Daniel!!!

Not one but two siblings in one month! My cup runneth over. Daniel flew up three days after Anna flew back to CA. Dan came up to help me shoot an instructional video for a project we're doing with the juvenile court in Seattle (for which he did an amazing job, by the way). But we were able to fit in some fun stuff as well. On Saturday we canoed and kayaked around the UW Arboretum, it was so beautiful. We saw some cranes, lots of lilly pads and one really cranky toddler (just for the last bit). Avery was a great paddler, she really loved the flowers on the lilly pads.

Anna!!

Anna is the best (second oldest) sister ever. She came up to visit just because she loves me, and maybe also to see the kids and Mike :) We did all sorts of fun things.

Avery's shell outline. We spent a beautiful Saturday on Bainbridge Island.

On the ferry to, or is it from, Bainbridge Island. (During which we were constantly interrupted by men who wanted to ask Anna out on dates. What happens in Seattle . . .).

Is it wrong to want to eat your children because they are so scrumptious?

At the lavendar farm where we ate lemon-lavendar ice cream and made mooing sounds at the cows. Or as Elliot says "BOOOOO!"

At the Children's museum. We may have scared Anna off of children permanently, but I had SOOO much fun with her. She's the bestest.

Mike wheedled and cajoled and got me to go to a Mariner's game with the girls and it ended up being pretty fun although we only lasted two or three innings. Elliot's face has shishkaberry smudge on it :)

I'm probably the only one who will get a kick out of this (haha), but I had to chuckle when I discovered Avery's "Study of Foot" series.