Misc June/July Happenings

Well here's post #3 of 3. It has a little of the other things that we've been up to in June and July.
Matthew's Nana came to visit in June. We had a great time and went to Seattle and just did the typical things that we do in a week- swimming lessons, the park, etc... Enough to wear her out though, I'm sure. Matthew loved having her visit.



We found a great playground and spray park in Bellevue that we went to one of our three days of summer here in the NW so far (I'm not bitter, really).

One of Matthew's favorite things that we've done recently is to drive his remote control boat in the boat pond at Lake Union. He loved it!! He would drive the boat around for a couple of minutes, then insist on taking it out of the water so he could check to props and then would put it back and drive some more.

We also went and saw Thomas the Train a few weeks ago. I thought that Matthew might be over the whole Thomas thing, but he has a renewed interest in his trains and train tracks since we've gone. So that should keep him busy for a while.

The view from the train, down river from the Snoqualmie Falls

We also went to Matthew's friend, David's, birthday party in early July. His parents had it at the Tacoma Nature Center. The had a naturalist talk to the kids about different wildlife in the woods and ponds there and also brought out a turtle to show them. It was a really great party. Love this pic of Matthew, David and his brother Drew. They look either shocked, amazed or scared of what the naturalist is telling them ; )

Matthew reached a milestone in his boyhood this month and attended his first Home Depot Kids Clinic. He made a toolbox and now wants to help daddy with every project that we need done (or don't need done) around the house.

And a small victory for me, but I finally (after months) have the hummingbirds visiting our feeder. The problem is that now they're fighting over it and practically dive bomb me when I try to hang fresh nectar. I think we may have too much of a good thing now.

Well that's all of our happenings for now. Hope everyone is enjoying the summer. For those out east, please, please send us some of that heatwave. I've been tempted to let the car idle in the driveway for a while. More global warming for the Washingtonians ; )