Mariner's Game

Work offered discounted tickets to a Mariner's game so we took advantage of the offering and took the girls to their first baseball game.  Maya showed some interest in the game itself, but Laurel couldn't have cared less.  Luckily, the stadium offers all sorts of other exciting things for kids to enjoy.  We visited the Mariner Moose, enjoyed all sorts of junk food and explored the full stadium.  They even got special certificates for attending their first game. We took the light rail to the stadium, which at some point Laurel dramatically claimed was, "the only fun part of the whole day."  I think this was when she had reached her walking limit.  Once we made our way back to our seats and bought some giant snow cones she was much happier!  Overall, a super fun afternoon!  

Enjoying some hotdogs for lunch.

Checking out the field - no, these were not our seats.  We sat way up at the top.

Watching some pre-game activities.

Leaving the stadium with a new Moose stuffy. 

Tennis

Maya is going to a tennis camp again this summer and she wanted to brush her skills up before it started so I took the girls to the court to practice.  It took them forever to pick out the perfect tennis outfits - but once that was finally done we were on our way!  My little perfectionist (LoLo) became quickly frustrated when she discovered that you couldn't just pick up a racket and be a professional player. Maya taught us with some games she had learned in camp last year and that helped get Laurel interested again.  I hope to have many more days on the courts this summer!

Here is Maya and Laney with their tennis coaches.  Both had a blast at the camp and can't wait to do it again in August!

Fourth of July

We spent fourth of July at home, just like we do most years.  Grandma and Grandpa Sarion came over to spend the day with us.  It has been HOT, HOT, HOT lately, but luckily there was a really nice breeze that afternoon so we spent the day comfortably outside.

Slip and slide fun!  See all the brown grass?  That is the result of 90+ degrees for multiple weeks in a row.  I'm over it.

Hanging out with Grandma.

Some family shots.

These three discovered the lazy way to do bubbles - because blowing in the wand is SO much work!

Giant sparklers!

And lots of frisbee.

Fathers Day

The Dads in the family all decided that a lobster party would be fun to celebrate fathers day, so lobster it was!  The kids had a great time playing, we managed to pull together a bit of a feast and it was an all around good day.

Crafts with Grandma:

The hammock was a huge hit and I'm pretty sure we had all combination of kids at one point in time:

And of course, the lobster:

A Mommy Laurel Weekend

It is so rare that I get to spend good, quality time alone with Laurel.  Maya and Rey went to a father/daughter girl scout camping trip so Laurel and I got a whole weekend to ourselves.  We snuggled and watched movies of her choice, swam in the pool and had a couple playdates with just her friends.  On Saturday, I gave her a choice of outings and she chose the beach.  We packed a lunch and spent the afternoon exploring, digging and playing.  This kid is so freaked out by bugs (mainly ants and flies) that our picnic was not much of a success.  She was so stressed about them getting on our blanket that she couldn't even relax enough to eat.  Luckily she loved the water though!

Shockingly, she is not at all disturbed by seaweed and spent much of her time making seaweed soup.

Writing names in the sand.

On Sunday, Lyla came over to visit while her parents moved.  These two spent the afternoon outside playing in the water and had so much fun spending some time together without their older sisters around!

End of Kindergarten Activities

Maya's class had all sorts of fun end of the year activities and I was lucky enough to take some half days at work to help out and attend.  I'm thankful for a flexible job that does allow me to take part in these events.  I plan to continue to help out as long as she will let me!

We took a field trip to Seahurst park to look at all of the tidepools:

A first bus ride!

Starfish

My fun group - Maya, Jason, Addison

 A seasnail

Giant starfish!

And they had an end of year fun run... it was a SUPER hot day but the kids did great and had a blast!

A lost tooth!

She was wishing and hoping that her first tooth would fall out before school ended so she could get her name up on the wall.  Lucky for her it happened two days before school was out!

She claims she doesn't believe in the tooth fairy, there were a lot of questions about whether or not it was really me.  I evaded the question and we left her a coin, but I'm still not sure if she knows it was us.  I don't want to ask :-)