Camping

We did our first camping trip with Luke :) It was just overnight at a local place we were trying out. We went to Kayak Point in Stanwood, about a 1/2 hour away. It was beautiful. The campsites are situated amoung the trees and there are several trails that lead down to the beach area. We had a grat time until the rain started as we went to bed. We stayed dry, but it was cold and muddy. Luke wanted to go home. We stayed until early morning and then packed up and left. I think we'll try again when it's much warmer out.

Just beyond the trees is cliff (it's fenced), then the beach.

Luke running

Luke following Alan down the trail to the beach

Alan chasing Luke down the trail to the beach.

The beach. I use that term loosely. There isn't much sand, just lots of rocks and drift wood. Another bonus about WA beaches versus CA beaches... they are much more relaxed about fire laws. You can have a bonfire at most of the beaches and most of the time they have built in fire pits. Also... people build little forts from the drift wood, kinda like large Lincoln Logs.

Climbing on the logs

Throwing rocks... hours of fun.

He's running again... he's just defiant enough to not respond when we shout for him the come back.

More running, he doesn't tire.

Playground at the water front.

I think I was making monster noises and chasing him. "Chasing" is one of his favorite games.

"WEEEE"

Family shot... I was tickling him :)


Making smores... Luke mostly stuffed marshmallows in his mouth

Yum! He made me a little nervous around the fire but he did alright.

Alan took this picture and "fancied it up". I think he should start selling post cards.

Fresh Produce

Sugar Snap Peas, Luke eats them like candy :)

I love going to farmers markets. Fresh, cheap, often organic produce directly from the grower. Plus, lots of people bring their dogs (not us, our dog is a spaz) which Luke gets a big kick out of. I particularly love the one near us.... it has farmers with produce and flowers (of coarse), fresh bread, handmade cheeses, kettle corn, music playing, and a tons of crafts.

Today we picked up some peas. fingerling potatoes, broccoli, spinach, baguettes, strawberries, and rhubarb.

I made a strawberry rhubarb pie, yum!

Chopping the strawberries.

Mixing strawberries, rhubarb, sugar and flour together

Fresh from the oven. I almost always go with a "crumble" top.

New look

Do you like? I've been wanting to spruce this page up for a while and "Blogger" has some new options that made it really easy. Let me know if the page loads weird or if it crashes your search engine (sometimes busy pages do that when you have a slow connection).

I finished up finals last night (YAY!!!). Now I have to wait until my teachers grade my tests before I know my grades. The waiting is agonizing! There is sooo much pressure to get 4.0 for this program. Anyway, I get 10 days off then I start summer quarter. It shouldn't be too bad, I'm only taking one online class which makes traveling much easier.

Underwear!

So, I think we are getting close to potty training!!! And by close I mean, probably a year out. We'll see. I hoping to give it a try this summer. Luke has been giving us some "ready" signals. He doesn't like to wear a diaper, likes privacy when pooping (he normally goes and hides under the kitchen table), and sometimes he pretends to use the potty and makes "pssss" sounds. We still need to buy him a child sized potty and I was thinking I would gets a few books for Luke. Here's what I had in mind:

This is what I have in mind for a potty... fun but no movable parts that make it a "toy"