Thankful

Ashlynn made a poster of things she is thankful for. :) Click the picture to see it full-sized.

I (heart) Weird Al

Summer Summary

Summery Summary? Whatever. :)

Made with wordle.

Ashlynn the soccer star!

Sort of, she had more fun playing with the other kids than playing soccer. ;)

She had a 5-week class via parks and rec. It was a very basic class: mostly, they learned to move the ball just with their feet and not hands. Each week they'd play a (highly NON-competitive) game against a different team (Ashlynn's team was the Grey Candy Canes - the kids named their own teams, can you tell?) Today was her last class, and she happily collected her certificate and her photos. :)

If you want to purchase your own copies, email me for the photographer's information. If you don't know my email, you probably don't need a photo. ;)

Happy June birthdays!

Aaron on the 9th, Mark on the 11th, Ashlynn on the 24th. They had a shared cake here (one candle each) when Mark was in Portland for work. :)

The incy wincy spider ...

... is not actually so incy or wincy.

Katherine just adopted a new pet tarantula. :) She's a female Chilean Rose, and the name she came with is Sheila (which may or may not change). She's cute in a vaguely creepy way. :) She was previously owned by a young man who is relocating for college, and can't take her with him. 

 She was feeling a bit shy in her new home, so all we got was the rear view. ;)

Ashlynn's Personal Trainer

Ashlynn was the ONLY child in her sports class today. This session, there have never been more than 2 children attending each class! The coach is running out of ideas for things to do with 2 children, so today she made an obstacle course. Ashlynn got to play alone, and had the coach to herself, so she was given a lot of the right amount of encouragement to try the harder things, and to push herself a little on the easier things. Then they went and played on the slides together. :) Ashlynn LOVES this class, and she loves Coach Nancy. :)

  (Kind of blurry - it was VERY sunny out, and this was taken from my not-so-awesome phone camera).

Taste the Rainbow.

Funny Face!

Ashlynn, Aaron, and Katherine took advantage of the "kids eat free" deal at IHOP. Ashlynn got a Funny Face pancake. She ate the banana mouth, then drew on a new mouth (and some hair) with the tube of yogurt that came with the pancake.

Ashlynn's Sports Class

Just a few pictures from today's "Munchkin Sports" class. We got there a bit early so no one else was in the gym - we took a fast ride around the gym on Rocket Papaya.

There was only one other child in the class today, so the teacher took them outside for some climbing fun on the play equipment. The photos have been captioned in the picasa album.