MIPA Circus

Happy Easter!

This weekend we went to egg hunts at the Zoo and at a park on Mercer Island (that one was chaos- the whole thing was over in about 3 minutes; Z will need to train before next year’s event- or at least learn some defensive moves). Z is a pro egg hunter now and was thrilled to find the eggs the Easter Bunny had left for her this morning. 

The zoo:

Mercer Island Egg Hunt:

Easter morning (and Z’s new “cheeeeeeese” face…):

Zoey discovers Hawaii

Despite continuous stomach flu shared amongst the family and some cloudy/rainy weather, it is great to be back introducing Zoey to Hawaii

Play date

Hi!

Symphony

Thanks to Karen and Yosh for the fun Tiny Tots Symphony tickets! We had a great time on our symphony date.

Snowflake Lane

We took Zoey to Snowflake Lane– they shut down a couple blocks outside of a mall in Bellevue for a nightly Christmas show. They have drummers, dancers, characters walking around handing out lollipops, music, and fake snow. What’s not to love?!

This face says it all:

Snow!!!!!!

We woke up to thick heavy snow coming down this morning! We got outside while it lasted to enjoy.

Catching snowflakes on her tongue 

Meeting Santa

Zoey was totally fine with Santa… until suddenly he wanted her to sit on his lap. To avoid a case of stage fright Dad held her and we snapped these pics. Mercer Island had a Christmas festival that started with a tree lighting outside then followed with a party in the firehouse. The firemen made chili and there were vendors with treats and a band. Very cute!

Halloween

Oops! I’ve fallen behind on Z pics. Here are some from Halloween. Z loved trick or treating. Hardest part was explaining that we can’t do it everyday. She did well at ringing the doorbell and saying thank you… actually saying trick or treat was only about half the time :).  

Twinsies

Routing for the Broncos today… sorry, M

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Brought the team cheer to Home Depot

Apple picking

We went apple picking with some friends. Not many apples left but Z got to pick a couple from the tree plus pet their baby goats. Then we came home and made apple crisp (though we ended up buying most of the apples from the grocery store!). 

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Falling

Z and I met some friends at the farm for their Toddler Days.


Zoey loves busses (mostly because of the Wheels on the Bus song) so she was thrilled to check one out and ‘drive’ her friend around.

We got to feed little goats and sheep

Checking out a teepee

Zoo fun

Hi!

Hi friends!

Come with us on our hike exploring the park near our house

Out for a run

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Library+

The best smile to wake up to:

After breakfast we checked out the local library. They have a program for young kids with 30 minutes of playtime with various toys, storytime and songs for 30 minutes, and then art for 30 minutes. All free and very fun.  Then we hit the playground to round it out.

Now lunch!

Cougar Mountain

Super cheese

Learning to ID huckleberry 

Whoa! Look at my big rock!

Everyone made it back down one way or another

Playdate