stairs and slides

we had so much fun visiting what looks like real life chutes and ladders!  it is the stairs and slides park at point defiance in tacoma.  bonus points for the beautiful weather!

day date

we went into tacoma this afternoon for a day date at sig brewery.  jarad had tried one of their beer at one of our recent imbibe trips and wanted to check them out.  it did not disappoint.  

happy pastel egg day

i saw a friend refer to easter as "pastel egg day" and this is very fitting because we are not religious and moved the holiday by a couple of weeks so we could celebrate when mimi and papa arrived.  

we are starting out with easter baskets left by emmer the easter bunny.  and he left a note saying he would be back to hide eggs when the rain stopped (PNW problems)

firsts

first time for everything, like getting mimi in the hot tub with us all!

butterfly life cycle

bowie's preschool art projects this week are about the butterfly life cycle.

animal sanctuary

been looking forward to bringing mimi & papa back here since we last visited a couple of weeks ago.  the kids like playing on the "goat playground" but we made some new goat friends and got to see the baby horse that was born about two weeks ago.  this is such a special place.  already thinking about booking our next visit. 

all night long!

this morning we are celebrating ryder staying in his bed ALL NIGHT LONG!  the first night of uninterrupted sleep since we switched him into his big boy bed about two months ago!  we promised him donuts for breakfast if he didn't get up out of bed and he finally did it!  i hope this is the start of better sleep for us all!