Friday, June 3, 2011 at 08:02 PM

The house is blissfully quiet.  I can even hear the clock ticking. Baby asleep. Kids playing outside. Husband fixing sprinklers.

Me:

Knitting: these

Sipping: port. Not too much...I'm on call.  And yes! I finally made it to the beginning, middle, and end of a birth last weekend. Welcome Wee One. Actually he was quite big! 9#8oz

Contemplating: Classical Conversations, Montessori, Winterpromise, CVA, and a bazillion other homeschooling options. Chime in with any thoughts that you might have about any of them.

A great way to ease into the weekend. Whew! That was one of the longest "short weeks" that I've had in a long time.  Glad it's over.

::Cheers::

Around the yard

After dinner last night: Carl was planting perenials in the front yard, the girls were next door playing outside with the neighbor kids, and Ian was eating bark. I grabbed my camera and took advantage of the lovely evening light.

I'm soaking up our cooler-than-usual Spring.  I'm not quite ready for the 85 degree weather yet (neither is our pool).  The wheat fields are still green and the hostas are incredibly lush.

We've only lived in our house for 6 years so much of our landscaping is very immature.  It's rewarding to finally see some of our yard in bloom!

Ian loves to play with the rocks in the yard.  He alternately fills and empties his bucket with them.

I just never get tired of looking out to the fields.  The wheat is long enough now that when the wind blows it looks like a flowing river.  It can be mezmorizing.

The chives are so pretty right now. I broke down and bought some more veggie plants from the nursery today. They are bigger than the tiny babies that I put out a couple of weeks ago. Fingers crossed they will make it!  I'll do a garden tour once it takes off.

The girls have been somewhat indifferent to the planting thus far. I am hoping that when school is out (in only a couple of weeks- yay!) and when the plants start to take off, this will change.  Ian, on the other hand, is pretty much hands on!  I don't get much done when he is "helping" me.

The dishwasher is broken.  We found a pencil jammed in the filter/pump. No one would fess up.  I have a feeling that the likely culprit is the Littlest.  It won't be until Thursday that a new one will be delivered.  You cannot even imagine how many dirty dishes are piled up on my kitchen counter right now!  Oh how I hate hand washing.  What did housewives of the past do without the modern convience?  With four more days to go and 3 meals a day for 6 people...I may break down myself. It might come to paper plates.

It was good

The Paramount is not much to look at on the outside, but inside...

it is really quite lovely.  It truly feels like an authentic theater experience.

Right after I snapped this picture (without my flash and 20 whole minutes before the play started) the "theater police" put the smack down on my photographing anything. In fact, they even threatened to take away my camera! Sheesh!

The show was wonderful.  Our collective favorite numbers were "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" and "Step in time".  Bert actually tap danced upsidedown on the ceiling and at one point Mary Poppins came floating out into the audience. My absolute favorite part was watching the faces of my girls. Priceless. Laurel gave it all a "two peace-outs". That's good. Really good.

Not only was the performance enjoyable, but so was the weather-- rare for Seattle.

We meandered down towards the water before dinner to stretch our legs and smell the salty air.

I really do love the city in small bites.  It is busy and loud, but exciting and full of life.  I could just people watch for hours. 

This group of theater patrons (cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandmas) was well pleased.  It was good. All of it.

I came home to a happy boy who had a fun day hanging with Dad.  The cupboards were filled with junk food!?! I was only gone for 12 hours. How did that stuff find its way in?  Oh well, boys will be boys.