Little Gym Graduation

Today was our last day of our "Beast" class at Little Gym.  The boys did their skills on their own including a self-directed opening circle activity and then got a ribbon at the end of class.  I'm amazed at how much they've learned in a year.

 

 

Low Tide

Auntie Dani was able to take a day off from work to join us to our low tide excursion.  It was one of the lowest tides of the summer and we went to Golden Gardens Park in Ballard.  The sun was shining and we were able to see a lot of fun sea life. 

Afterwards we went to the sand beach portion of the park and had lunch and played in the sun and sand.

Lake Sammamish

It was a gorgeous day, so we went to the beach on Lake Sammamish with Grumpa and Gramsie.  They helped haul all of our beach gear down to the beach and the boys jumped in with playing in the shallow water.  They were really adventurous and kept wading out farther and farther until a boat drove by and created waves that scared Magnus as they almost knocked him over.

Zoo Trip

Gramsie & Grumpa came to town to visit with us.  Our first big outing with them was to the zoo.

Gramsie and Magnus "twins"

 

Ragnar & Grumpa "twins"

 

The boys were very excited to show them the Willawong station.  It has birds that fly around and you can purchase a seed stick for them to come sit on and eat from your hand.  Both boys had seen their friend Ava do this and wanted to try.  We went to the bird exhibit quickly.  Magnus held out his stick and a bird landed and ate from it.

 

 

Ragnar held out his stick and as the bird landed, he got scared (he said the bird poked him) and let go of the stick.  Grumpa held it for him the rest of the time.

 

 

After Willawong station we saw some more animal exhibits than had lunch.  After lunch we headed back towards the parking lot and on the way out stopped at the petting zoo area.  Magnus was enamored with the goats and loved petting them.  Ragnar liked seeing them from a distance.

 

 

 

Successful and fun trip to the zoo.