Mt Rainier

It was not cloudy today

Posted on May 14, 2010 by wadmanclan

When we dropped Saedi off at school this morning it was not cloudy. From the school’s field you can just see the top of Mt Rainier (the part that is most often covered in clouds) and it was visible today. So instead of going home we stopped and picked up my camera and went back to the beach.

You can see the whole mountain today, it’s just really hazy. I’m still not completely satisfied, but it will do for now.

It was fun for Gavin to go to the beach again today because there was a super low tide, so there was twice as much beach as usual and lots more to find. There was a kid wading out in the water that found a starfish and he brought it over and let Gavin touch it. Solvei and Nels were also a lot more sure footed this time and were running all over. We didn’t stay long today because the UV index was a lot higher and I still haven’t unpacked the sunscreen.

On the way home I stopped at a place I found to take a picture of the Narrows bridge.

Can you imagine waking up with a view of this from your back porch everyday? Beautiful!

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Mother’s Day & Mountain Hunting part 2

Posted on May 10, 2010 by wadmanclan

First thing the kids told me this morning was “Happy Mother’s Day!” as they each gave me the silly band they had picked out for me to wear today.

Nate was working so I thought we’d go back to the beach to try and find that mountain since it was another nice day. Before we left I even checked the webcams I could find with Rainier in them to see if it was still hiding – from the Seattle webcam it looked clear and the Rainier Park webcams showed blue skies.

When we got to the beach:

You can see it better today but the top is still covered! The Seattle webcam was still clear, it was just where we were. Grrrrr!

But the kids were still glad to be there. It was A LOT more crowded today! Not very surprising though because it was a nice holiday in a place that is often wet, so ALL the people in the area tend to come to the water when it’s warm.

After we came home the kids wanted me to open my Mother’s Day gifts.

Saedi made hers at school. It came wrapped in tissue paper with a tag that said “do not open until mother’s day”

She made a card:

and a picture frame:

There was also an extra picture her teacher sent home with it.

Gavin made me a book:

Cover with a picture of me and him

{3 little “pictures”} MOM IS =) {a “leaf clover”} MOM I LOV U

I LOV U MOM {a sun}

Lft Pg: MOM I LOV U I LOV U, Rght Pg: I ZOOPR (super) LOOV U I LOV U I LOV U I LOV U

Not bad for trying to spell everything himself.

Both Saedi and Gavin picked me flowers while we were at the beach too, so I pressed them and will put them into a frame.

I love my kids! And I know they love me.

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We’re Going on a Hunt, We’re Going on a Hunt…

Posted on May 9, 2010 by wadmanclan

We’re Looking for a Mountain, We’re Going on a Hunt!

I got the idea of getting pictures of Mt Rainier from a few different places, so it’s the same mountain that doesn’t really look the same, and putting them in a collage frame to show-off/remember the views from living here. Today was supposed to be completely clear skies, so this morning we went mountain hunting.

One place I want a picture from is Pt Defiance Beach, so I loaded the kids, and the jogging stroller, into the car and headed to the beach. The skies were beautifully blue, water nice, not too many people…..a great day for going to the beach.

This beach is not really sand (parts of it are) but mostly small rocks which makes it my favorite kind of beach because you don’t end up with sand in everything when climbing back into the car.

(I love finding lady bugs at the beach!)

The kids really like this kind of beach too because they can throw rocks into the water.

I LOVE this one!

When we first got there Solvei and Nels were afraid to take any steps because the ground was so uneven and “mushy” so they just stood still unless I would hold their hand while they walked. Solvei stopped right at the tide line (where the sand/rock kind of steps down) and tried to take steps by herself. She fell forehead first into the sand and couldn’t get up! I jumped over and picked her up and she had a mouth full of sand, blech! She tried to wipe it out but her hands were also covered in sand. I had to wipe out her mouth and try and get her to spit (which didn’t really do anything), I’m sure she swallowed some. She was so sad and hilarious at the same time, I couldn’t help but laugh. She didn’t mind pretty quickly though.

It was a very nice day and the kids had a really good time.

Oh, and that mountain? We found it…….hiding behind clouds.

We made the most of the afternoon and I showed the kids some of my other favorite places in that part of town. We had lunch at the Antique Sandwich Company. I have been wanting to go there since we moved back here, but it’s never been a good time to go with Nate and I was not about to take the kids there by myself when Solvei and Nels were smaller. Lunch was just as good as I wanted it to be so I’m glad we went today.

The kids were being very good while we waited for food.