Look mum no hands!

This afternoon was glorious. We had much needed blue skies and sunshine so we headed out to Discovery Park. We had wanted to park down at the beach and play "rocks", but all the parking passes were taken so we had to settle for playing up by the little church. Soon after we arrived at the top of the meadow Zoe and Max wanted to climb the stone wall. They have done this before but with my help but today the were up in a flash then started running along it. It is 3 feet high in places and I wasn't sure it was a good idea as it ran alongside a gravel path, but I decided to just let them do it. A few minutes later they were racing then jumping off. They started at the low end, but got ever braver and in the end were flinging themselves off all over. It was a bit heart stopping but they were having a great time.

After all those shenanigans we got to meet one of the resident park rabbits. There are many semi tame bunnies at Discovery, that were probably released. Max and Zoe loved watching them and gave chase when they decided to move on. It was a fun afternoon and hopefully the start of a few sunny ones to come.

Down on the farm

I woke up on Wednesday to the chants of "baby piggies, baby piggies." I made the mistake on Tuesday evening of telling M and Z that we were visiting Kelsey creek farm in the morning, and they were whipped into a frenzy. The wanted to piggies, moo cow and babbits.

The trip had kindly been arranged by one of the lovely twin moms I know from my PEPS group and we got lucky with the weather. It was super fun to see so many of the twinnies together again after so long and we had a fabulous morning. We got to see pigs, cows, goats, rabbits, baby chicks and horses. At the end of the tour each child got to plant a pumpkin seed for the pumpkin patch and they all loved doing that. I thought all the kids did very well and listened well for 2.5 year olds. Hopefully we can all go back together in the Fall and see if our seeds grew.

Kidsquest

We have been spending a lot of time playing indoors lately. Way too much in my opinion, but with what has seemed like constant rain and cold temperatures we haven't had much choice. Luckily in Seattle there are a lot of interesting things to do indoors with kids so we have been filling our time at Children's museums, indoor play parks, gymnastics open gym to name but a few. We have never visited Kidsquest children's museum in Factoria before, but decided to try it out this week. We had a lot of fun though it was a bit busy for me. The 'scarf tube' and the water room were the hot favorites for M and Z.

The museum is located in a mall and is right next to Petco. After we left we headed in there to take a look at the fish. They also had a ferret and several rats and Guinea pigs. Zoe "needed" both a ferret and a rat. I said no on the ferret and that there were probably already several rats at our house, most likely under the deck. When we got home she spent a long time shouting for the rats to come out. They didn't, and to be fair I have never seen one, so hopefully they don't really live there. After that I told Zoe the fantastic story of the rat, the burning washing machine and the chainsaw, which is legendary in the woods household. It is quite gory so I am hoping it has put her off rats for a while.

Hippy Chick

A few weeks ago Zoe got this headband in a Dora bath kit. As everything these days is "my do it", Zoe decided to put it on herself in this rather fetching way. Yesterday I saw these "peace" pajamas and thought they would complete her Woodstock look.

Happy Easter

So what was so great about Easter saturday this year? Well if you look at these pictures you might see blue skies and sunshine. Yep, for pretty much the first day this year we had a beautiful day, all day. We took advantage and went to the bunny bounce at Woodland Park zoo. We hunted for easter eggs, did the sack race and rode the carousel. We avoided the Easter bunny (creepy) and ham (vomitous) and just enjoyed the day outside. Max and Zoe loved the easter eggs hunt and didn't mind handing the eggs back at the end. We had a few ready at home filled with "special treats" to take their mind off it just in case.

Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium

On Thursday we headed down south to the Point Defiance zoo and aquarium. It is in Tacoma and is in a beautiful position right above the sound. We met up with Miles and GiGi who brought along Shannon and "Grammy JoJo", so we had quite the entourage. The day started of chilly but dry, but soon we were blessed with warm sunshine and it was fabulous. I was impressed with the zoo in general and the play area was fantastic. All the kids loved feeding the goats, especially GiGi who gave them full on bear hugs. The shark tank in the South Pacific aquarium was a huge hit and Max and Miles could have watched the big sharks swoop by all day. We got up close and personal with the massive walrus and saw the new wolf exhibit. It was a fantastic day, spent with great friends and the kids haven't stopped talking about it since. I have included pictures of their favorite parts of the day, because now they can tell me all the things they liked the best.

Imagine

Nana Ellen is in town and we decided to go to the Imagine children's museum, which is about 4o minutes north of Seattle. Scott's cousin, Esther (Ellen's niece) lives there and we thought it would be great to get all the kids together. So Max, Zoe and cousin Ella all got to explore the museum and Nana, Esther and mummy got a great work out running after them. Ella just turned 3 and you can see from the photos that M and Z are giant in comparison. They are huge and have long legs and run really fast. On this day the running in question was in opposite directions away from me, but they were just bowled over by this place so it was impossible to get mad.

Zoe and Ella bonded over purple, pink, handbags, babies and stuffed animals. Max thought this was great as he got Nana to himself for some serious bus and train time. Pink and Blue-They're just different:)

In this picture Max and Ella are observing a child having a massive tantrum. Wouldn't like to say who except her name rhymes with Chloe.

Ellen built thrones for the Prince and Princesses.

Max ringing the bus bell, he did this for about half an hour.