Summer is finally here

Well, not quite. After the last 2 weeks of heat and sunshine, the annual Seattle summer teaser is over and we are back to fleece and central heating. But it was a beautiful 2 weeks. We had the kiddie pool out, we got the sprinkler going, and we had ice cream every night.

Last Saturday we had the German School end of year picnic. The girls loved the bubbles! Afterwards Marlene had another T-Ball game. She is getting better and seems to have more of a grasp on the game. She has now played all positions and here she is the catcher and tagging out the other players.

Finally, after several years of construction, the Seattle Art Museum has reopened. My friend Jen and I went with Zoey and Amelia to check it out. Every first Thursday of the months the admission is free, which is the right price when you are with a 2-year-old. It was challenging to say the least. Amelia wants to touch everything (and she does). The new museum concept is, to mix old and new, sculpture and painting and anthropological and art. So there are a lot of mixed media, which boils down to a lot of trouble for little children. I guess the biggest hit for the girls were the pigs (on parade) all over downtown (For all non-Seattelites: various artists design pigs, that are displayed all over downtown). Here Amelia and Zoey hugging "Pigasso".