Opening Day at the Fair

Aeries Preparing For Opening Day

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We're here!

Last one to the Zipper is a rotten egg!

It sure looks a lot higher from up here.

Okay no pushing. Everybody gets a turn.

Wheelbarrow rides!

Rollercoaster!

Halp!!

The line for the women's bathroom.

Goodnight!

Oh hold on gang. I think we've got a headlight out.

Aeries Joins the Orchestra

I dropped a rental violin off at Aeries' house tonight because she wants to play in orchestra this year. She's been saying she wanted to play viola for a while, but when it came time to decide she told her mommy 'violin'. Can't wait to hear how it goes! I started playing the cello in 4th grade so it's exciting to see her get started. Who knows where it will go but she definitely has an interest and that's what matters. I showed her a few of the basics and set up her shoulder rest so she's ready to 'play' tomorrow morning.

I know my Dad would be thrilled too.

Butterfly House at Pacific Science Center

Aeries Does Math Homework

Last weekend Aeries was doing her math homework, writing very neatly but verrrry small. Itty bitty teeny tiny numbers. She even made a couple mistakes because she couldn't read her own writing. Is it a 7 or a 1? An 8 or a 0? It's so tiny I can't tell!
Anyway, after I had said "oops, that one isn't right" at least twice and telling her to write bigger numbers over and over again, she grabbed a separate piece of paper and with a bit of "okay fine Papa I'll do it your way" in her eyes, solved the last problem this way. At least she could see it!

Brooklyn Turns Three!

Aeries and Brooklyn on Video August 2016(..and a little Bennett too..)

Three fun videos from August 2016!

Aeries and Savannah Visit the Capitol - Day Two -

We didn't get enough time at the Capitol on Saturday
and the girls really wanted to visit it again.
So we spent Monday afternoon touring the inside!

House of Representatives

Senate

Photos from the early 1920s in the hallway.
Notice the train tracks around the dome!

The girls were impressed with this awesome water fountain.

Hall Of Justice

We stopped and ate our lunch at
Tumwater Falls on our way out of town.