A grandma on Bainbridge Island is close but just out of reach. So Michael started a bi-weekly Sunday tradition a few years ago. A day-trip to Grandma Julie’s!
A big full day of fun awaits with a visit to grandma’s. It goes something like this: walk — light rail — walk — ferry — Grandma! — beach-time — home cooked dinner — ferry — walk — light rail — walk — Home!
Rinse and Repeat on two Sundays hence.
A perfect day! I’m truly grateful to spend it with you!
Mother’s Day this year included the felicity of being in the company of and guests of NanaBaba, as well as a day of much mothering (we laughed as Nana and I washed dishes morning and night).
Midday we went migrating out to Westport. The skill, ingenuity and fortitude of NanaBaba lent three high flying kites to the occasion.
Lady Kitty informed us all— “My First Kite!” As she reeled it out to its full limit. Strong and focused girl!
Lake had the coolest kite, a falcon that kept dove bombing into the sand. He was tenacious and, with help to give the bird a boost, kept on flying.
We all had a gas.
A perfect Mother’s Day!
I’m glad I spent it with you!
“We have a yardin! It’s a yard and a garden.” she said exuberantly one sunny day we could lazily and playfully wander around outside— stopping to smell the roses and pick the flowers.
Nearly every day, she picks me a bouquet of flowers and ferns and grasses. Very artistic. On this day she also baked a cake with Theresa for Mr. Cat, home from the veterinary clinic for the treatment of his hyperthyroidism.
“I wish the days never ended,” said Lady Kitty.
She’s having a good life.
A perfect day. I’m glad I spent it with you.
Saturday Lake participated in his ballet school’s end-of year recital and we showed up to cheer him on. He did a great job! He’s working very hard. He is concluding his second year with Pacific Northwest Ballet School and has been invited back!
Lake has a great sense of rhythm and movement but ballet and discipline and holding still at the barre do not come naturally for him. He is not alone! Lake was placed in pre-ballet for another year and the school is creating a boy’s section for next year.
We are very proud of Lake.
A perfect day! I’m glad I spent it with you!
A Perfect Day . . . 