Being

I know that everyone gets antsy when we go too long with nothing new to report, but lately we've just been sort of submerged in the daily grind.

The weather has finally gotten nice enough for Dad'n to start riding his bike to work over the newly rebuilt historic 11th Street bridge, and Mommy is eyeballs deep in "Policy Governance 101" as a new member of the amazing Tacoma Food Coop Board of Directors.

Ewan is, as always, just trying to get himself into Mrs. Kirbawy's classroom.
Head first and full speed ahead.

Drake has been spending some quality time with Ms Peg, an amazing Occupational Therapist who has diagnosed him with "Tactile Defensiveness" (which I will let you google for yourself) and is working with him to provide "tactile stimulation". I'm sure we'll have MUCH more to say about this new development in the future, but for now, we'll just all have to Google together.

Pickles

Great Grandma Silva will definitely approve of this guy's new favorite food, but probably not the practice of double dipping to get more juice.

Really Complete Sentences

"A hug and a milk-nap please, Mommy?"

Springtime

We're so happy that the new house has a cherry tree!

A mysterious place with no name:

Usually my iPhone seems to communicate very nicely with Flicker, and can tell viewers the exact location that our photos where taken.
This week, it got a little confused about Grandpa's new house:

New bikes!

Score!
Almost new Skuut bike on Craigslist AND a BRAND new pedal bike at the kids consignment store!

Hello, Sunshine!

The first beach day of the year - yippee!

Unbuilding

Drake said:
"Mommy, I'm helping Grandpa build his house, and how I'm helping is by sort of un-building!"
(Taking off the concrete forms after Grandpa and Mommy poured the foundation.)