Today the Kookaburras and Wombats boarded metro buses and headed downtown to the Columbia Center, the tallest building in Seattle.  Pretty fascinating stuff and the field trip went off without a hitch.

Week’s Theme:  Structures

For the past two weeks we’ve been learning about buildings and skyscrapers.  Ella enjoyed getting out of the school for a bit on our field trip downtown.  Even more exciting than the Columbia Center for her was the bus ride where she laughed the whole time as the bumps jostled her in her seat.

The Dad and I rocked it out while Mama was busy doing stuff for the Chateau.  First up with the finalé of this seasons Storytime Drama.

Then we headed to the Thistle Theathre to check out the “Goblin and the Poet”.  Supah-Cool.  Afterwards the obviously thing to do was to go to The Scoop at Walter’s for some RAINBOW SHERBET!

Today we I received a lovely card in the mail from a Ms. Mary Barrett & Co.  She is soooo sweet.

Ella-

I decided to send along a pretty kitty-cat for you to pet.

Not quite as nice as teh real thing, but a lot less messy.

Happy Spring.

Love Auntie Mary & Uncle David - Alexi & Jack

Today was my last recital for KidzDance during my run at ELDC as I’ll be a student at Pacific Crest Montessori in the fall.  Mom took it a bit harder than most.

This past weekend we headed out to The Little House in the woods for some R&R in honor of celebrating Mother’s Day.  The weather was superb and we all had a super enjoyable time.

Some highlights were: lounging around and taking it easy,  freshly baked scones in the morning, a trip to Port Townsend for ice cream and playing on the beach.

Some lowlights were:  falling out of the tire swing in Port Townsend the send Daddy started to push and winding up with a goose egg on my noggin, and having to take the long way around Hood Canal ‘cuz the bridge was closed.

H A P P Y  M O T H E R ‘ S  D A Y  M O M M Y ! !

Mommy was out of town for the Vancouver, BC marathon so she hooked Daddy and I up to join Nana and Papa at Key Arena to take in the MASSIVE production of Walking With Dinosaurs.  The staging, the lights, the sound, the dinosaurs, the nachos… A W E S O M E . S A U C E ! !

This weekend we headed down south to the Vancouver/Portland metroplex to pay a visit to Grammy Sam and have an overnight with the Lights.  Saturday night my former ELDC teacher Heather Jones made the trek out to East Moreland/Sellwood to hunker down with Henry, Audrey and I while Don, Amy, Mommy and Daddy headed out to East Hawthorne to Sel Gris for a heavy duty culinary get down.  While they were popping fois gras and pairing wines, us kids were running cirlces around Heather and having a GREAT time… So awesome to see her.

Today after a hearty round of ebelskivers and Otto’s bacon expertly cooked up by chefs Don and Amy, we all saddled up into the new Light family SU-Huge and headed down past Newberg to the Dundee Hills area of Oregon to taste some wine and hang out at the beautiful vineyards of Erath.  As Erath is one of the Ste. Michelle Wine Estates labels, mommy and the gang got the royal hook-up.

Today Daddy and I did 5 million and 1 things as we cruised hither and yon to run errands, attend my Seattle Children’s Theater Storytime Drama Class, do a photo shoot at Volunteer Park, meet Daddy’s tax preparer to get the leftover flotsam, hang out at Salmon Bay Park and finish the fun nicely with ice cream at The Scoop at Walter’s.  Yeah.

While we were walking back to the car near Seattle Center following drama class a conversation involving a dirty comb ensued:

Daddy:  Hey Ella.  Do you see that comb on the ground?

Ella:  Yup.

Daddy:  Do we touch or pick up combs on the ground?

Ella:  No.

Daddy:  Why not?

Ella:  Because they might be stinky or have cigarette juice.

Daddy:  Ha ha haha!

That’s right folks… Cigarette juice.  Watch out for that shizz, yo.