Lions Park in February?

Yep. Another beautiful day today, so after school we took the girls to Lions Park. They love going there and it was good to get out of the normal we have been doing on Mondays. The tide was way out when we were there, so Parker just loved trying to go after the seagulls which were enjoying the low tide. The sky was so clear that you could see Mt. Rainier very well. The wind was blowing just a bit to cool of the beating rays of the sun. Not that it was that warm, but it felt nice. The trees were budding and the flowers were starting to bloom. It was a perfect "almost spring" day. This is the very reason why I love the Pacific Northwest.

Kassie and Madeline played on the jungle gym........
.......while Sydney and Andy hit the ball back and forth to each other.
I walked around with Parker, while taking a ton of pictures. (Like always.)
Cherry Blossoms!



Parker wanted to get to the birds so bad!

If you look closely you can see Mt. Rainier in the background. Also, see how far out the tide was!?!
Looking for rocks and shells.

Time to go home and eat dinner now......

Illahee

Today was a freakishly hot day again. We had to go the doctors to get shots for Madeline, so she can go into Kindergarden next year. Syd and Kassie unexpectedly had to get shots too. I guess this year, the state changed the requirements of the shots kids have to get to enter school. They now need a second dose of the Chicken Pox vaccine. Syd and Kassie didn't have to get them, but to be on the safe side, they got them too. So, as a bribe/reward for doing so good, we went and got Coldstone for all of us. YUMMY! After that, it was still too hot to go home, so we went back to school shopping at the nice, cool, mall. :) (Insert facetiousness here.) I hate the mall. I go there once a year to buy school shoes. That's it. But since it was so hot, I gave in. Amazingly, we found some really great deals! After that, you guessed it, it was still too hot, so we went to Illahee State Park. At least being by the water it was 5 to 10 degrees cooler. (Hey, when it's this hot, I'll take anything cooler!)

Madeline fell asleep in the car, so when we got there she didn't want to play. She quickly changed her mind when we went down on the dock.

(Cue "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay")

Then Andy found some really cool drift wood.

They climbed on that for a while.

I found a tree trunk sticking out of the cliff.

Maddie and I posed for some pics.

Then it got cool enough that we were hungry, so we went home. Fun stuff, this 100 degree weather, I tell ya! NOT! :) Please make it go away!

Picnic

Since it was such a beautiful day, and the girls asked if we could do something, I decided that we should go on a picnic. That led to where we should go, and Madeline popped up and said "The Lions Park" (she meant Lions Field). So, we got all the trimmings ready for a wonderful picnic, and off we went. We got there, and as I suspected, all they wanted to do was play. But, I made them eat first. Then, they wanted to take pictures so I could put them on the blog. So, here they are, just for you!

Cheese!

Yummy!

They wanted a picture in front of the water.

Then they wanted a picture on the lion.

Sydney showing that she is the king, not the lion.

Kassie thinking the lion is a horse.

Madeline didn't want to have anything to do with the lion.

All she wanted to do was play with my iTouch.

(I have tons of games/activities for kids on it.)

That girl is as addicted to my iTouch as the other girls are to their DS.

No School? Let's go to the park!

Since the girls had no school today, Andy and I took them to the park. We actually just went down to their school, since the park we like to go to was packed, and because Syd and Andy wanted to play catch and basketball. So, off we went. It was a really pretty day. The sun was shining and the temperature was 50 degrees!
We all had lots of fun. In fact the only reason we came home was because we were all hungry. I had been cooking a roast in the slow cooker all day. So, all I had to do was make the mashed potatoes. We stuffed ourselves because it was soooo good! Fun day and a great dinner! What more could you ask for?