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  • Bored hot gorilla

    Bored hot gorilla

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    We watched the gorillas for nearly an hour. The baby gorilla was so bored and her mom had no energy to play with her. I could totally relate. The young gorilla finally discovered that the kids on the other side of the glass could be very entertaining. Dahlia would hold up her hand against the glass and the gorilla would imitate her. I wish I had better pictures but I found myself simply just enjoying the interactions between the two of them.

  • zoo during the heat wave

    zoo during the heat wave

    The zoo was very empty when Dahlia and I went. It was in the 90’s but
    in the shade it was fine.

  • trying to find a cool spot to hang out

    trying to find a cool spot to hang out

    Monti attended a choir camp in Seattle during the hottest week of the
    summer. I had planned to stay in Seattle between 9 and 3 with Dahlia
    instead of making the round trip twice each day. We tried roller
    blading and bike riding on some paths in the city but it was just too darn hot.

    Playgrounds were empty and Seattle has only 2 public pools so we found a
    couple places to cool off at including the Green Lake wading pool.

  • Torture

    Torture


    This series of pictures just breaks my heart. The girls really wanted their ears pierced. After deciding to do it they had to wait a couple of hours so that Claire’s would have 2 employees able to pierce at the same time. I know Monti was just stressed waiting all that time. She decided to go first. She did a really good job being the brave big sister. She simply looked stunned afterwards and said “that really did hurt.” Dahlia had a tougher time keeping the tears in but both said they would do it again if they could go back in time.

  • Hoh Rain Forest

    Hoh Rain Forest

    We hiked through the Hoh rain forest in the Olympic National Park.
    This area of Washington gets about 12-14 feet of rain. Overall I
    thought the rain forest in Mt Rainier’s national park was more
    impressive than this one.

  • on the coast

    on the coast

    We made it to Washington’s Pacific coast for the afternoon. On our way
    home Monti collected the remains of a variety of sea creatures while
    Dahlia enjoyed writing her name.

  • Modeling

    Modeling

    The girls did a little modeling for me when we went to the temperate rain forest.

  • Deal with the face painter

    Deal with the face painter

    The farmer’s market had lots of other vendors. One of them is the face
    painter lady. Monti drifted on over there and started talking to the
    lady. I was determined to not give her money for any face painting. I
    wanted her to stay focused on her goal of selling baked goods. After 5
    minutes of conversation the lady started painting her face for free.
    Monti came back beaming telling me she had made a deal with the lady
    to help promote her face painting in exchange for free face painting.
    Monti did live up to her end of the bargain.

  • Dahlia and Alec

    Dahlia and Alec

    This is Dahlia and her friend Alec.

  • the Froghopper

    the Froghopper

    I took the girls to the Family Fun Center. They couldn’t get enough of
    the froghopper ride.