How's Your Summer?

Apparently we've skipped right over winter here. When a man at the gas station asked me how my summer was going, I had to laugh. It seems true. We took advantage of the sunny weather with a family adventure to Deception Pass State Park.

February Lunch Al Fresco

Everywhere we go, it seems everyone is marveling over the weather. It's been the mildest winter I can remember. The neighbor's tree down the street is starting to blossom and I noticed daffodils pushing up through the ground.


Here's another sign of the weather-- lunch on the deck. It's a rare February day when you can sip your soup and munch a sandwich outside in sunny comfort. It was a great day to play outside.

Hard Hat Area

With RTR's discovery of Bob the Builder, the living room has turned into a hard hat area. Both R and CSR have been really into building with Lincoln Logs the past week or so. So much so, there aren't quite enough logs to go around. At least not enough of the longer two and three section logs. When making the LL kits, who decides the quantities of each size? While we have a gazillion of the tiniest logs, there aren't enough of the other sizes to finish whatever architectural designs these boys have. One time I was at a thrift shop and watched with a little envy as another shopper discovered a huge cache of LLs and quickly bought them. Of course the practical side of me was saying-- better them than me in having to pick up all those logs. Of course, now I wish I had scored the find. But I might change my story the next time I step on a stray log in my bare feet.

IKEA Know-how

How's this for savvy-ness when it comes to putting together (or taking apart) IKEA furniture. As anyone who's ever had to assemble one of their bookcases or some other piece of furniture, the instructions can be a little challenging-- at least for those of us who can't quite decipher the picture-only instructions. Not only did the boys take apart the chair, they also put it back together.