Rainy Season

"Doesn't it always rain in Seattle?!" Well, as a matter a fact, no. It's been raining in Greenville for days and days though. It must be that we are channeling the Seattle vibe that makes that glorious vibrant green carpet across the land. I can't wait to fly into Seattle next week for that breathtaking aerial view of the Pacific Northwest landscape that is home! And this time it's to stay, at least for now. 

I haven't forgot about blogging, it's just packing and logistics central at our house with the blog taking a major backseat.  

The last time we moved, 11 months ago, it was a rush job. We rented a truck for the day, drove to our house, an hour away, and within five hours managed to dump everything we owned into the truck and be gone. We had not packed a single thing prior to arriving with the truck. 

So with a one week time frame this time around, I'm feeling pretty good about things. Everything should be in labeled boxes and the move out should be pretty seamless. I'm finding boxes this week that were packed in the last move, so I'm organizing those too.  

Pack on!!!

Trying to keep the monkey busy while the house is in disarray and the toys are slowly packed, in and out of rainy weather, we head to all of Greenville's greatest establishments for kids.

The library is one of our favorite rainy or too hot to play outside activities. Pyper getting her private story time reading by two librarians.  Pyper was the very very first kid to check out and read the How to Loose a Lemur.

Pyper doing her sorting thing on thelibrary  magnet board.

Hate to say it, but Costco does have some good kid friendly qualities - Pyper can run down large empty aisles, ride on demo toys, and have fresh Vitamix demo smoothies.

Let it rain, we can go to the gym.  Here Pyper learns a shuffle from Elizabeth before class, during class she is up front teaching class, and then doing some of her own working out with a pvc pipe.  

There's also the Children's museum for some studio time. Pyper watching herself on the playback; pants have disappeared on the green screen.  

Still at the Children's museum leading out  out the kid's summer camp with Miss Karen.  Nope, she isn't registered  because she is too young, but that won't stop her from joining in on the fun anyway.

Don't worry, we still get our outdoor time too.

Even a rainy day at the market is fun, no crowds and lots of good eating under our tent, and hanging out at Miss Lisa's and Racheal's candle tent.  

After a zoo visit, we hit the cable jungle gym and get completely soaked.

Pyper has her rain gear on, but waits till we change to hit the biggest puddles of course.

After rain, there's also all sorts of little critters to catch.  Here, Pyper and Lydia check out some of the day's catches outside the Swamp Rabbit Cafe & Grocery.  

 Well, not a lot to say, but there's a quick summary of life in the moving lane.