Seattle

Hide & Seek

"Dancing" Noah

Ballard Locks

Outside Games

Eying his airplane treat on the way to Seattle

Sculpture Gardens

Fountain

Seattle, this tree is all cherry blossoms, could not get the flowers and Jack in the same frame

Ballard Locks, awaiting another boat

Brian & the little boys

Buddies

Sculpture Gardens

Swing

Fearless at the Park

Lunch with sunglasses

And a tired boy awaiting his flight to MSP

Jack and I went to Seattle last week to visit Tanya, Brian & Noah. Jack has a new best buddy, and lucky for us we like his best buddies parents - a lot :) We visited the Sculpture Gardens, Pike Place Market, the  Ballard Locks, the park and did a lot of playing. Thank you, Brian, for letting us also have a Girl's Night. Jack is already talking about the planned summer visit and telling everyone who will listen about how nice and fun Noah is...

Cute

I just like this picture.

Tired

Last Friday night, exhausted and having PB&J and an apple after being a trooper all day. He did talk Grandma Sandy into giving up her red balloon that he brought home.

Science Museum

Studying Angles

Weight distribution

Blocks

One more!

Intent

He told me this was a snake's mouth

Puzzles

 

 

 

 

We went to the Science Museum last week and actually saw more than the dinosaurs! Usually we do a cursory run (literally mean run) through another area and get right to the dinosaurs. This visit, a lot of other things held his attention.

Bike

Pre-bike ride. He is pretty excited here. That did not last long, he's getting a Strider.

Car

Once again, socks & shoes off in the car.

Day with Grigg

Jack & Grigg playing together for the day. The top picture is when I found them IN the toybox. The bottom is Jack trying to explain puzzles. That conversation led to a demonstration in which Grigg just watched, then got up & went on to something else....

Toys

Enjoying some toys in the breakfast nook. Kyle & Zoe : I think this scorpion may be Charlie's? We will get it back to you ASAP!

MORE "All Boy"

Another day of playing in the dirt. I will take extra baths and this great weather!

T-Rex/Monster/Dragon

As many of you who have spent much time with Jack know, he is obsessed with dinosaurs, monsters, dragons,etc... And has perfected the role. In this series of pictures you can see what he does. Of course showing his dimples the entire time to increase the scare factor!

Ben & Jack

Jack & his friend Ben enjoying some boy playtime and some cookies after lunch. They had a great time!

Sydney

Sydney's preferred spot the last few days.

Lego Airport

Greek Yogurt while watching intently.

The Lego Airport made its way into our house on Saturday. Quite an impressive setup!

Irish

St. Patrick's Day cake for dinner with friends this weekend. A tad bit Irish in this household but for the most part indulgences this weekend were in sugar, not alcohol (ie: the cake is gone and it is only Tuesday! :)

All Boy

As you can see, the weather in MN is fantastic, and I have an "all boy" boy! Dirty face on two different days. I foresee lots of baths this summer!

Evolution

Jack making himself comfortable for a trip to the salon with me this week. He was a hit with the staff, but ever more so with the little girl you can see in the bottom picture. Once her dad sat down for a cut, she and Jack sat together. Between Jack's daddy's iPad and her daddy's iPhone they were best buddies for the last half hour of our adventure.

Coffee

Dino goes to the Angry Catfish in the rain. And made his way around the coffee shop exploring everything he could find :)

Carried

Jack's preferred mode of transportation when he is tired out.

New Shoes

Jack's latest shoe purchase. I love that all he wants to wear right now are "my Hunters".

Books

One day last week Jack started taking stacks of books into the bathroom, laying them out, and one by one reading them. We have no idea why. Or why he eventually stacked them back up and returned them to his bookcase.

Preschool

I breathed a sigh of relief today as we got notice today Jack did get into the only preschool that made our list of appropriate choices after our diligent search, and my well honed ability to deem a school completely unfit for reasons other people raised eyebrows at me over (multiple times). I am still confident each school I crossed off the possibility list would have posed great dangers to the physical and mental well being of my one and only child :)

He will start in the fall and boldly declared today he has no interest in going.  He prefers to stay home and play.

Animal Encyclopedia

Enjoying his new Animal Encyclopedia. Much to Brandon's displeasure, Jack is obsessed with the "Snakes" section.

Flowers

For Ang, from Jack. Love them!

Placemat

Jack's latest placemat, found at Whole Foods.

Thai

Jack is a good eater, but absolutely loves Thai food. He ate more at True Thai last weekend than he has eaten in about 3 weeks!

MY Snack

Getting messy and territorial with his snack.

Sleepy Boy

Our babysitter could not get Jack to go upstairs to sleep. This is where he was when I got home :)