Jordan Bridge

So, we've only lived here for 3 1/2 years and we are still discovering cool new places around here. On Friday I was trying to find some parks where we could swim and I found online with the Snohomish County Parks, Jordan Bridge. It's a really cool park, and a cool suspension bridge across the river to get to the park/swimming area. We went there both Saturday and Sunday for about 4 hours each day. It's really beautiful and we had lots of fun.

Elyza on the beach

View of the water and the bridge

Ellie chilin'

Elyza in her soon to be pool. We built a pool for her with rocks and dug out the sand.

She eats sand - yum!

Cas getting rocks for Elyza's pool

Ellie showing me a rock she found (we came home with a bunch of rocks...

I wonder where she gets it from?)

Elyza in her forming pool

Cassie & Elyza

Elyza in her finished pool

Ellie dumping more water in Elyza's pool.

This is one of my favorite pictures

Ellie sitting on the beach

2nd favorite picture

Look at all that hair! Miss curly Q

Lyzie

Eatin' cherries

Cherry face

Miss Ellie

Ellie walking up the stairs to the bridge, going home...

Cassie and Ellie crossing bridge

View from the bridge

Look who was tired

And someone else was tired too...

Ellie woke up when Dad was in the grocery store, so I harrassed her with the camera

It's summer-time

We have a very small yard that needs a lot of work and only have a metal swing set and not alot of playmates. Ellie loves loves loves playing outside and loves playing with other kids. Doug and I were talking and I told him that I often don't take her to the park because she always wants to stay for hours and I feel bad not staying for hours and frankly it's B-O-R-I-N-G for me when I take her alone. I admitted that I should just take her a couple times a week for at least 30 minutes and at least she'd be going more.

So Doug and I made a deal with Ellie last Sunday that we would try to take her to the park at least 4 times a week (at least twice each) and playgroup days count for me, lol, as long as she would not get upset or argue when it was time to leave.

So far it is Wednesday and she has been to the park three times now, Sunday we took her together, Monday I took her for about an hour by myself and today Doug took her for about an hour and a half - 2 hours by himself - and to a water playground even!

What a nice compromise for a 5-year old eh? And now that Elyza can at least swing and crawl on the grass it's not so bad for her either. She loves the swings and loves to crawl on the grass.

It's almost summer!

It was super hot today, ok, well super hot for May in Western Washington. It was in the 80's today.

Ellie had her first day of baseball today. They called her the big hitter, and she was the only kid they called a big hitter. Once she made contact with the ball she hit it far!!

After baseball we came home, had lunch, packed some snacks and other stuff and headed out to Kayak Point. Ellie has been begging me for weeks to go to the beach, even when it was raining! She fell asleep in the van on the way with her goggles on, it was so sweet. We didn't even know that she put them on but looked back and saw her sleeping with them on.

At Kayak point there is a super cool play structure there and also the beach (saltwater.) One part is a huge structure of ropes that you can climb way up to the top. Cassie and Ellie both climbed to the top. Ellie did it first, and Cassie couldn't let her little sister beat her so she did it too. Ellie couldn't be outdone, so she did it again.

(Cassie sitting at the top)

(Ellie standing at the top)

Cassie and Ellie played alot in the water. When I went down to the beach with Miss Elyza she tried to eat rocks, everytime I'd pull a rock out of her mouth she would put another in. If you have never felt the water on Washington's coasts, it's COLD, but they loved playing in it anyway.

Miss Elyza and I spent most of the time playing in the shade on a blanket. Here are some sweet pictures of her just because she's beautiful.

We left a little earlier than planned because Miss Elyza turned into a crabby apple. She desperately needed a nap and couldn't nap with all of the activity. But all the kids napped on the way home. (Didn't get Elyza napping because she is still rear facing)