All About the Love

This is just one place the love is. 

Today we delivered brunch to my friend Katy. This was our first visit since Margo was born. So fun catching up on baby/birth stuff while Shawn so awesomely hung out with the big kids outside. It's also awesome that the weather is suberb this mid-February day. 

She's loving her baby time. 

Driving around in my automobile!

Blast into the Recent Past

The change in time zones should have allowed plenty of sleep-in time, but for some reason we woke up early even for East-coast standards. So we got up, ate breakfast and played, and went out into the world. Having only been away half a year, it's enough time to still remember most things, but long enough to forget little things. My GPS is coming in handy as a backup navigator to my "I'm pretty sure this is the way" memory for how to get around. First, with directional aid, a stop at the gym to get the blood flowing, for both of us. 

Tap lesson at the gym with her favorite instructor. 

Heading out of town we stopped to say hello to Ms. Karen at the Children's Museum. But before heading inside we ran into some friends. Coincidently enough, this same day last year we went to the museum to celebrate Pyper's friend Ellie's 2nd birthday, today was her third. It was good running into them since we hadn't seen them in a while. Today Ellie looked radiant in pink, but became shy when the cameras came out so there was no birthday picture. But here's the fun we had last year:

This day last year was also the day Pyper decided that finger painting was not for her. Nothing like a friendly "pick-off" while we are at it.   

If I was a shape sculpture...that's the museum logo. 

We hit up our favorite cafe on the way out of town. We didn't manage to capture a picture of the goodness as we devoured the goods quickly. Don't worry, we will be back. Onward Ho! Pyper crashed out immediately on the drive North and woke up upon arriving at the grandparents with the excitement of Christmas morning when she saw her favorite little yellow house in the mountains. 

Made it to the grandparents house. 

East Coast Time

Thumbs up getting ready for our day of traveling, it's 5am at the terminal. 

Sitting by the window on a 737 Boeing jet and my right butt cheek is numb, my left arm is pinned down by a bowling ball of an almost three year old head, my joints ache in that "I haven't moved in two hours" kinda way, I'm uncomfortable. We are headed East. 

It was an early morning with a surprisingly delightful Pyper, that is until she wasn't. For 10 minutes, shortly after take-off, which felt like an eternity, she was screaming to a full plane, "I want off the plane" and "I want to go home!" I got a little worried when phrases like "I don't want to see gramma," came out. She was hysterically tired. It wasn't till she said "please help me calm down," that I was able to have any helpful impact on the situation. Shortly after much coaxing, she fell asleep. 

When she woke up, it was like most of the past traveling we had done, pretty uneventful. Upon arriving in Chicago, she declares, "we should check out Chicago." Yes we should, but not now, we have another plane to catch. 

A beautiful sunrise and a quiet sleeping beauty, unfortunately for the guy next to us, her feet were not so quiet. 

The connecting flight was without incident. In fact, it was a great leg of playing and eating a lot of snacks. It was great finally getting to our destination. 

Lining up to board the connecting flight, we are much happier on this second flight. 

We made it! Now where is that shuttle?

After getting our rental car, we battled rush hour to get to the gym. Our friends were teaching classes, and we hopped in on a much needed Pilates class. So good to stretch out after a long day of being cramped up. We made it to "camp" where hot chili, corn bread, and a glass of white awaited us. Pyper was greeted with lots of toys! We are happy to be here. 

Evergreen State Fair: A Yearly Tradition

The Evergreen State Fair is small and quaint in the little town of Monroe, WA. This is our second year going, so it's tradition in my mind, at least for now.  

This year we took a picture at the end of the day. It was a hot one.

Last year we took a photo first thing, and we had a nice little cloud layer to keep us cool.

Pyper pulls off the Farmer Jane look pretty well.

Wood fired pizza and fries, nothing like  fair food once a year.

Pyper's first "ride" on the Merry-go-round. The horse she wanted got scooped, so she picked the sleigh, and was completely content. She's officially over 32".

Tomas picked the Hare to ride upon.

The Young'uns had it out for 10 minutes in the car, then cooled off. Pyper was yelling for a toy we put away because they could not share, Tomas yelling because Pyper was too loud. A little book, a little music, down goes Pyper for the afternoon. I