30 September 2013
23 September 2013
last day
On an overcast afternoon three months ago, Paul, the kids and I snuggled on the comfy couch at DBBC with notepads, pens, a laptop and an agreement that "no idea is a bad idea." We brainstormed our second annual summer to-do list... and now it's September?!
On the heels of twelve glorious weeks of sunshine, fall was in the air today. The clouds hung a little lower, the air was a bit cooler, we received a winter's supply of kindling and had soup for dinner.
Tonight, the last of the photos have been downloaded and uploaded(!!). The swimsuits, beach towels and tents have been packed away for the season, and my beloveds are tucked away for the evening. Autumn has arrived, and it's time to file our list away. But before then, we remember...
On the heels of twelve glorious weeks of sunshine, fall was in the air today. The clouds hung a little lower, the air was a bit cooler, we received a winter's supply of kindling and had soup for dinner.
Tonight, the last of the photos have been downloaded and uploaded(!!). The swimsuits, beach towels and tents have been packed away for the season, and my beloveds are tucked away for the evening. Autumn has arrived, and it's time to file our list away. But before then, we remember...
What we’d like to do this summer – 6/24/13
University Village
Movie Marathon*
Cash Flow for Kids
Purchase and Play a New Board Game*
Complete reAWAKENING curriculum – Abi
Purchase Cole’s Baby Book
Complete Cole’s Baby Book
Visit Mr. Slater
Host Wellington Parent Potluck
Purchase a Beach Bag
Purchase Real Beach Towels/Blanket
Purchase New Kids’ Bath Towels
Museum of Flight*
Family Road Trip to Coeur D’Helene, ID
Visit the Mannings
Visit a Water Park (Silverwood /Wild Waves)
Washington State Fair
African American History Museum*
Swim Lessons
Family Dinner at UBGCC
Walk On Date to Ivar’s
Get a New Laptop – Abi
Blue Fox Drive Inn
Purchase Space Heaters for DBBC
Family Dance Marathon
Discovery Park/ Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
Seattle Underground Tour
Purchase Summer Math Workbooks
Get Dental Insurance/Switch Health Insurance
Family Dentist Visit
Make Homemade Ice Cream/Frozen Yogurt
Cascadian Farms
Helium Balloon Letter Release
Family Swim – FOR REAL
Garden Maintenance
Fern Maintenance
Purchase Adirondack Chairs
Wall Climbing
Get a Bike – Abi
Visit all five Whidbey Libraries*
o Oak Harbor
o Coupeville
Visit the Gum Wall
Oak Bowl*
Eat a Donut
Picnic at Perego Lake (bottom of Ebey Rd and Hill Rd)
SeaFaire
Whidbey Island Highland Games (August 10)
Whidbey Island Music Festival
Whidbey Island Race Week (July 14-19)
Clean out Personal Files
Clean out the Studio
Visit Oak Harbor Waterslide Park
Detail Ruby
Purchase a new DS game(s)
Get knives sharpened
Summer Scrapbooks
San Juan Islands
Yesterday, to celebrate solidarity, to commemorate the official end of a marvelous summer and to gratefully step forward into a new season, we marked one last item** off our list and went to a delicious dinner in Seattle.
22 September 2013
camp-o-rama
Labor Day weekend we slept in a field overlooking the Sound at our first Camp-o-rama -- a Whidbey family tradition that's been going on for decades.
Complete with three-legged races, gunny sack races (yeah, I just learned what a gunny sack is; see below), tug-o-war...
forts on the beach, a bonfire, s'mores, camp songs, a potluck...
(What's that, you ask? Oh, Seth bought a prize pig at the Island County Fair a few weeks earlier, dug a hole in the ground, then he roasted it -- the pig that is. I'm serious.)
Paul brought corn for 100, then he flew a kite.
We'll definitely be back next September.
August
This August
we spent time apart...
**that's a bonafide, cloudless Pacific Northwest sky!!**
together...
and with good friends!
The return from Zimbabwe of Jacob and Martha to the Island made for another memorable Marimba camp.
Maya and I joined the mommas and daughters of her girl scout troop for a backyard camp out.
(in pink tents!)
And the highlight of the month was a visit from Grandpa Gbo and Grandma Sade.
(Grandpa Gbo's first s'more... EVER!!)
We love you two so much.
THANK YOU for coming!
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