Sesame Street, Aquarium, Zoo & Swing Set!

The month of May was a busy one! It started out with our Sesame Street Live show. Shaun had a blast. He was such a good boy; sitting and watching intently the whole time. He wasn’t one of the little ones running up and down the aisle because he didn’t want to miss any of the show! At intermission we told him it was break time and then Elmo and the gang would be back, so that satisfied him during the break. However at the end, he said, “Break time!” and was bummed when we told him it was all over and time to go home. We bought him a few souvenirs of course: a t-shirt, the program which is like a big picture book, and an Elmo twirly toy.

We also took Shaun to the Seattle Aquarium for the first time. He wasn’t into it as much as I thought he would be, but he still had a lot of fun.

We also went to the Woodland Park Zoo on Memorial Day weekend. We went last year at the same time, so we thought it would be good to go again. We learned last year that the Navy sells discounted tickets at the base, so Bill went and bought 2 tickets ahead of time (Shaun is still free). Full price this time of year is $16.50 for adults, and the base sells them for $10 with no specific day required to go. We also saw you can buy $2 off tickets at Iver’s around the Sound. We had a good time even though the weather wasn’t that great. We were originally planning to go on Monday, but the weather forecast for Sunday was a little better, so we played hooky from church and went that day. We still got sprinkled on, but we didn’t even bring out the umbrellas we brought. Shaun had a good time and got a stuffed penguin as a souvenir. We are thinking of checking out the Pt. Defiance Zoo & Aquarium on my day off for the 4th of July because it sounds like they have different animals to see.

Shaun got his very own swing set/play house in the backyard! Grandma & Grandpa said they would get him one for his birthday back in February. We finally found one that we like. We knew we wanted one that had some climbing parts to it since Shaun is a boy and loves the climbing things at the parks. It is amazing how extravagant, big and expensive they can get! You can spend thousands of dollars! We were not looking for one anywhere near that expensive though. Luckily Lowe’s has one where you buy the parts separately and make it as extravagant or not as you wish for a reasonable price even if you were to buy the most extravagant setup. We have not had a lot of good weather, so putting it together has taken awhile and it is not totally done yet. Dad & Bill have spent several hours on 3 different days so far putting it together. There still will be a rock wall on the right hand side (with more siding), a few more handles and a steering wheel up in the play house when it is totally done. Shaun loves it already! Thank you Grandma & Grandpa!

We also started swim for the spring/summer and went with Antonio and Jess to Renae’s for a visit and day at the park since it was so nice that day.

Later this month we are looking forward to a trip to Montana to visit family. Shaun will get to meet his 3 cousins and 2 of his uncles for the first time and see Grandma and another uncle again (who he has only “seen” when he was 1 month old).

We are hoping for some better weather soon since this spring has been awfully rainy!