We had our annual visit up to Grandma Pam’s cabin at Lummi
and it was another great trip! The kids
were exploring the beach, looking for sea glass, crabs and star fish. This year was a new first….we saw a dead
octopus! It was pretty small, but very
cool. Seems like there’s always
something new to find :o). Aunt Pam was
busy searching for clams to cook for dinner and she collected quite a few. It is too bad more of us don’t appreciate
seafood! I learned if you add baking
soda to their water, they will spit out the sand. Ainsley and Maggie got squirted while looking
at the clams and there was lots of screaming and laughing. They sure are ugly little things, not too appetizing,
but Maggie was brave and tried one and actually ate a couple more. K ate one, but he ended up spitting it out on
the deck. I really wanted Reggie and
Ainsley to give it a try, so I tried one to show them it wasn’t so bad (the
texture is the problem for me!). After a
lot of coaxing, Reggie finally tried one and he ended up gagging and spitting
it out on his plate. Guess he didn’t
like it! After that, there was no way
Ainsley was going to try it. He did it
because he got a bigger piece of cake (a true Wade!).
Looking for crabs
We decided to celebrate K’s birthday up there and after dinner we opened presents. He sure had us rolling with laughter. We didn’t bring his presents with us from California because they were too big to fit in the car, but I felt bad not doing anything, so I got him 2 Spongebob books and a box of Lucky Charms. You would have thought he hit the lottery!!! Then he opened presents from the grandma’s and Rinehardt’s and was so excited. He told me just yesterday that he loved all the presents he got for his birthday :o).
Hugging his box of Lucky Charms...
The next morning, I went for an early run around the island and saw a buck and doe :o). After that we headed to the rock beach to search for cool rocks. We found too many to carry and the plan was to paint them, but I think we might run out of time. We saw a few seals playing in the water and that was really cool. Ainsley wanted to see a dolphin and just watched the water for a really long time. We packed up after lunch and managed to be the first cars on the ferry. What a view of Mt. Baker….it was beautiful!
The grandma's having a little fun :o).
All in one car....notice the hand in the back.
The grandma's having some fun :o).
Ryan flew in the next day and we were all so excited to see him! We celebrated his birthday (Happy 37th to the love of my life and best friend
ever!) and have been indulging in all kids of party food since. The kids have been playing on the beach and
in the water everyday, as well as spending lots of time in their tree fort. I’m not sure what they do up there, but they
really enjoy themselves!!!
Bubble fun
We keep trying to get the kids on the knee board, but no luck. Ainsley seems like she wants to try it (Ryan has been pulling them on the beach). We still have 2 days left...
We went down to stay the night at the Rinehardt’s on Monday night and headed to the zoo Tuesday morning. I was surprised we made such good time visiting all the exhibits. The best was feeding the birds….The bird man gave Liha 5 sticks all at once and no one was prepared, so she had birds all over her and we had no camera ready. We finally got organized and the animal lover Ainsley wouldn’t do it. I think watching Aunt Liha was enough for her. K was the last one in there, hoping one more would come land on his empty stick.
Yesterday was overcast and a nice, quiet day. Grandma and Reggie made lavender sticks and Sarah and Stella came over to play on the beach. It was also the first day we had rain and it was exciting. Thunder/lightening/wind and pouring down rain. It was fun! Lightening struck this hills however and started a forest fire in the late evening. The wind is blowing the fire away from the lake and we’ve been socked in all day, so we can’t see what is happening. There was a helicopter that flew over, so I think it is still burning. It was quite far away and you could see the flames….they must have been a hundred feet in the air…yikes!
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