Montessori outings

We went mushrooming with Amelia’s family, Gunnar’s family, and Abie’s family in the Sultan Basin.  We found chanterelles!We also had an outing at the salmon hatchery.  The fish were splashing us!Trying to throw Roisin into the water (just kidding!).Feeding the baby salmon.Helping Zachy feed the fish.

Pumpkin Patch

This year we went to Bob’s Corn to get our pumpkins for Halloween. Zachy fell asleep in the car and slept through the hay ride out to the pumpkin field.After much searching, prodding, and lifting, Elena still hasn’t found the perfect pumpkin. This one is a keeper! She made it about 3 feet before giving up.  Good effort Little Miss! Not quite as big as this pumpkin, but still over 4 feet. Bob’s Corn had lots of activities – a corn maze, pumpkin catapult, pony rides, and playground.  Elena chose to ride the cow train.Maggie Jane was a good cow!

First day of kindergarten

Not much different from last year – same classroom, same teachers, same hours of class time. Elena was so glad to be back with Cathy and Katie and Pokey the Turtle.  Seeing her friends again was fun too, and about half of the kids were the same, so that means making new friends also!

Ocean Shores in September

Who would have guessed Ocean Shores would have such beautiful weather in mid-September? Elena had fun being chased by waves and playing in the sand. She was wary of the sea foam. We camped with Maddie’s family.  It was a lot of fun and we were finding sand everywhere…  Next time we will bring more baby powder since it helped slough the sand off our feet before getting in the car. This was a fun gift shop to go in!  Elena only found broken sand dollars on the beach so we bought some whole ones at the store.  Plus postcards with the sand dollar legend on it. Elena tried digging to China, but didn’t get far.  Even with Zachy’s help!It was also a great weekend for kite flying.  Elena got a color your own kite which came with color crayons.  We didn’t tie it well enough to the log, and it flew off.  Daddy was fast and caught up to it before it got too far off.  Daddy flew a red kite of his own too.

Go Purple Transformers!!!

The team with Coach Angie.Throw it to someone in purple!Smiles on the sidelines.  Elena’s not really playing keeper or goalie, she’s just standing back there hoping the ball doesn’t come her way. Elena’s favorite part of the soccer season was when she got her medal at the last game of the season.  She wore it for 3 days as a necklace she was so proud!

Library display

Elena didn’t want to display her cars again.  Or show off her My Little Pony or Barbie collections.  She didn’t even want Auntie to show her collection of horses!

We ended up displaying our vintage Fisher Price Little People.  They have been in the family for 30 years and hopefully for another 30.  Elena loved setting the house up – bedroom upstairs, picnic outside, and never forget the toilet or sewing machine!

Evergreen State Fair in Monroe

We didn’t leave the fair with many pictures of Elena this year.  We went on ride after ride after ride and those pictures never seem to turn out.  This year she was tall enough to go on at least half of the rides so we bought bracelets.  She really liked the potato sack slide, the scrambler, and the hang-gliding ride.  She did not care for the fun houses, she said they were weird. Of course we indulged in lots of delicious treats – elephant ears, cotton candy, corn on the cob, shaved ice, etc.