Random Acts of March

Wyatt likes to hang out on the neighbors roof.   My friend Melissa spotted him on the neighbor's roof peaking in the windows.   I know why.  They have a little Jack Russell Terrier, who is no doubt going nuts inside, as my cat peaks in the windows and climbs all around the roof.   I wish I had a picture of that.  I caught him climbing down from the tip top.   Crazy cat.

One morning I came into the kitchen after doing something in another room, to find Makena had helped herself to crackers.   Only she poured out the entire box onto her plate.   Instead of getting mad, I grabbed the camera.   Picture worthy.

We re-discovered Matthews Beach Park on Lake Washington.  Its a bit out of the way, but a great park and fabulous playground on Lake Washington.   

Rare picture of smiling Dad.   Yes he smiles....but hard to capture it on the camera. 

Sister hugs.  I can't get enough of these.   They are loving sisters, but lately the hitting and hair-pulling has stepped it up a notch.   I need more moments like this and less hair-pulling.

Yet another incident when I was out of the room.    Came back to the kitchen to find Makena had gotten into our freezer, and pulled out the mini-ice cream cones from Trader Joes.  It was 10am.   She was caught with two in her hand, at the same time.   Maddy was screaming, "I want one!".   What's a mom to do.  Grab the camera, take pictures, and have a mid-morning ice cream cone snack.  

Park Day

There is nothing like that first few days of sunshine after a long grey wet winter in Seattle.    We headed out to a favorite park a few weeks ago with our friends.    I brought the kids ride-on toys and after gathering our stuff we walked on in.   

Broken Trike.   Hoping Dad or Pepe can fix this mess.

I was holding the tricycle and walking with the kids, when we hit a bump in the sidewalk.   The tricycle front tire flew up and literally flew apart.   Pieces of trike everywhere.  It has pretty dang funny.  One minute we had a trike, the next we just had parts.    Luckily Makena was not on it at the time.    Makena started crying at her broken trike and I could do nothing but laugh.

This particular park is near a lake and has a great play area. We ran into some other friends and as I was chatting away, I looked up to find this. My two-year old climbing up this steep ladder thing which she seems much too small for. What could I do? She can obviously handle it as she made it to the top. So I snapped some pics. Makena is quite the climber and doesn't have a lot of fear.

The three are quite the trio of girls.  Mostly its Molly and Maddy.  But once in awhile they let Makena in on their silliness.  

Classic kid moment. Thowing rocks in the lake.   I bet they could have done it for hours.