My older sister, Beth, and her son, Dylan, came up from Portland to celebrate our brother, Tim's birthday, and then to stay and hang for a few days. We've kept busy to say the least.
First adventure, the Seattle Aquarium.
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| a very cute jellyfish |
| A post nap trip to Golden Gardens. |
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| Extremely cool new pirate playground |
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| sliding cousins |
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| "I'm gonna catch you Bef" |
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| A little beach time |
This morning started with the first day of preschool for Linus.
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| I asked him to smile. He said no. So I asked him to give me a sad face. He complied. |
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| "I.am.a.robot." |
Linus had no qualms about me leaving him at school. He painted me a beautiful picture which inspired me to have a fall themed afternoon. We put out ceramic pumpkins and leaf garlands and then did some cookie baking.
While the cookies baked, we painted pumpkins.
Eileen, for her part, decided to finally start crawling. She skipped army crawling entirely, preferring to wait until she could do it properly.
Perhaps, the most epic part of the visit has been Beth's and my night out to Kirkland. We had very strong drinks and dessert at a sushi bar and then went to Beijing Herbal Foot Massage. The place looks like the kind of massage parlor that offers a happy ending. They are open until 11 pm and for $25 you get a full body massage. The whole experience was a little surreal. I had been there once before and did not recall the massage getting so "intimate." Beth and I, a little drunk and running on a massage high, couldn't stop giggling afterwards. We stumbled to the QFC for crackers and coffee. We're pretty sure the women in the aisle with us thought we were high. It was a night out to be remembered.
It's been a really fun visit and I will be sad to see them go home tomorrow. I feel so blessed that I can count my sisters as two of my closest friends.
Looks like the cousins had a good time together. They are so lucky to be so close in age!
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