Walls of Fame

Leana is getting famous around town - although you have to know where to look to find her fame.

#1 - Thornton Creek Running Club: 10 Mile Wall of Fame

Leana got to write her name on a foot to add to the 10 mile wall for her school's running club a couple weeks ago.  Every day students have the option to do running club before school where they can run 1, 2, or 3 laps (3 laps = a mile).  They get a foot charm to add to a necklace for every mile run.  Leana is up to 15 miles now.

#2 - Pacific Science Center - Memories Exhibit

Someone on my mom's group sent an email about a photo contest for the Pacific Science Center, a place we love to visit, for a new exhibit about memories.  You were supposed to submit photos that evoked memories or memory making, so I entered a few and one of them was chosen (photo credit to Steve Collins!)

Julian's Birthday Party and 3 Years Stats

On Sunday we had a little party for Juju at View Ridge Park.  The weather was perfect, the kids got to run around and play in the sand and a good time was had by all.

My favorite part was when Juju sang happy birthday to himself along with everyone else.  See video below!  I also included a short video of him playing with his new harmonica, he picked it up and started playing this little tune right away.

Julian's 3 year stats :
Weight: 30 pounds (30%)
Height: 37.5 inches (50%)
BMI: 15 (20%)
Vision: 20/30 (he read the letters by himself)
HR: 100, BP: 94/73

Height, weight and BMI all EXACTLY the same as Leana on her 3 year check up.  Although his percentiles are lower, I guess since he's a boy.
http://picollins.blogspot.com/2012/08/me-big-girl-me-3-now.html

Juju and Dutch on the swings

Happy 3rd Birthday Julian!

Sweet little Juju is 3 years old today! He is talking so much now and it is so fun to listen to him have conversations with himself or his friends.  He's also starting to sing songs (he likes itsy bitsy spider the most right now).  He of course still loves all things transportation and can spend hours playing with his trains and cars.   He also still loves all things music and is really enjoying the music class we are taking once a week.  His favorite part is when the instruments come out.  Some new things he really likes are the Seahawks (he insists on wearing his Seahawks shirt whenever it is clean), bridges, legos, and his tricycle which he rides to school every day to drop off and pick up Leana,  He is also having fun in his new preschool class and loves when we carpool with a friend on Fridays - it's fun watching his social side come out.

Juju in heaven

 Juju's favorite - hot cocoa

 on the bus

Summer Backlog: Finishing Up Summer

Now that it is officially Fall, I realized I better finish posting some of our summer photos.  The last week before school started we had a flurry of adventures in and around Seattle to check things off our summer fun list.  Leana had a list that she came up with, but I had a bunch of things I wanted to do too!

 Visiting Jeff downtown - the last thing that was on Leana's summer fun list.  Riding the bus was a highlight for Juju!

 Jetty Island - a 2 minute boat ride takes you here, a nature reserve only open to the public 2 months every year.  We were there at low tide and the kids loved it.

 Snoqualmie Falls hike and river play.  The river was much more exciting than the Falls for the kids.  It was a steep hike down to the bottom but the big kids made it back on their own.