First Swim Lesson

Charlotte and her good buddy Riley were READY for their first swim lesson together. They had previously gone shopping to buy matching swimsuits, and, well, what else do you need?

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Poppy Time

Malcolm / Poppy visited this past weekend, and per the norm, Kara put him to work on the yard and house. Thanks Mal! He also got some fun in... like setting up some fun Easter Egg coloring with his Granddaughter.

 

Whidbey!

We all had a great time up at the beach cabin this past weekend for the traditional (and cold) cabin opening in March. We celebrated a few birthdays, ate a TON of good food, and had a great time on the windy beach. I am certain the 19 of us (Sofia, Connor, Ryan, Charlotte, Patrick, Tad, Mela, Shannon, Kara, Nate, Matt, Francie, Cathy, Dick, Jenny, DB, Nancy, John, and Michelle) broke the record for "most palella eaten" on Clinton Beach. There were no leftovers.


You can click on the sideshow to see the whole album...

Boris The Tortoise

It's SPRING BREAK for Charlotte, and we are the lucky adopters of her preschool's pet, Boris, The Russian Tortoise. Boris pretty much hides all day long, except in the morning when he eats his breakfast of 4 pieces of romaine lettuce, which takes him about 2 hours.

 

Here is some EXCITING video of Boris, and the Wood Kids talking about him:

GO MOMMY GO!

Kara, Cousin Tad, and about 5,000 other runners, ran the Mercer Island Half-Marathon last weekend.  Ever since Charlotte knew that Mommy would be running by the house in her run, she has been planning how she would cheer her on.  

The plan: Wear her Cal Bears Cheerleader top (covered up by her parka in the pictures) and skirt, and waive her Cal pom-poms, with two balloons attached to her back so that mommy could see her.  The balloons would have to be attached to her back, because her hands would be busy with the pom-poms.  Everything went according to plan.

Well done Kara!  

The Colorado Woods

This afternoon Charlotte, her BFF Miriam, Ryan and Yaya spoke with Mark, Brooke and Sarah who are in Colorado. (click on the photo to see Mark's Jazz Hands)

Cutting Room Floor

I was just looking back through my Picasa files, and noticed some collages that I had thrown together over the past four months, which didn't make the blog. Well, I think they're worth another look.

Like, Matching wood kids in Mexico? What's not to like about Ryan and Grandpa here dancing in their Hawaiian shirts?

Then there was story time from Mexico too... the kids loved reading on the beach.



And some pictures from Connor's second birthday party featured some classic "Ryan devouring birthday cake" moments.

And what about the night before Christmas pictures of the kids putting milk and cookies out for Santa and his reindeer?

And here are some fun pictures of Charlotte and cousin Colin.