orcas island

We spent a week up in the San Juan Islands on Orcas - we did a lot of walking and the kids really enjoyed the woods.
































While hiking, every time Max saw a big tree he'd say: "bye-bye... bo-bo". We have no idea what he meant but we sure did see a whole lot of big trees.































happy in the rain













ania fully loaded











































































































I got to spend an afternoon kayaking (thank you Paul!)













Z thoroughly enjoyed holding pebbles in her mouth, much to her mom's dismay.













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mother's day

our lovely children















like two peas in a pod












Ania had the kids try their first finger painting (ok, it was more like body painting)...she made me this beautiful card.

Painted on Max's back: "i love mama", painted on Zadie's back: "Me 2"
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peak a boo!

Z likes to help clean






































eating blue chalk


















peak a boo!









boo!
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all the things you can do with a box

zadie has really found a new passion: spending some quality time in her big red box ... multiple times a day, multiple days in a row, zadie can be found loading her precious possessions into the big red box.



...loading it up












...climbing in


















...kicking back in her toy baby stroller drawing a couple of circles













...and finally having acquired the perfect amount of stuff around her to make her feel happy:







2 baby strollers
3 magna doodle drawing boards
1 talking lawnmower
1 giant squeaking dolphin
1 blow up soccer ball
1 deflated red balloon
1 cup of snack crackers (because you never know when you are gonna get hungry)



















...another day with stuff in the red box











...it also makes a great chalkboard

















...or a train




















...or just a great place to hang out with your brother to draw.

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our first rock concert: The Sippy Cups!

We took the kids to their first rock concert - a psychedelic kids band from San Francisco called The Sippy Cups! The music was fun, they had crazy costumes, jugglers and even a unicycle...and they shot beautiful silvery mylar streamers into the crowd - it made everyone ooh and ahh.







Max went crazy for the huge balloons they threw into the audience. He was by far the smallest kid in the 'mosh pit' - he was very brave and never got trampled...he really wanted to touch some of those huge bouncing balloons. He's hard to find so I circled him for you.



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nice hat

nice hat
























































































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potty seats!

we got potty seats! but that's not the exciting news...the big deal is that the seats came in these really huge boxes and they are providing hours of pure enjoyment.







































































































































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