Afternoon at the Beach

> MOMMY!!!
* yes?
> I made a big mess.
* In the bathroom? Is there water everywhere?
> No.

pause for dramatic effect

> There's BUBBLES everywhere!
* You smell like strawberries. Did you get the soap down?
> Yeah!


I bought a new bottle of bubble bath Tuesday. And now we are out again.

pink

These are dahlias from the Edmonds Saturday market. They are in a vase next to the kitchen sink. Aren't they miraculous?

it can still be summer

 Zoe picked some "flowers" for me from the "garden". We put them in a cup of water so that they wouldn't "sleep". I keep them on the windowsill in the kitchen and they bloom each morning when the sun comes in. Dandelions will live like this for a long time.

zoo

Friday Kevin & Tina were in town for a few hours and we met them for lunch at Ray's Boathouse/Cafe in Ballard. It was a beautiful day and we got a table on the balcony outside with a perfect view of the water & mountains. Did I take any pictures?... nope.

We were really close to the zoo & I had packed us up just in case I felt like going after lunch. And I had a Groupon for admission. It's so expensive! However, I did pull right into a parking spot that was right in front of the entrance on the sidewalk. Amazing! And then the people who were leaving the spot gave me their parking ticket so I didn't have to pay. [I always did this for other people too.] The parking lot $ does not go to the zoo anyway. And it wasn't too crowded, but it was a sunny afternoon and the animals were incognito [napping?]. We saw the giraffes, an elephant, a sleeping tiger, a lion, and a faraway zebra. The dinosaur exhibit closes next weekend so I'm glad we finally got to see it.

Zoe had a good time. So did I.

dinosaurs + zoo

sunbeams

They sing this at preschool.

If all the sunbeams were candy bars and milkshakes

I'd want to be standing outside

with my mouth open wide

ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah