So much to do, so little time

I have so much to do lately there just doesn't seem to be enough time in the day to get it all done. I go to school on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. When I stay for Lunch Bunch I have been taking yoga and learning some French. I really surprised Mommy when I said "s'il vous plait"! On Tuesdays I have ballet and on Thursdays I go Aunt Barbi's. In between there are walks to go on, construction sites to check out in the neighborhood, books to read, play dates with my friends Lily and Maia and gardening to do.
















The pumpkin seeds that I planted in late May are now ginormous vines that curl around the back garden - there are two orange pumpkins already and one that is still green and still growing. I'll have so much fun at Halloween carving my very own pumpkins that I grew by myself!

I fell asleep while Nick & Rosie were talking!

First Day of Preschool

I had my first day of preschool last Monday and I was so excited I had to dress up and wear my new school shoes. I am back at The Childrens' School again but this year I am going to school three days a week - on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. I'm really looking forward to staying for Lunch Bunch this year. My friends Carly and Jacob are in my class again this year and I'll get to see my other friends Tyler & Karsten on the playground and at Lunch Bunch. My teachers, Mrs. Jacques and Teacher Cinda, are very nice and I like to play school when I get home and pretend Mommy and I are my teachers.

Sailing on Puget Sound

Uncle Bob and Auntie Joyce invited us to go sailing on Sunday. It was a beautiful sunny day and it was so nice out on the water. Daddy helped put up the sail and we had great wind most of the way across the Sound. When the wind dropped off we just drifted for a bit and enjoyed the warm sun, blue sky and gorgeous scenery. After the wind picked up again, we sailed back to the marina and had dinner on the boat. It was so much fun and I can't wait to do it again!

Can you spot the sea lions on the buoy?

Labor Day Weekend at the Beach

We spent the last hurrah of summer at Cape Meares on the Oregon coast. The weather was absolutely beautiful, sunny and warm. We had bought a new kite and the first couple of days were perfect kite-flying weather. Although I did learn a lesson - never let go of the kite string! I did and the wind picked it up and blew it up the hillside. Daddy the Brave climbed up the hill and rescued my kite - then he slid down in a mini-landslide. I'll never do that again!

Flying the kite with Daddy - it's up really high!

Strolling the beach with Daddy & Tashi

Papa and Nana were there, along with Uncle Brian, Auntie Christy and Cousin Alyssa, and Uncle Michael. We went to the Tillamook Creamery (twice!) and had yummy ice cream cones. I now have two new flavors to add my favorites: huckleberry and wild mountain blackberry.

That's Daddy in the background flying our kite

I loved running on the beach with Tashi. We let her off her leash and she ran and ran. It was also fun taking a beach bucket and making sand castles, parking garages and freeways. I collected rocks to use as trucks and cars for the parking garage and the freeway.

Running with Tashi, leaving Papa & Nana far behind

With Mommy & Daddy at Pacific City