Adventures in the hood

It’s no secret, I love my neighborhood.  Today, the sun was shining so I took the kids on a walk through the hood.

First stop was the new Georgetown Music Store which is in the former Georgetown Pharmacy location.  The place was amazing with lots of new and vintage instrument, including tons of guitars and drums.  I have a feeling we’ll be visiting here often

There is a local drum school that I think would be perfect for Ian.

Hannah was “patiently” waiting her turn.

She did great & I have video that I’m not able to upload for some reason.  Then we continued our walk and the owner of the coffee shop we walked by kindly gave the kids suckers, yet another reason I love this neighborhood, kind people.

 

On the way back home we stopped under one of my favorite trees in the neighborhood.  It’s a flowering cherry, but the blooms are white, and the trunk is old and climbs up over the walkway.

Blue lips.

There is an open lot where the Rainier Cold Storage Building used to be, so when we got home, we had lunch, then loaded up the car with Ian’s scooter and Hannah’s ladybug for it’s first appearance outside the house.  The kids were loving ridding around and sadly, the adventure didn’t last long because I realized the kids were in their good shoes, and they were ruining them. 

They had a blast while it lasted..

Of course one last photo first before we head home…

SPRING!!!

I love Spring!  Here are a few shots of the family enjoying the sunshine…

Too cool!

Ian picking a cheery blossom for Hannah.  So sweet!

Leia girl.

Hannah’s First Ballet Class

I took Hannah to her very first ballet class today, and she surprised me a little.  She was far more shy than I thought she’d be and she wanted to stay with me on my on my lap and just watch the kids.  I convinced her to go closer to the kids, and just stood about 10 feet back and watched.

After a while she decided to join the group & she did great.

I’m a proud momma!

Annie

Yesterday was the big day for me &  Hannah because we went to see Annie.  We had a great time at the show and dinner after.

We’ll have to do another special day soon!

The boys had their own special day at the Lego store.

It’s official

The local wading pool conversion to a spray park is officially mine.  The initial meeting to receive ideas from the community for the $400,000 project was attended by myself and another parent in the neighborhood.  The meeting today was a follow up presentation of ideas and site layout and was attended by just me.

I got to make all of the decisions; a territory that I’m perfectly comfortable with.  I suggested that we should have a flower themed design, with a nod toward the local industry with metal poles for the flowers.

The other themes that they had come up with were “industrial” and “planes, trains, and automobiles.”  Both were good ideas, but I think the community has too much of that and could use a little color and beauty.

We will also have jets coming out of the ground, geysers, buckets that dump water, and canons (like the one in the photo).

I’m working on getting some city funding to add art to the project as 1% of each project is supposed to go toward art and none has been allocated to this project or the $2 million that went toward adding turf to the park.

Now the real work begins.

New Camera

As a part of my New Years resolution, I’m working on my interest in photography.  So on a whim, I ordered a camera that I’ve been coveting for some time now, a Holga.

I’m so excited to take some photos with this very simple plastic camera.  The photos that these camera’s take are with 120 film and are square.  I love them!  Here are a few examples I found online.

Because it is a plastic camera, the light creeps in around the edges of the image a creates a beautiful affect.

Sweet Hannah

Grammy got Hannah the cutest little sailor dress with a matching baby doll dress.  I put the baby doll dress on my old teddy bear that I then gave it to Hannah as her own.  She then really wanted me to wear “her dress.”

You know I had to take some photos…