Hungry kid

Watching cookies bake...


Mad about something...


"Mama, I'm hungry..." resulted in a post-bedtime snack of tapioca pudding:


(Miles is sitting on a cooler because we -- Ethan, Kathy, Miles, Seth, and I-- are headed to the Sol Duc Hot Springs in Olympic National Park tomorrow.)

Egg hunting at the Zoo!

Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo had an egg hunt this morning. Utter chaos! The North Meadow of the zoo was strewn with hundreds (thousands?) of plastic eggs, and every half hour, staff opened the gates. I had Miles go to the older kids' -- ages 6-8 -- part of the field because the line up for the 3-5 group was too long. The eggs were empty (so the zoo wouldn't be littered with wrappers and also for the animals' health), and upon leaving the zoo, kids could trade in their eggs for candy. Miles did okay, but was very particular about his eggs...only orange made it into the bucket! Happy Easter!

Miles and his pet lion

Seth graciously brought Miles a marionette from Denver, which was received with much happiness. Here is Miles walking it:

Thanks Seth!

Auntie Lorraine comes to visit

My very good friend Lorraine came to visit us in Bellingham for the day. She is in Seattle for a conference, and took the train up. After a morning and lunch of catching up on old times and reminiscing about State College, we went to pick up Miles. They got along famously, and Lorraine bought him a cupcake (way to his heart is through his tummy) and then we dropped her off at the train station tonight.

We walked along the waterfront on the way back to our house, and Miles ventured up these stairs by himself, looking for bears (and found none).

Cloudy Sunday

The Bunns hosted the B'ham kids' crowd (Miles, Nora 1, Laoise, Nora 2, Eric, Callum, and Xavier) and their parents to a delicious brunch this morning. Highlight for Miles was John R. swinging him, Micah, Nora 1, and Laoise on the hammock (that's Crispin, Andy, and Rebecca without heads):

I'm the Dough Monster

Miles was making pizza with Eric, Ethan's best friend...Eric gave him the idea to eat dough. Miles is having a rough time lately; lots of crying (especially at bedtime) and needing extra snuggles.