Carlos telling stories to Kyler and Koen (he was trying to get them to take a nap).  So cute, just like when we snuggle up and tell them stories to try to get them to fall asleep.

The girl is obsessed with Red Vines – she will do anything for them!  Thought this was super cute.

 We have a new way to enjoy time as a family (with friends, too!)…GEOCACHING!  It’s fun, it’s free, you are outside, it’s an adventure and you never know what treasures you are going to find. 
Yesterday, we found a fun little park in Suquamish with the coolest bouncy toy.  I think the adults had more fun than the kids did playing on it.  Today, it was an old rusted, crashed car. 
Discovering crazy new places (and even placed our very own first cache for others to find).

What a treat we had, free tickets to The Music Man at the 5th
Avenue Theater through a foster parent organization.  My parents
and Maymay and Alice joined us, too.  Since my dad has mobility
issues, he had called ahead to find out how he could get seated and all
and they ended up letting he and my mom in early to get seats.  We joined
them with “the masses” and ended up with FRONT ROW center seats!
There are good things and bad things about front row, it’s an amazing place
to sit, you feel like you are a part of the stage and the story but you also see
the sweat and it’s unreal how much the actors spit!  I wouldn’t change a
thing, though, it was so cool.
At one point before it started, Carlos was up near the stage and trying to peek
into the orchestra pit and the conductor popped his head up.  So funny to be
so close.
What an experience, so grateful  we got to take them!

Last night was Dinosaur Night at Trey’s school.  All of the 1st graders have been working so hard, studying a specific dinosaur, writing a report about it, making a clay sculpture and drawing a poster for it.  The “guests” to the Dino Fair go around to each table and talk to the students about their dinosaurs.  Trey took this VERY seriously, got his suit on, fluffed the faux hawk and was ready to talk about Chasmosaurus.
Pretty interesting dinosaur, he was big and fierce had 3 horns on his head, but was a herbivore.  Trey LOVED that part about him (I think he could relate).
Anyhow, if you want to know more about this amazing creature, ask my boy!
We were so proud, he did a great job.

(on a side note, when you have 3 kids a grade apart in the same small school, events like Dino Night can tend to seem like it’s Groundhog Day but Trey really has passion and great energy so he always makes it his own!)