Photo of the week – Page 21

Photos of the Week: June 18

June 18, 2022June 18, 2022Posted in Photo of the weekTagged end of school, happy birthday, photographs27 Comments

Featured photo: Either the bench grew legs or everyone chose the same hiding place for toddler hide and seek.

Quote for the week: “And I think to myself, what a wonderful world.” – Louis Armstrong

And hide and seek isn’t the only old game we played this week. The kids were loving the WII games that must be about least 15 years old. But hey, they still work for amusement apparently!

Probably because the other thing to play with is the garbage can. It was two doors down the street before I realized it had “grown” legs and started walking.

Our other theme this week was giving inappropriate foods to animals. We caught a squirrel at the park commandeering a birthday cupcake and at home we practiced singing happy birthday with the cat.

When you learn to open the sunroof, the sky’s the limit!

Walking out of the gate on the last day of school.

How was your week?

Photos of the Week: June 11

June 11, 2022June 11, 2022Posted in Photo of the weekTagged photographs, week in review18 Comments

“Our days are happier when we give people a bit of our heart, rather than a piece of our mind.” – unknown

My Dove wrapper picture from last week made Mark (from the Swinged Cat blog) wonder what was on Snapple caps these days. So the featured photo of this post is the answer.

We rode bikes to school this week and it was all unicorns and sunbeams

Actually there was a lot of bike riding this week which makes it feel like summer is here.

And the ice cream truck reinforced the feeling that summer is here!

Miss O brought the classroom pet home. He was a lot easier than the classroom pets I brought home back in the day.

That wraps up life in our bubble. How was your week?

Photos of the Week: June 4

June 4, 2022June 4, 2022Posted in Photo of the weekTagged camping, joy, love, peter pan, photography, puddling jumping20 Comments

In a week that ranged from rain to sunshine, sickness and health, nights that had restless sleep and nights we slept well, not only did I eat Dove chocolate to get through, but I also wholeheartedly adopted this wrapper advice.

My favorite picture of the week – little people casting long shadows. It reminds me of the beginning of Peter Pan where Wendy is sewing his shadow on so it can always be with him.

Backyard camping where the primary wildlife we saw was the cat trying to squeeze herself between the tent body and the rain fly.

I know what the boots are for – measuring who has collected the most water at the end of puddle jumping. But what are the umbrellas for?

Reading my tea leaves — I see love…!

How was your week?

Photos of the Week: May 28

May 28, 2022May 28, 2022Posted in Photo of the weekTagged gasworks, greenlake, mt rainier, photos27 Comments

A nice weekend day and it seemed everyone in Seattle dragged their sun-starved body out to enjoy!

Car wash fun. I think they washed the car several times over!

It looks like Mt. Rainier is the pot of gold at the end of this rainbow. I can believe that!

The bear-y coziest place to read.

I wonder who will get the fish first – the fishing pole or the fishing bird?

How was your week?

Photos of the Week: May 21

May 21, 2022May 21, 2022Posted in Photo of the weekTagged bubble fun, dump, photographs, Salmon Bay, seattle29 Comments

Beachcombing on Salmon Bay

We visited a friend who was staying near the railroad crossing over Salmon Bay outside of the locks in Seattle. An incredibly beautiful spot full of all sorts of treasures and fun!

I’ve previously published photos of the great viewing room that we have at the local dump but this past weekend, we coordinated a visit so that my mom could go up into the viewing room with the kids to watch while I drove in to deposit the old hot tub cover below. I know it’s not what usually counts for fun on a Saturday – but my kids love it!

Target sells these great bubble fans for $5 and they provide priceless fun!

I spotted this rock on a neighborhood walk. It’s my segue to asking – how was your week?

Photos of the Week: May 14

May 14, 2022May 14, 2022Posted in Photo of the weekTagged photography23 Comments

We got to spend some time at a fire station this week. While I am tempted to claim that is primarily fun for the kids, I have to admit that I thought it was really cool too. So many fun facts – that they can get their gear on in 60 seconds or less, that they have hose towers that are really tall so they can wash and dry their hoses after a fire or going somewhere gritty and they leave the keys in the ignition so no one ever has to be looking for the keys.

Yep, that last one is Mr. D kicking the tires.

And we also had a couple days of warmer sunny weather that made it fun to be out mowing, planting and playing around.

How was your week?

Photos of the Week: May 7

May 7, 2022May 7, 2022Posted in Photo of the weekTagged ice cream truck, photograph, planes, teachers19 Comments

Does it make it okay for your child to write on the railings if they write “I love you Mom!” when they do it?

Planes, ships and automobiles! I would have thought my kids would have had enough of transportation after flying home from vacation. But then I discovered they’d charmed their way into the front seat of an ice cream truck.

We spent a lot of the week making Teacher Appreciation Week cards and finding gifts for our wonderful teachers. It’s going to take a lot more than a week to express our gratitude to these amazing teachers but we had a lot of fun trying!

Photos of the Week: April 30

April 30, 2022Posted in Photo of the weekTagged photograph, week in review26 Comments

Flipping through my photos I could barely remembered that the week started with a warm Seattle day and we traveled from sea

Snow!

And along the random way enjoyed all the fun of being on vacation!

Hope you all have had a great week!

Photos of the Week: April 23

April 23, 2022April 23, 2022Posted in Photo of the weekTagged photographs35 Comments

I somehow had neglected to take my children to the iconic Seattle Troll under the bridge until this week. Thank goodness I remedied that so that Miss O could practice her best scared face!

For Easter of 2020, we did an egg hunt with just Miss O since the pandemic lockdown had just started — and then realized that an egg hunt with one kid looking is no fun at all! Easter of 2021 was better. But the egg hunt of 2022 was back to full on competition!

Mr. D was trying to take a sneak peak at egg placement before the competition began.

Sometimes it’s hard to wait until the end of the egg hunt before you crack a couple open.

We shared Easter brunch with some ducklings

We caught a glimpse of the Presidential motorcade on Interstate 5. Lots of motorcycles, police cars, fire trucks, helicopters — it was exciting!

Photos of the week: April 16

April 16, 2022April 16, 2022Posted in Photo of the weekTagged friendship, photographs, superman24 Comments

It was just 2 weeks ago that my daughter started paddle boarding with my brother. Now he’s got her paddling on her own, albeit sitting down. I feel like I can completely endorse and celebrate that while complaining that time is going too fast.