Watch us grow!
At Samuel Merritt University (where Mama went to graduate school), the kids were invited to be a part of a motor development class. The instructors work with Mama and the other participants were are buddies Hudson and Henry (Auntie Teresa’s kids). They did a great job performing in front of a giant class of PT grad students.
They demonstrated various gross motor skills and it was great to have kids of different ages (7, 6, 4, and 3).
It’s Day Five of our Alaska Cruise: Sitka, AK
This morning, we woke up in Sitka and saw lots of fishing boats out the window during breakfast.
Mama and Janie went out to the deck to get a better look at the view.
At the port, there was a free shuttle that takes you into the town.
It’s a cute little fishing community.
We walked to the Raptor Center, which was a little over a mile away. The kids started out well but then 3 of them ended up on shoulders for part of the way.
The kids also stopped to pick dandelions on the side of the road.
There was a mini walking trail through the forest next to the center and there was so much to see. We saw a carving of a hawk sticking out of a tree and different flowers and plants.
At the end of the trail, we found a stream that is supposed to fill up with salmon later this season.
We only saw baby fish on one side and the other side was good for skipping and throwing rocks.
Before heading back to the ship, the kids played at the library. They had a cute kids section and they also gathered flowers for the grownups.
Once back on the ship, Mama and Janie went to the back of the boat to see what the wildlife expert could show us. We saw sealions and jellies in the water as he set sail for the next town.
If you look carefully in the water, you can see little white discs floating in the water.
At dinner, the kids had a fancy watermelon sherbet.
Here’s our towel animal for the night. We couldn’t agree on what it is.
They certainly keep this guy busy at school.
Janie made up a new game with her brother today. I’m still not sure how it works but it looks like a combination of soccer and basketball.
We were around for the Koi Feeding today and the kids had fun throwing the pellets into the water.
Peanut was a little too enthusiastic and nearly gave Mama a heart attack every time he made a throw.
We thought we were going to have to scoop him out of the pond at some point.
When we were all done, the nice lady gave the kids a tattoo.
Today was the perfect day to hang out at Trevor’s house. It was raining really hard pretty much all afternoon and evening.
The boys loved knocking down Uncle Kurt’s castles.
We also had dinner there and Dada got his favorite octopus poke.
Before heading back to the hotel, everyone broke out in a foam block war. Good times. Thanks to Auntie Yoon and Uncle Kurt for having us over and letting us use your washing machine!!
https://youtu.be/evoePFQi99I
Dada bought some poppers from Target today and Janie learned how to throw them hard enough to make them pop.
Today, we went to Isla’s 3rd birthday party. In the morning, Janie made a card for her.
She ran out of room for the word “birthday” so Mama helped fill in the rest of the word. She drew a picture of kids playing outside. She said the little pink one was Peanut.
Here’s the inside of the card. We’re gonna have to work on sizing and spacing.
At the party, there was a bounce house and since we were the first ones there, Janie got first try at the basketball hoop inside.
She also bounced around like a crazy person with her hood on her head.
Both Janie and Isla are really into chocolate right now so the cake was chocolate, of course!
Peanut got to hangout on the playground for a bit while waiting for the swings to clear.
Then it was his turn on his new favorite toy. Big sister pushed him today and he loved it.
It was a Paw Patrol party today and Janie came home with this puzzle in her goodie bag. She finished most of it with some of Dada’s help and was so proud, she took a photo of it with Mama’s phone.
On our way back to the car, we walked along the pebble beach.
Janie collected rocks with Dada.
Soon she was throwing them into the bay while the grown ups skipped rocks on the surface.
https://youtu.be/txIP8C1hWkk
