Edison having fun on the window.

I don't know who taught him that.

Crazy Cakelettes!

Time to catch up on posting!

For the first half of the school year, Edy was taking a class on cake decorating. She already passed the class on cake eating, though she used those skills in this class too. Here are some samples of her work.

Look What I Did!

Edison is sleeping in his big boy bed for the first time tonight. He called from his crib last night at 2:30 because he had to go to the potty, and couldn't get out of his crib to go.

We also decided to start putting them in bed at the same time since Edison was staying up until Edy's bedtime anyway.

To avoid going back and fourth between their beds on the opposite sides of the room, I had the bright idea to put them to sleep within sight of each other.

Edy was great, Edison was very excited. Bedtime is at 8, she went to sleep about 8:10. He stayed up until 8:40 looking around at his new digs.

We'll see if this works or was a just dumb luck this time.

At the Park

Edison on the big swings at Greenlake Park yesterday. Underdog! He kept saying. Want to go higher!

Daddy/Daughter Adventure

We found a new play area in the middle of Westlake Plaza. We are going to ride the train to the International District and hopefully get some unfortunate fortune cookies before taking the bus home.

Edison Fresh from the Bath

Or is it Billy Grahm at a toga party? It's so hard to tell.

Edy Sleeping

Taken about two days ago. She was snuggling with her kitty. This is the best picture the iPhone can manage. I suppose it's not too bad considering no flash.

First NW Bike Ride

It has been raining all weekend, and we were getting a little stir crazy cooped up inside the house. So today we took our first bike ride (in the rain) of the rainy season. We just bought a tag-a-long bike - one of those that attach to the back of the adult bike and the smaller kids can ride and pedal - Edy loved it. We went to Cafe Javasti and had a hot chocolate. Great trip.

On the beach

In sunny California, er, Seattle yesterday. We we to Golden Gardens and played in the sand. 85 degrees and breezy. Perfect weather.

Kindergarten Class

Edy went to 1/2 day jump start the week before last. Last Wednesday, we went to the school open house and met the teacher to whose class Edy was assigned, and saw her classroom. Her teacher is Ms. Anderson, and this is Edy in her seat.

She is so looking forward to kindergarten.

Edison Kite Flying

On one of the other not so sunny days.

We went with Tashana's brother and her niece and her Mom. We had a good time relaxing in spite of the cloudy days.

At the Oregon coast last weekend

This was one of the three 4 hour sunny stretches while we were there for 6 days.

Boooomb Pop...

...from the ice cream truck after dinner at Matthews Beach. (Mom and Dad are drinking mohitos.) Ahhh, summer.

First Family Camping Trip

Two weekends ago (late posting again) we took our first family camping trip to Tolt-McDonald State Park. It was only about 45 min away, so if things went really bad we wouldn't be too far from home. It was 100% organized by Tashana and she thought of everything.

We were there from Thursday through Saturday night - an ambitious trip.

Thursday it rained all evening, we had hot soup for dinner because there was no way to start a fire in the rain. The rest of the time the weather was great, the camp was great, and the company was great. We were joined by our friends the Radens for the weekend, and the Wilkins also came and had dinner and hung out on Saturday.

We stayed in a yurt, which is a semi insulated, semi heated, temporary structure. Ours was about 14' in diameter and had 2 futons and a bunk bed. I don't consider futons usually camping, but these were pretty bad - almost as bad as sleeping on the ground.

To get to he campground, you had to cross over a 300' people only pedestrian bridge - it shook a little and was pretty cool.

We rode bikes, played a lot in the yard, and threw rocks in the river, dug in a mudslide. Roasted marshmallows, made friends, and had no major accidents.

Though Edison had a hard time adjusting to sleeping in bright conditions, (the yurt had a skylight), in the end it worked out OK. I might even agree to go again someday if my wife makes me.

Favorite Foods

Just finished lunch of fried chicken and potato chips (don't judge my nutritional choices), carrots and red peppers, with Edy, who is on he second post-lunch bowl of chips where she negotiated for every last chip she could get.

"Edy are potato chips your favorite food?"

She nods, because she has a chip in her mouth, then says "And candy and pizza."

You can tell we eat well around here.