Yurt not going to believe what I did last weekend

We spent the weekend at Mt. Saint Helen's National Volcanic Monument and we camped in a yurt at a nearby state park. I loved the Volcano. My favorite part of camping was the fire and the bunny rabbits in the nearby field.

I loved all the rocks and looking at the big mountain. It was also mommy's first time here.

Yummy camping grub: hash browns, bacon, fresh peaches and a spinach egg lorraine.

I didn't mind the heat (93 degrees) I insisted upon my long sleeve pajamas and my rubber boots before bedtime. What better why to roast smores.

"Fire, Fire, Fire, Fire" It made mommy pretty nervous.

Our weekend accommodations - the yurt.

Guns and Cannons . . . No Problem!

We were excited to go enjoy some of the Seafair festivities, but mommy was a bit worried given my increasing anxiety of unexpected loud noises. Solution, Grandpa delivered some headphones. These are the same ones mommy wore every year on July 4 during fireworks. Here we are at the Lake City Seafair Parade. The Seafair cowboy's guns and Seafair Pirate's Cannon didn't scare me at all!
Plus I couldn't even hear myself screaming, I wonder if anyone else could?

O.k., my throats getting sore, I guess I'll just watch the show now.

I got the try my first sucker, blue raspberry.

And in a totally unrelated photo, here's a blue heron we spotted during dinner in the backyard.

Back to the parade, I loved the bagpipes, daddy was excited because the NW Junior Pipers stopped right in front of us and started with his favorite bagpipe song, Scotland the Brave.

Back to Portland

It was back to Portland this weekend (yes, that's two weekends in a row) to celebrate my good friend Samuel's second birthday at an awesome pool and waterpark.

Mom introduced me to two things today that I am quite a fan of: homemade popsicles and finger painting. Here are some shots of the later.

It was another busy weekend!

For the love of planes

I've been pretty excited about airplanes since I started noticing them a couple of months ago, so I could not have been happier that my cousin Kelly decided to get married at a little airport in Portland. We watched the planes take off and land all evening, and I got to look at them up close! But the best one was the one that I got to ride in and steer all by myself.

Here's my first public father-daughter dance.

Strawberries

Mommy planted a bunch of strawberries in the backyard. Thankfully they are in baskets at ground level. Not many of the berries seem to make it into the house? I'll have mommy believe it is all the birds that frequently visit our backyard, although I am a bit concerned that the juicy-red evidence around my mouth might be a give away.

iPad tutorial

Audrey is a big fan of the iPad, and a quick learner.

Here she is doing her ab crunch work out to her favorite sesame street video, a song by Jason Mraz, featuring Elmo, extolling the virtues of playing outdoors. She sings along. This is set to the same tune as"I'm Yours" which is the song we frequently sang to Audrey in-utero.

When the video stalls, Audrey knows just what to do. Close the app, open youtube, then click on the screen pull up the keyboard. We are still working on typing though!

Enjoy.

Futbol Fever

I began playing on my own soccer team in June - the Little Kickers. We practice every Saturday. I am the only kid to score a goal in three weeks . . . must be my German heritage. If you've watched any of the World Cup you know Germany rocks at soccer.

Speaking of the World Cup, mommy and I haven't seen much of daddy on Friday, Saturday or Sunday mornings the past three weeks. Daddy rarely watches sports, but this is an exception, he watches all the time. When USA scored the winning goal against Algeria, I kept saying "uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh" because I thought something was really wrong with dada, mommy said it was just temporary insanity. Daddy got three of the final four correct in his bracket (Uruguay, Netherlands and Spain), ironically the one he missed was Germany!

Here's a few of me in action and in my jersey.

PS - yes the Little Kickers coach will probably be giving me the No. 10 jersey soon!!!