Thursday, March 31, 2011

A few more...

a beautiful day at Greenlake
nugget LOVES to swing
hiking with uncle billy
the kids had it easy...they both slept most of the hike :)

sampling the many apples at the Ballard Sunday Market
daddy's girl

daddy's girl
he's such a kid :)
Fun for the whole family!!

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Yay Jay and Jill!

During the past six days, we were treated to an incredibly fun time with Grandpa Jay and Grandma Jill. Being that they live completely across the US from us, this was the first time we've had them up in Seattle since we moved back, so it was extra special. Millie wasted no time in renewing her relationship attempting to make "Dam-ma Dill" her sidekick, and seemed to also enjoy returning Grandpa Jay's meddling tricks back in his direction whenever possible. We're not sure how sincere she may have been since he and Dad took over the TV watching the NCAA tourni for most of the visit!


Grandpa and Grandma brought generally outstanding weather with them from Florida, which we took advantage of to do heaps of stuff outdoors like a hike in the Cascades, playtime at Greenlake, hitting the Ballard Farmer's Market, and even other cool Seattle spots. But even with the sunshine, we had to hit the inflatable playground out at Sandpoint. We're not sure who had more fun, Millie, Jill, or perhaps Jay, who pulled a full somersault down the steepest slide (sadly no photo documentation exists for that event).

Uncle Billy joined us for our hike, too, which rocked. We managed about 3/4 of a really cool trail called Twin Falls one weekend afternoon for a couple hours. Near the end of the journey, there's a 100 or so foot bridge -- fortunately very sturdy -- that rests about 300 feet up and overlooks a beautiful waterfall. Afterward, we had no problems treating ourselves to Paseo, naturally.







Suffice it to say it was great to for all of us to get some awesome QT together, and we are extremely grateful to "Day-an-Dill" for making the trek all the way out to see us and have such a fun week. We'll miss you guys, but know we'll see you soon!

xoxo The Good Kids





Wednesday, March 23, 2011

hello.


the three amigos


standing
peek a boo
millie is looking soooooooo grown up in this picture




Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Monday, March 21, 2011

Friday, March 18, 2011

We have a crawler!

Even though I've been mobile for a couple of months, I still hadn't mastered what most people would call "the crawl." I had "the scoot" and "the slide" and "the combat pull" down pat....but now I can officially CRAWL with the best of them!!! Woohoo!!!!



Little Leprechauns

Lucky stars above you
Sunshine on your way
Many friends to love you
Joy in work and play
Laughter to outweigh each care
In your heart a song
And gladness waiting everywhere
All your whole life long!
~irish blessing



Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Where's Esmee??

Millie and I searched for a good minute before we found Esmee "hiding" under our buffet in the dining room. She isn't quite crawling yet, and not walking, so it remains a mystery how she got under here, sitting up. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....human pretzel!

The cuteness continues....