I almost skipped this September recap, but then I saw Isaac in these sunglasses and decided I want these photos in our family journal…
Coleman Pool! We made it happen this year, on the last day of pool season – they shuttered this place for Fall the very next day.
So glad we seized the 85-degree day – if this isn’t Seattle summer bliss in a snapshot, I don’t know what is.
It was hard to coax Isaac out of the water, but his teeth began to chatter and I wanted to get a dry towel wrapped around him. Glad I packed the special snacks.
Isaac and I spent a little time with the new Lincoln Park mascot while Juliette and Shane finished this swim. This troll installation is beautiful – I’m looking forward to watching her age with the forest.
Feel that summer breeze running through your fingers, kiddos. Fall is (was) coming; I recall that temps dropped 20 degrees the next day.
Case in point: sweatshirt weather at Alki Beach on Labor Day!
The world really is this boy’s oyster – he’s climbing and digging and exploring a bit more freely, also falling and getting scraped up more freely, but bruised knees are a part of summer.
Sweatshirt beach days…we make it work.
This feels like entirely old news at this point, but Juliette started fourth grade last month and is loving it. She’s in a fourth/fifth split and has one of her closest buddies in her class. She does after-school jump rope club on Wednesdays and after-school coding club on Thursdays and her favorite recess activity is “taking long walk around the playground and talking with her friend, S”. She currently wants to be a second-grade teacher when she grows up. Requisite first day pics:
Some random hammock snaps:
And a Sunday trip to the Puyallup Fair! Juliette and I are fair-fans but have missed it the past three years – we felt like it was time to inaugurate Isaac. And Shane, for that matter – he’d never been (places with large crowds of people are not so much his thing).
Fly like the wind, Shane and Juliette!
Shane and Juliette loved their twirly swing ride and Isaac was still dozing in the stroller, so Juliette and I bought another pack of tickets and took a spin on the single swings. Get ready, Girl!
We’re getting hiiiiiigher…
Pure joy.
And pure peace.
Once Isaac was awake, we wandered over to the animals to pet the newborn piglets and the pygmy goats.
These little guys were less than a day old! Mama looks tired.
This was the highlight of Isaac’s day.
HI, COWS.
This plastic cow-milking simulation was entirely weird, but funny to watch.
The faux egg-collecting game was a hit.
A couple of ice cream cones, a quick zip through the hot tub display, and we called it. I think we checked all the fair boxes, minus the corn dogs, which Juliette just couldn’t get on board with.
And finally, September brings soccer season. It’s great to be back on the sidelines with my fellow cheerleader.
Juliette’s team is the Fuchsia Fighters and they’ve got as much (more?) spunk than ever. Juliette scored a heck of a goal at her last game and I was that mom jumping up and down from the sidelines, waving my arms with glee. It’s my own form of cardio these days.
Onto Autumn!