Lincoln Park 2

More Lincoln Park pictures. This is a small playground near the beach. On our hike out we stumbled across a much bigger playground and even though Braedyn was tired we still had to stop to hit the slide a few times.

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Lincoln Park

Another perfect day in Seattle (we do have them on occassion). We headed out to Lincoln Park in West Seattle. There is some great hiking there through thick forest and then an absolutely perfect beach front park. Lots of rocks, ferry boats going by and nice paths. There is even a salt water public swimming pool there, it wasn't open for the season yet though. We had a nice walk to the beach and then spent some time picking up sticks and rocks. We tried to fly our kite that we just got, but the wind was a little on the light side. After that we headed to a little playground and sat around in the sun eating a picnic lunch.

Tiny Treks Week 2

Week 2 of tiny treks took us to Idylwood park in Redmond. This is a regular spot for Braedyn so he was wondering why we weren't heading straight for the beach today. Once we got there he knew right where to find the rocks though.

 

Swimming

We head to the pool every Friday and Sunday evening so that Braedyn can get in some swim time. He has really been enjoying it lately and is gettin a lot more comfortable in the water. His favorite thing to do is to climb out using the ladder and then jump back in to daddy. This week we decided to try him in some new goggles.

Trains

Watching the train at Carkeek park in Seattle

losing my marbles

Braedyn was quiteproud of his toe jam.

 

Tiny Treks

Braedyn and Daddy are signed up for Tiny Treks with the Redmond Parks and Recreation on Thursday mornings. It is lots of fun for Braedyn as it is outside and in the woods and there are plenty of opportunities to throw rocks and pick up sticks. This week we were at Farrel-McWhirter Park in Redmond for a hike through the woods and a stop off to see the animals at the farm. Braedyn got to make his own set of binoculars first and sing some fun songs.

 
 

Gardening

Since the weather cooperated last weekend we got a few of our seeds in the ground (hopefully the snow this week won't kill them off). Braedyn really enjoyed dropping the seeds into the holes and then covering them up with dirt and then stomping on them with his boots! He's been so excited by the seeds we started indoors that it will be exciting once these start popping up in a couple weeks. This weekend included planting corn and beans. Lots more to go once the weather gets nice again...

 
 
 
 

Last Saturday was such a nice day that we decided to ride bikes into town for dinner.

 
 

relaxing in the sun

More pictures from our weekend trip to Carkeek Park in Seattle. Some scenery, play and lunch pictures.

day at the park

Talisha taking in some sunshine on a nice beached log...



Braedyn hanging out with Angelina and Isaiah (Ying's kids), playing in the water.

Carkeek Park Scenery

Some of the scenery at Carkeek Park in Seattle

Carkeek Park, Seattle

Saturday was absolutely gorgeous. 70 degrees and sunny. So we headed out for a sampling of some more local parks. Carkeek park was recommended as a great park for kids. It has everything Braedyn could ever want: A large beach on the Puget Sound with sand, rocks, mud and water; a large playground with slides, rock structures to climb on, and wide open fields; and finally a bridge over a railroad track that has lots of trains going by at high speed! For parents its also great as there are nice logs laying around to relax on and an easy view of wherever your kid might roam to, there are awesome views of the Olympic mountains over the sound, and a host of friendly parents haning around.

We weren't the only ones in Seattle that knew about this park, it was packed with kids of all ages out enjoying the perfect weather. We spent a couple hours at the beach park playing with Isaiah (a friend of co-worker Ying), getting wet and dirty and throwing rocks in the water. Then we attempted to leave to go sit at a coffee shop for lunch, but when Braedyn caught sight of the playground there was no leaving until it had been explored.

Sunny Seattle

We've been getting our fair share of sun here lately and the temps are starting to warm up a bit as well. This makes park visits all the more enjoyable for everyone. This particular to trip to Houghton Beach Park in Kirkland with Amiee and June was a gorgeous day.

Bouncy Castle

Breadyn and mommy got to spend the day at the bouncy castle place with Isaiah and Marilyn. It was quite a hit.