19 Months + 1 Week: First Haircut and Baseball Game

Guest blogger = P-Daddy.   We three Kings of North Seattle have had a wonderful past few days! Aunt Chris visited from Portland on Wednesday, and Bert, Beth, Michal and Jason all came over for dinner....it was great to hear what the Portland clan is doing! Kenley enjoyed switching up the voice of her bedtime stories...and I think Aunt Chris enjoyed reading them!

From Friday night through Sunday evening, it’s been a fun, action packed weekend! The three of us enjoyed a Friday night dinner (and dance party) at Peter and Bryna’s house! Kenley loves visiting her play-Uncle and play-Auntie because not only are they both terrific chefs, good pals and owners of two hilarious cats, but their condo comes with a magic box full of unique play things, many of which have been accumulated via wild around-the-world adventures. These make for terrific toys (and a relieved Mom and Dad for not having to pack a toy bag when we visit their house!) and an entertained toddler! The four of us then hunkered down for an intense WII Dance game, in which Kenley (sorta) participated!

Saturday morning we headed off to our final music class, then hopped the freeway up to Mill Creek (of course) to hang with the family.

Rachel, MyMy and Bebe then headed off for Kenley's first haircut! While I was absent from the scene, early reports have indicated that Kenley was shockingly still and an easy customer! Now, we are trying to track down the barber to see if she also does diaper changes...

Check out the new hair-do! What a good lookin' little lady!

Then we all descended on the King estate of Crown Hill, were joined once again by Peter and Bryna, and ate Uncle Jason’s amazing ribs (not his actual ribs, the ones he bought at the store) and Rachel’s killer potato salad (as in, the best potato salad of all time, ever). Our original plan had been to go to the weekend beer festival (by “we,” I mean the men), but the tickets were sold out, so Peter brought over a wide array of interesting beers. Once Kenley went to bed (ok, before), the beer drinking, and eventually the Risk playing ensued. A great evening, made even better by Auntie MyMy and Uncle Jaycee’s swapping of their respective beverages with the one foul beer of the night. Oh, married life on a Saturday night.  

This morning, the three of us enjoyed an outing to our favorite pool (Mommy, putting on bathing suit: “See what mommy is wearing?” Kenley: “SWIMMING POOL!!!”).

Here's a picture of KK painting when we got home.

Then, we did the single most amazing thing we have yet to do in parenthood. WE TOOK KENLEY TO HER FIRST BASEBALL GAME! Well, it was the Mariners, it wasn’t like a Red Sox-Yankees, Cubs-Cardinals, Dodgers-Giants match up...but that’s the best they can do in this part of the country, so off to Safeco Field we went! Kenley had a blast - from the smell of peanuts and beer to the roar (ok, dull roar) of the crowd to the music, it was needless to say sensory overload. Bebe bought Kenley her first Mariners cap, and she met the Mariner Moose! And by “met,” she was in line to get her picture with him, came up to the front of line, and had a meltdown, not unlike a child’s first encounter with Santa. The rest of the day, she kept repeating “bye bye moose!” The Mariners lost 6 to 4, but they may well have acquired their new biggest fan.    

Here we are in the Left Field bleachers!

The best Aunt and Uncle a Kenley could ask for!
Daddy! Going to baseball game is the coolest thing EVER!!!

Mommy, please explain to me why the Mariners mascot is a freaky moose with at least two body guards?


That moose is freaky dude! Get me out of here!

This team needs some more bats!

Rally cap time!

Eh, they aren't going to win, so I'll draw on Daddy's scalp instead.

Yet another weekend rich with adventure for the Kings!