For some reason I haven't been taking a lot of pictures... probably because we have been so busy loving this summer sunshine! -- Yesterday our day was like this: Science Center/Kruegal Park/Rory's house/Boyer Park/Bike ride to the Lentil Festival. Minimum time is spent indoors when the sun is out.
Funny moments at the Lentil Festival street fair:
First I want to say Pullman is awesome. Ok, I got that out -- There was a giant inflatable obstacle course for the kids to race in. Seth was on one side Levi on the other. Levi got stuck on the climbing wall so I had to go in after him... there were people in the crowd saying, "Oh, there goes mom." It was so funny going through the course with Levi. He's kind'of a flopper -- like once I helped him up the climbing wall he didn't look to see that it fell like 4 feet -- he just flopped and bounced on his stomach, "Levi are you ok??!" -- "Yeaaaahhhh!" -- then there were other things to maneuver around -- it was just a funny experience to share with him.
Raya proved problematic at the inflatable jump house castle, when her time was up to get out she adamantly refused! "No, I jump more. No, I more jump." -- Jeff went in after her to pull her out....
A picture of Seth should be on the National Lentil Festival's website -- he is all decked out in a kid size fire fighter suit.
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This morning we walked/biked in the Lentil Parade as part of the "Little Sprouts parade." It was a lot of fun... and Seth and Levi were so excited to ride their bikes with other kids. Raya was excited to see Kharisma, seriously those two girls are so cute together -- there were lots of "Awwes... and Oh look at those two."
It was an exciting time after the parade, it was Seth's first time riding around Pullman on his bike -- like on streets. I am really liking this new stage in life.
Since Seth was biking on his own, Levi got to ride with me on the attachment. He is the funniest kid!! Down Davis Way he whoops the whole way down and giggles hysterically when we go over bumps. He is always saying things like, oh I can't even put it into Levi's unique syntax, but he would tell me to go down steep hills into the river, or drive into mounds of dirt. I love having Levi on the attachment he keeps me laughing.
At the festival we saw the raptor club's demonstration, a comedic juggler, and the "Noise Guy." The kids also got to bounce on another bounce house. There were thousands of lady bugs out and it was hot -- it was a good day.
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I didn't even blog about the week that I stayed at my-in-laws. I was basically lazy and knitted a lot. The kids had so much fun, they think Grandma and Grandpa's house is magical, it's probably their favorite place with two of their favorite people. Some moments that stand out from that trip:
When Raya first saw Todd getting out of his car she squealed and started running down the driveway to meet him; pig tails bouncing, arms open, yelling: "Todd! Todd! Todd!" -- I thought it was incredibly cute.
Levi got two bloody noses in one day -- one from a frisbee in the face, the other from crashing his bike with Seth's. It was a little scary because I thought he potentially had a concussion since he threw up after wards... it was really bad.
Seth found a big cat's program on the (I think) the Discovery Channel -- he was in Heaven.
