Happy Easter!!

It was a very cold and rainy Easter here in Issaquah. First, Brennan and I went to Gilman Village to trick or treat....oh I mean get easter eggs from the merchants there. Brennan kept saying "Happy Halloween" - it was pretty funny.



Then, we went to the grand opening of this new place called "Adventure Playcare" and they had a fire engine, bouncy houses, pizza, ice cream, and every toy under the sun to play with inside. It was very hard to tear Brennan away from there.





Saturday night Brennan and I dyed Easter Eggs. These were MONSTER easter eggs (the only pack that was left at Target) - so the pack came with monster stickers of eyes & mouths, and crazy hair.





Hunting for easter eggs.....








Brennan kept repeating "He is Risen Indeed" at church today. Happy Easter everyone....he is ,in fact, Risen Indeed!

Tulips 2010

We made our pilgrimage to the Tulip Festival this week - the weather was very cold and windy, but it didn't rain on us, and I think I got some great pictures.

Daffodil fields....




Pretty tulips & plenty of mud puddles for jumping into....
















Ended the day with an ice cream cone almost bigger than Brennan's head. This is a single scoop! Sean got Banana Nut, and I got Swiss Chocolate Cherry - Brennan just kept moving back and forth between the two of us taking bites. They were just way too big....

Certificate from the Dentist

Being Shy....


Being cheesy:


Handsome Boy:


Birthday cake....

First Kayaking Adventure...

It was a beautiful sunny first day of spring in Seattle last weekend....so we decided to see how Brennan would do with kayaking. We rented them at the south end of Lake Washington, and because my boat had some rutter issues, we didn't really make it far from shore....but it was still fun, and cool to see how Brennan handled the experience. He held on tight, and was "all done" within an hour, but that's OK. Its nice to know we could do it.



Flexing the muscles like the guys at Papa's new gym:



Kayaking:




We ended a great day with dinner at Lake Sammamish with our neighbors...Jason, Molly & Nate Maybell

Brennan Meets the Dentist

Sean took Brennan to the dentist today and he was a real CHAMP. He did want to sit on Sean's lap, but he opened wide and let the dentist look and count all of his teeth. He gave "Mr Slurpy" a kiss (the little vacuum thing they put in your mouth) and he even let the hygenist clean his teeth! I am just bursting with pride! They were all very impressed with his cooperation. He got a Certificate and notice of his official membership in the No Cavities club for Dr Santiago. He also got lots of trinkets from their toy chest and a coupon for Red Robin. When he left he told Sean..."Going to the dentist was FUN!" Hooray!

One funny story to tell....we were talking with Brennan tonight about an upcoming birthday party he gets to go to in 3 weeks for Baby Rowan. I explained to him that Rowan is turning 1, but that he is almost 3. He looked at me and said "No, mama, I'm 2.9....I'm 2.9" Sean and I both burst out laughing.....we have no idea where that came from.

Great Wolf Lodge

We met Brooke & Stephen and kids at Great Wolf Lodge this last weekend. Its a big indoor water park combined with a hotel. We had a great time - and played hard for the 26 hour time span we were there. I was too busy playing to take a whole lot of pictures, but here are just a few. Brennan was a little skeptical when we first got there, but very quickly he got into it, and we was bouncing between water slides, and the "kid carwash" for hours on end. He had a blast, and is asking to go back CONSTANTLY!

He went down this slide probably 30 times....he'd come down and say "THAT WAS FUN, I WANT TO DO IT AGAIN." He doesn't really understand standing in line and waiting your turn, so he generally would just steamroll through whatever line was there, unless there was a bigger kid there to push him back.

Kid Carwash.....


Swimming by himself....he did the doggy paddle thing for a long long time, and did such a great job. He's fearless....





These pictures were taken last night.....B was very tired from the weekend (no real nap for two days will do that) - and of course, boxes are always more fun than the "real" toys. He made a "house" from two boxes, and Sean put a pillow down and made him a very nice "nest" to watch a movie.

Hiking Rattlesnake Ridge - March 2010

Its a 70 degree day in Seattle today so we got out on a hike. Here are some pictures from Rattlesnake Ridge...just outside of North Bend, WA.