Fire trucks!

I was able to meet up with my friend Beth and her two kids, Caleb & Parker, while we were in Washington.  We played at the park, had a picnic and walked over to see the fire trucks.  Caleb wants to be a firefighter when he grows up and so does his dad.  David has also decided that he wants to be a firefighter just like his friend Caleb.

We were in for a lucky treat when we observed the switching of firetrucks at the station.  A fireman noticed our inquisitive little boys and offered them a closer look.

That darn kid never would look at me and smile for a cute picture, so you get him crawling around inside!

Thanks for the fun visit Beth!  We will definitely get together again the next time I'm out and I promise to call you sooner in our trip next time.

My 4 month old

Is going to be just like his older brother I think.  Matthew was so excited and interested when David first started setting up his train track and had enjoyed touching it.

A is for Ape

Monday was an absolutely beautiful day here in Seattle!  Sharon and I had done our homework and knew it would be so we got the boys ready, packed a lunch and head into the city.  We had a great time and really enjoyed our time at the zoo.

Jaguar                                            Yellow Frog

Golden Lion Tamarin

Gorilla Family

The baby in the picture on the right had just finished nursing from the mom.

African Savanna

This exhibit had several animals, we were able to see the zebra, giraffe, and gazelles

This was the wildest animal by far!

Matthew stayed awake for most of our visit.  He enjoyed looking around.  I couldn't see (because I had him in the front carrier) but apparently he was just so observant of all that he could see.

We also enjoyed watching the penguins, there were some baby penguins in the exhibit although they stayed in the nests.  It was super cool.

This was a very large zoo we only saw about half of the animals on exhibit.  If the kids were older and we were there for a full day we would be able to see all the animals.  We did get to see the giraffes get transferred from the savannah exhibit to their house, so that was really cool to be able to see them so much closer.

Vashon Island

Monday, was a nice day here in Washington and so we went off to Vashon, Island.  We spent of our time at the Light House at Robinson Point and on the beach there.  We had a great time combing the ground for shells and other cool things we could find.

Matthew with his feet in the sand, he never even batted an eye.

There was drift wood all along the shore.  Some of it was really cool.  It was easy to find the pieces that had been there a long time compared to others that hadn't been on the shore as long.

There were a few crab shells on the beach.  This one was the biggest that I found.  The other ones were just little.  It was really neat to find them, I was so excited to show the shells to David but I think I enjoyed them more than he did.  David just wanted to dig.

These are jellyfish that washed up on shore some time ago and have dried out.  The rusty brown one is what is hanging from David's stick.  David wanted to bring the jellyfish home....I said no and made him leave it.  It was really cool to see how the jellyfish look when they were dead, sad that they were washed up but cool to see them without getting hurt.

This is the lighthouse on Pointe Robinson.

If you have read Red Ranger Came Calling by Berkley Breathed, here's the proof.  We saw the bike in the tree.  We also read the true story about the bike in the tree.  It's not very high up in the tree, if you look at the picture on the left you can see the top of David's head, he's right up at the tree.