Toymakers workshop

I got to help out at Parker's school in their ToyMaker's workshop.

They each built a little air-powered race car, it was pretty fun.

My kiddos

Kathy gave us the Flora Forager book before Christmas, Cecily LOVES it.  "Look Mama, she's a really good flower artist"

Pt Defiance Zoo & Aquarium

We had another free Saturday, so we headed down to Tacoma to the Pt Defiance Zoo.  It was COLD, but we saw quite a few animals.

Afterwards, we went to the waterfront for lunch.  The have a great new boardwalk area with shops, restaurants, and a movie theater.  It was really nice, here's hoping Shoreline can get something like that someday.

Cecily is a good little Mama

Tooth #4 is out

While the kids are gone...

The kids went up to the cabin with Denise, so Keith & I decided to get tattoos!

There's a longer story to it than that, but that's the main story.

We went by in the morning to make an appointment for a consultation, then came back an hour later for our consult and made an appointment for later that evening to get it done.  We've been talking about this for over a year, so it has hardly a spur-of-the-moment idea, but it still seems a little crazy that we actually did it.

Mine is a Poppy & Gladiolus for the birth flowers of August (for the kids), then the forget-me-not and purple ribbon are Alzheimer's Awareness symbols to remember my Mom.  (Side note: my mother would be HORRIFIED to know that I have a tattoo, I find perverse pleasure in honoring her with something she would have HATED).  Mine took about an hour and a half.  The outline was done in 20 minutes and then he spent the rest of the time shading.  Once the outline was done it didn't really hurt all too much.

When I sat down, Justin asked me if this was my first tattoo, and I say "Yes, well, except for my eyebrows." To which he responded, "well, then this will be a cakewalk"

...which it was.

Keith's was much more basic and took all of about 20 minutes.

6-23-2006 - Our Anniversary

8-6-2010 - Parker's Birthday

8-26-2012 - Cecily's Birthday

As some point, Keith will add some banding and artwork around it, but this seemed like a good starting point for now.

Cecily wrote a song.

MOHAI

We had a free Saturday and a free pass, so we went to the MOHAI.

Tooth #3 is out!

...it only took the Tooth Fairy Three days to finally show up.

Cecily's Hair

You think I'm exaggerating, but my phone is literally filled with photos of Cecily's hair.  She really does not trust me or mirrors to tell her if it looks okay.

He did it!

On a super-random impulse, Keith decided to do the Edmonds Polar Bear Plunge today.  Keith took the kids to the park this morning with his friend, and Jake's wife was doing the plunge.  So, while we were eating lunch, Keith decided to go for it.

I was freezing just standing there, but whatever.

I think Cecily might actually do it next year, but for this year we were all perfectly happy to stand in the crowd and cheer.

Apparently Parker doesn't want a hug...

...neither does Cecily.

Happy New Year!!