Spontanious Trip to Vashion

We recently took advantage of a beautiful, sunny day in Seattle and the great idea "Uncle Brian" had.  Within 45 minutes I had everything packed up for Keaton and Nolan and we (including Manny) were on a ferry to Vashon Island (we live about 5 minutes from the ferry terminal).  That's pretty impressive since planning and packing 3 year old and 3 month old can be tough since its hard to predict what you will need.

 

 

This wasn't Keaton's first time on a ferry and also wasn't his first time to Vashon Island.  It was Nolan's first time and he had a great time taking in the views and fresh air! 

 

 

We had no idea what we were going to do once we got there.  We stopped and got a map and were on our way to the beach to explore.  Brian and I decided it would be the perfect place for a vacation home and started brainstorming ways to make that happen (then my dad told me they have issues getting water so we will have to look into that).

 

Keaton never takes naps anymore but this adventure wore him out.  I would have included a picture of Nolan napping in the car but that happens on any car ride so its a given.

 

Happy 3rd Birthday Keaton!

Keaton turned 3 on February 23rd.  We held off on a party for a week since Papa was in Peru and we didn't want him to miss out.  On his actual birthday we went swimming at the Rainier Beach pool.  It was awesome and the warmest pool I've ever been in.  They had water slides, an indoor spray park, a lazy river, plenty of places to jump into the water and lots of toys for the kids to play with.

I wanted to capture a few of Keaton's favorite things at 3:

• Zero
• Booms and Thunder
• Milk
• Car Mats
• Pepa Pig
• Nabi (and Talking Tom)
• Sockies (motorcycles)

And he is very scared of Scuba Divers!

I asked Keaton what kind of party he wanted and he said race car so that was pretty easy to decorate.

 

Here he is with his very own "talking tom" which is also a game on his Nabi that he is obsessed with.

 

 

And his very own chainsaw!

 

And here is Nolan who turned 3 months the day before (Nov 22-Mar 22).

 



 

Crazy Kid with a Lot to Say

Keaton has always been a big talker with a lot to say but lately he is really carrying on a conversation.  When daddy come home he's very quick to say "Mama said that I have to ___ but I didn't want to and so I ___".  So I guess he's at the age that I have to now start being careful about what I say or do because who knows what he will tell others (like the time he told daddy that I hit him in the bathtub, which was not true).

Here's an example conversation that happens many, many times during the day:

"I didn't want to have quiet time but mommy said I have to and that's why I was crying but I just wanted to look and go get that toy but I like booms but daddy doesn't like green but mama I got a great idea those are the two options this game is a silly game a matching game and that's why I didn't want to have quiet time so I was crying."

Are you still following?  Luckily he usually ties his crazy conversation back to the original topic so if you catch the beginning and end you can follow.