21 Months + 1 Week: Sun and Fun!
Hello everyone! We finally had a beautiful sunny weekend here in Seattle! We were busy busy busy trying to make the most of it!
On Friday night, we attended "Family Day!", the day care's celebration of Mother's Day and Father's Day combined into one event. They included lessons about how every family is different, including families with one mommy, two mommies, two daddies, one daddy, just grandparents, etc.! Hooray for liberal Seattle education. Here's KK showing off her favorite day care baby.
Here she is enjoying some "berry juice" (homemade berry lemonade) on the back porch of the new day care with friends.
Bubbles with teacher and favorite friend Milo!
On Saturday morning, we got up early and headed to Golden Gardens for a walk. Here we are strolling along the water.
Enjoying a swing with a view.
Here's what MK had to say about Saturday:
This Saturday, Kenley and I got some quality daddy-daughter time as Rachel went to a baby shower for a co-worker. Since visiting the Space Needle with her day care a few weeks ago, Kenley has not stopped talking about the space needle - in fact, any object reaching towards the sky has become known as a space needle (such as the electric poles in the neighborhood). Coupled with her space needle obsession has been a complete obsession and love of all things train-like. So where did we go? Seattle Center of course, home of both the space needle as well as the monorail! I'd also never ridden the monorail, so this was a terrific outing for daddy and daughter alike!
Kenley had a great time staring at the space needle (when we turned the corner around Key Arena and she saw it, she let out an enthusiastic, "Daddy!!!! Space Needle!!!"), and we hopped on the monorail to ride it down to Westlake Center ("It's a kind of train," Kenley said). Kenley enjoyed seeing the Seattle sights from the monorail line above ("Bus, daddy. And people!"). We hoppped off, then hopped right back on to head back to Seattle Center. After taking in lunch while watching a Filipino drumming band, we headed off to pick up Mama, Kenley took a little snooze, then we headed out to Monroe to see Uncle Jason, Auntie Michal and Papa! The Thousand Trails campground had a great pool, so we all took in the rays while Kenley, Mama, MyMy and Jason had a nice long swim with our little one. From there it was on to BBQ, then home!
A mid-swim snack with Papa.
On Sunday, we jumped out of bed and headed to the Ballard locks for a walk!
A breakfast picnic.
Running around the grass at the locks!
Kenley's new tricks this week: counting objects (I've heard her go as high as seven, and she knows her numbers up to 20 and beyond - thank you again day care) and comparing everything ("TJ is kind of like Nichi" (both cats), etc.). She also has memorized her full name ("Kenley Elizabeth King!"), our names, and tonight told me "Kenley goes to the [name of day care]." Smartiepants.
On Friday night, we attended "Family Day!", the day care's celebration of Mother's Day and Father's Day combined into one event. They included lessons about how every family is different, including families with one mommy, two mommies, two daddies, one daddy, just grandparents, etc.! Hooray for liberal Seattle education. Here's KK showing off her favorite day care baby.
Here she is enjoying some "berry juice" (homemade berry lemonade) on the back porch of the new day care with friends.
Bubbles with teacher and favorite friend Milo!
On Saturday morning, we got up early and headed to Golden Gardens for a walk. Here we are strolling along the water.
Enjoying a swing with a view.
Here's what MK had to say about Saturday:This Saturday, Kenley and I got some quality daddy-daughter time as Rachel went to a baby shower for a co-worker. Since visiting the Space Needle with her day care a few weeks ago, Kenley has not stopped talking about the space needle - in fact, any object reaching towards the sky has become known as a space needle (such as the electric poles in the neighborhood). Coupled with her space needle obsession has been a complete obsession and love of all things train-like. So where did we go? Seattle Center of course, home of both the space needle as well as the monorail! I'd also never ridden the monorail, so this was a terrific outing for daddy and daughter alike!
Kenley had a great time staring at the space needle (when we turned the corner around Key Arena and she saw it, she let out an enthusiastic, "Daddy!!!! Space Needle!!!"), and we hopped on the monorail to ride it down to Westlake Center ("It's a kind of train," Kenley said). Kenley enjoyed seeing the Seattle sights from the monorail line above ("Bus, daddy. And people!"). We hoppped off, then hopped right back on to head back to Seattle Center. After taking in lunch while watching a Filipino drumming band, we headed off to pick up Mama, Kenley took a little snooze, then we headed out to Monroe to see Uncle Jason, Auntie Michal and Papa! The Thousand Trails campground had a great pool, so we all took in the rays while Kenley, Mama, MyMy and Jason had a nice long swim with our little one. From there it was on to BBQ, then home!
A mid-swim snack with Papa.
On Sunday, we jumped out of bed and headed to the Ballard locks for a walk!
A breakfast picnic.
Running around the grass at the locks!
Kenley's new tricks this week: counting objects (I've heard her go as high as seven, and she knows her numbers up to 20 and beyond - thank you again day care) and comparing everything ("TJ is kind of like Nichi" (both cats), etc.). She also has memorized her full name ("Kenley Elizabeth King!"), our names, and tonight told me "Kenley goes to the [name of day care]." Smartiepants.
thanks for the new pictures, I was going thru withdrawals needing to see some new pictures. Glad you all enjoyed the weekend.
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