Alki Beach at low tide. The girls were a little grossed out by all the slimy seaweed exposed during the low tide, but we saw lots of neat ocean life, including a red lion’s mane jellyfish, anemone, and lots of crabs of several types. There were a few naturalists from the aquarium that were on […]
Category: Bree
Banana Stand
There’s always money in the banana stand. (Or free bananas courtesy of Amazon’s Community Banana Stand, anyway.) I think it’s funny that we were served by a “banista.”
Health Points
Bree asked me recently, “Mom, how many health points do we have?”
Inventing Room
Today’s field trip to the Inventing Room was super-cool, both in the figurative and the literal sense. Cheetos frozen in liquid nitrogen, along with ice cream and “exploding whipped cream” made with liquid nitrogen. Definitely not your typical dessert shop.
Shell
When Bree first started riding with Miracles Therapeutic Riding four years ago, her favorite horse was a Fjord named Folly. We were sad when Folly passed away a couple of years ago due to colic. Chris, the owner of Miracles, happily told us this week that they were borrowing a beautiful Fjord horse named Shell […]
Whitney
We got to dog-sit Whitney while Karen and Zach had a fun day in Denver for their anniversary. The girls enjoyed having a dog for the day. She went garage sale-ing with us. 🙂
Butterfly Pavilion
We visited the Butterfly Pavilion as a part of their Homeschool Day. Since Bree and Cate have been interested in insects lately, the timing was perfect. They enjoyed looking at all the insects and arachnids there. When we ventured into the butterfly habitat, we viewed the many cocoons and chrysalises. The girls were excited about […]
Bree and Fabio
Bree still does horse therapy every week. Her regular horse is Fabio. Now that she is older and getting a little more confident, she no longer has someone leading the horse. Instead, she tells Fabio what to do and uses the reins. Sometimes she even trots on her own! It has been fun to watch her […]
Makerspace
My girls love our local Maker Space. This week the little girls worked on fabric squares and Adrianna and her friend, Thomas, made keychains with the laser cutter. Bree is hoping to make a plushie at the next homeschool open hours. She’s already started the pattern (a Minecraft creeper!) It will be her first experience […]
Swallowed a Pop Bead
One of the children accidentally swallowed a pop bead today. And it wasn’t by the child that either Greg or I would have assumed. Thankfully it was one of the smaller pop beads and it didn’t get stuck in her throat. After much freaking out (on her part), even after reassuring her that she was […]