Will is the little guy off to the left in the sunhat and the blue and white shorts.
silver linings and quilt tops
6 years ago
Folklife Festival
Will and Keenan making a boat.
All this weekend we are going to be enjoying the The Northwest Folklife Festival, an annual free climactic celebration of year-round ethnic, folk, and traditional arts activities. Today Will and I had a picnic lunch under the Peace Arch and then participated in several crafts for kids like a wooden boat building workshop with the Center for Wooden Boats, a puppet making workshop with Northwest Puppet Center and nature rubbings.. We saw Deano the Clown perform his tricks, watched our friends perform Morris Dancing, caught some fiddling, and looked around at some art booths.
Beach Play
These are photos from earlier in the month at the beach with his buddies, Jack and Benjamin.
Warm Weather
Today reminded me of Minnesota weather how it seems that you no sooner get rid of the snow and windchill before intensely humid and unbearably hot summers arrive. I've said it before and I'll say it again, Minnesota is no place to live....
But Seattle, on the other hand, is a place of milder temperate weather. If you want sassy weather, go somewhere else. We don't even get thunder and lightening except on rare occasions. Today was the exception to the rule when it seemed like out of the blue we had a 90 degree day. On Monday I was wearing corduroy's and kneehigh socks and today I was wearing flip flops and sunglasses.
Afterschool Will and I raced over to the beach, got lucky with a parking spot and basked in the sun.
Mother's Day Book
Will made a Mother's Day book at school and here were the results of his questions:
Will, what does your Mama look like? A princess
Will, what does your Mama eat? Gluten free
Will, why do you love your Mama? Cause I cuddle her
Will, what does your Mama do? I ask her to read books with me.
Will what is your favorite work? Land and Water Forms
Will, why does your Mama love you? Cause she kisses me and when she goes to sleep I do this with her hair and she rubs my back and I play with her and when she's asleep I go on top of her when she sleeps sometimes
I particularly laughed about the part about him climbing up on me when I'm sleeping. That was a very interesting bit of information that he slipped in there.
The other day we died laughing when his grandparents asked how his cat was doing. He told them quite matter of factly that Mandarin was doing well but he wipes his bottom on the rug sometimes. We are quite sure that this made them thrilled to come visit us anytime soon and walk on our rugs.
Will, what does your Mama look like? A princess
Will, what does your Mama eat? Gluten free
Will, why do you love your Mama? Cause I cuddle her
Will, what does your Mama do? I ask her to read books with me.
Will what is your favorite work? Land and Water Forms
Will, why does your Mama love you? Cause she kisses me and when she goes to sleep I do this with her hair and she rubs my back and I play with her and when she's asleep I go on top of her when she sleeps sometimes
I particularly laughed about the part about him climbing up on me when I'm sleeping. That was a very interesting bit of information that he slipped in there.
The other day we died laughing when his grandparents asked how his cat was doing. He told them quite matter of factly that Mandarin was doing well but he wipes his bottom on the rug sometimes. We are quite sure that this made them thrilled to come visit us anytime soon and walk on our rugs.
Busytown
Tonight Will and I went to his first Children's Theatre show, Busytown. It was a really cute show with a lot of things to laugh at.... the picklecar, the ship captain's favorite letter, "Argh..!", the grandma in the plane, etc. Will was thrilled to sit next to his friend George and though initially Jean and I were worried the two boys wouldn't make it through the performance they both did fine and seemed genuinely sad to see it all end. After the performance the actors came on stage for questions and Will's little hand popped up. I turned to him and asked, "Oh, you have a question?" He proudly announced that he did so I had to hold him up in his chair to get noticed. Thankfully they took him as the last question. He stood and said in his loudest little voice, "I liked the plane!"