon realize why I didn't have any time to blog in Sept!).

First off, I took Jamie to a Mariner's game, just me and him. We sat in the outfield, behind the center-fielder. It was a very boring game, Mariner's were limited to just one hit, so Jamie had the most fun getting treats to eat, playing on the playground, and getting a foam finger at the Mariner's store.

First off, blueberry scone that we picked up at Starbucks:



Some more of those Jamie expressions:


Next was the hotdog:
I had to put on my M's visor when the sun came out:
Now onto Swedish fish:
and juice boxes:
my lunch:
rootbeer:
the incredibly over-priced foam finger:
Now since it was a Sunday game, kids could run the bases after the game was over. We waited an hour in line to do it and once we were down there, this was the only good picture I got. Apparently the lack of a nap and all the junk food made for a very tired, cranky boy that pretty muched moped around the bases instead of running and having fun. Owell, I tried.


Climbing on the big glove outside:


He's finally proud of the baseball I caught for him, once we're on the ferry. Here's the story: the top half of inning 8 ended by Franklin Guitierrez catching the ball in center field. He then proceeded to throw the ball up into the stands. It was coming right for me so I stood up and caught it (with my bare hands, no less!). I handed it to Jamie who thought that maybe we were playing catch and who tried to throw it back, but I caught him in time and stopped him from doing that! However, all eyes were on us at this point and he was extremely embarrassed and proceeded to lay on the ground and throw a fit. We had to leave for a bit and have a talk. I just couldn't get why he wasn't so grateful (I mean any kid would want this right?), and he even told me that he wanted to give it to someone else. So finally, once the drama had cleared and he and I had both settled down, he was happy to have a real ball...