This weekend we went on our annual camping trip with the Organic Moms Group. This year we went out to Camano Island State Park which was a lovely location with a great view and beach access. There were about five other families along with us and we shared a group site.
Will and I played on the beach for several hours on Saturday and then had a nice dinner together with the other families of rice pasta with smoked salmon, fresh pesto, and sheep's cheese along with eggplant, tomato, and goat cheese grilled sandwiches, grilled corn, forbidden rice pudding, and marinated vegetables.
I was so impressed with the other families in our group who were incredibly considerate of my dietary needs. Many of them vary their grains and eat incredibly healthy anyway but I was so surprised to have eaten so well in a situation like this where everyone contributes to the meal. With the exception of blackberry multigrain pancakes on Sunday morning, every single food available was gluten, egg, soy, and dairy free.
It was also serendipitous that our friends Susanne and David happened to bring along an extra air mattress. Strangely, this queen sized mattress fit inside our tiny backpackers tent so instead of the cold hard ground and tree roots, we slept on air! I was immensely grateful. I should learn that car camping means luxury and next year I'll prepare myself. I regretted not bringing along wine, fluffy pillows, soap, sheets, cooler, etc.
We also celebrated Faith's third birthday with fruit sweetened banana muffins along with all of her favorite foods on tiny toothpick skewers: turkey sausage, avocado, apples, olives, and cucumbers. Each of the kids had a colorful silk cape to wear and they ran through the trees wearing them.
This soap box was a ferry boat pulling the Seattle Space Needle. 
This is the escaped troll under the bridge with two troll renegade bikers alongside. 
A soap box shaped like a salmon with a mechanized tail that wiggled all the way down the hill!
