ALOHA

Tonight for activity days the girls hosted a daddy/daughter luau! They learned to hula, and refreshements and even got their picture taken with Elvis. Landon and Whitley had a great time.

Right at the last second we talked Landon into wearing this teeny tiny grass skirt. What a good sport.

Snoqualmie Falls

Whitley and I headed out on what will be my last field trip this year! The 4th graders went to see Snoqualmie Falls, and the tour the power plant. The falls are the 3rd most popular tourist attraction in WA. Who knew? And they're only 20 minutes from our house!The sky bridge on the way to the falls.
The falls. The drop is 258 feet. Niagara Falls is 158 feet. This is 100 feet higher, but I had never even heard of them before we moved here.
Hiking down to the power plant and to get another view.

Another view from the base. Really beautiful.

Pacific Rim Museum

The Pacific Rim unit that Colton has been working on finally ended today with a "museum". All of the kids set up a little table with all of the different projects and information they've been working on and had several classes and parents come through. Colton and his friend Jack both had China. Jack brought his pet turtle (since they eat them in China) and Colton has real Chinese candy to pass out. Their booth looked great and Colton did a really good job teaching people about what he had learned.

Colton's Chinese house and scroll that he made

Oh Whitley

My neighbor that lives between my house and the school overheard this snippet of conversation between Colton and Whitley on their way home from school today.

Colton: Mom only said maybe!
Whitley: well that is good enough for me.

That pretty much sums up their personalities. Colton- right down the middle and Whitley-knows there's a middle, and she's close enough!

Colton's Last Band Concert

After playing in the water, we got all dressed up for Colton's last band concert of the year!

Colton played percussion this year and has loved it. They started with the bells, which he was really good at. His piano lessons really came in handy. Then they moved onto the drums. He's played several different drums, and wants to continue next year in Jr. High.

Somehow, every band concert he has had this year, Landon has been out of town for. What would we do without video cameras?

Beatin' the Heat

It's been so hot this week, that when the kids wanted to play with the water after school today I told them to go for it! Even though our backyard is tiny they managed to have some fun.

In the Heat of the Night

Ahh, I love the summer. I love the sun shining, and heat warmth on my skin. But what I don't love is going to bed in a pool of my own sweat! Last night my house was so freakin' hot I thought I might die. My thermostat was reading 86 degrees! I couldn't get my AC unit to blow cold air. My poor kids were practically sleeping in the buff. I finally decided to forget the AC and just open up the windows. It cools down nicely at night so that at least made it bearable. However, if you leave your windows open all night, around 4am the birds wake you all up! (note to self).
I called our landlord first thing this morning to have someone come and fix this dang AC unit since it's suppose to be around 90 degrees today. She then kindly explained to me that the reason the AC wasn't working is because WE DON'T HAVE AC! Most houses in Seattle don't! Are you kidding? I love the heat, but no AC?? Thank goodness we have some fans, and at least I know to open the windows up! I'm seriously dreading tonight. I hope I can keep it cooled down. One thing's for sure. I'm not going to risk heating things up with the stove/oven. It's take out tonight baby!