So Far Behind

I have so much to share - it's been a busy week - and the further I get from the actual days things happened, the more I realize that I need an upgrade of system memory for my brain. Thank goodness for photos. Those will at least jog my memory and help. Though I guess the downside to that is that there are hundreds of photos waiting to be uploaded and sorted. Hmmm...maybe relying on photos to capture it all might not be the best way. *sigh*

Here's what we did yesterday:

Yesterday morning we took a trip to the Portland's Children's Museum, which thrilled the kids more than I can say. They adore that place. We were supposed to visit the one in Everett while we were up visiting my family but silly us; we neglected to check the website to find out they were closed on Mondays. That will teach us. (I will tell you that for me, I think the Everett Children's Museum is much, much better than the one here. And no one is more surprised by that than me. Everett? But seriously - it is. So if you are up in the area, I would highly recommend it.) So anyway, we went to our Children's Museum and spent 2.5 hours playing and having a good time.

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On our way home we suddenly decided to head over to Lacamas Park, a place I have heard about but have never before been. There was a play area but more than that, it's on a lake and it has a trail that goes completely around the lake. It's 1.2 miles and I am here to say that that is a looong way for a 3 year old to walk. But we all made it (with a few piggy back rides thrown in). It was beautiful - especially the waterfalls we discovered.

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By the time we left there, it was dinner time so we stopped at Subway (I cannot remember the last time we ate there) and picked up dinner. Once we were back home and unpacked from our day trips, Dakota and I decided to throw any and all sanity we may have had left right out the window. We decided to set up the tent and go camping in the yard.

Such a big day for us all....and you would *think* that the kids would have gratefully fallen into their sleeping bags and crashed within seconds but ...you'd be wrong. :) It took a long time for them to settled down but finally, they were out. Dakota and I set up the laptop out there and watched two episodes of Boston Legal before I couldn't stand being awake for another second. It was only 9:30 but we were all too happy to crawl into our sleeping bags and close our eyes.

What a fun-filled day. It's hard to believe Dakota's week of vacation is almost over. In two short weeks, she heads back to school. Where did the summer go???

We're Going!

WAHOO!!! We found a place to run away to. Someone in my MOMS Club sent me a link to a place they have stayed in a town we've never before been and when we called they had openings and were reasonably enough that we can manage to go for a couple nights. And the really amazingly cool part is my bestest friend Brenda (she moved to California last September which darn near killed me) is going to be in the same beach town next week so we will be able to see each other!!!!!!

How is that for a strange, happy accident? We never even considered going to this specific town but it kept coming up when people were suggesting places we might try. Then when the rate was something we could swing it just seemed like it was meant to be!

Brenda long ago planned this beach vacation with a woman from our old playgroup so their families will be staying in a beach house just blocks from the hotel were we will be. It's just so cool how it all worked out - I'm still stunned but Brenda and I were giggling like school girls today on the phone just thinking of getting to see each other again. Her kids will be there so Kelton will be able to reconnect with his buddy Carson (they've known each other since Kelton was 9 months old). Both boys are bouncing off the walls, too.

Fun fun fun!!!!!!!! I am so excited!!!!