Father's Day - Part 2

On they way home from our aborted bike ride, we passed Lake Sammish and decided to check out the boat launch. The lake is lovely but the take out is brutal. We don't have a 4x4 so it makes pulling our boat out a major operation with as many adult in the back of the truck as possible. We are a little short of adults in our family so we wait until other people arrive. Since we haven't been here for a couple years due to that reason we decided to check it out. The day in Bellingham was beautiful not at all like in Woodinville. We pull into the lot, look around and the next thing I know John is diving into the water. We bribed the kids to go into the water too.

Apres nous avons decider de retourner a la maison en le jour de pere, nous visitons une lac pres de nous. C'est vraiment joli et nous aimons la lac mais c'est trops difficile avec le bateau. C'est facile de metre le bateau dans l'eau mais quand nous voulons prendre le bateau nous n'avons pas assez de force avec le camion de prendre le bateau. Nous pensons que peut etre c'est different apres quelques annee alors nous avons aller de voir. Mais non, c'est le meme. Nous voyons l'eau et John decede de plunger dans l'eau. C'est plus difficile pour les enfants d'aller dedans.

Job found a log that he could float on. Apparently that was better than getting all wet.

Job trouve un bois qu'il utilize comme un bateau. C'est meiux que plunger dans l'eau.

Lona wanted to try it out so bad. Lona veut esseyer le bateau aussi.

John was able to talk Job into swimming with him. finalement, John et Job nager ensemble dans la lac.

It was harder to get Lona into the water. Il faut que Lona fait un visage quand elle nage.

This was her reaction to the water.


Since when did Isaac become a farmer? What is with the grass? Qu'est que Isaac fait? Il n'est pas un fermier.

My favorite photo of the day. The color is off but I love the interaction of everyone.

That is how we ended father's day. An impromptu swim on the way home. I love spontaneity.

C;est mon photo favorite de tous la jour. Je n'aime pas le colour mais j'aime tous la familee ensemble.

C'est domment la jour de pere fini, avec un plunger dans une lac. C'est parfait.

A question by Job and a challenge for Summer

The other day Job asked me a question that I can't answer. How come you can see the shadow of heat but you can't see heat. I've noticed Post a comment please with this answer. Pass it on if you know someone that can answer this 8 year old.

Another question that he has asked that I could answer was "As someone in a car is moving toward you how come the appear to move faster and sound faster as they come nearer to you and then slow down after they pass you?" I remember watching a video about that in science in high school. I've never thought about these kinds of questions. What goes through that mind.

L'autre jour, Job pose un question que je ne peu pas repondre. Pour quoi on peut voir l'ombre de chauffe mais on per pas voir le chauffage? Je ne sais pas. Si vous savez, repondez a moi pour ce garcon qui est 8 ans.

Now a challenge. I'm going to take some photos over the course of the summer that say "summer" to me. Play along if you want. First challenge it to take photos of your garden. If you don't have a garden then take a photo of a garden/landscape around your town that you admire. Love to see every one's photos.

Cette ete, je vais prendre des photos qui est l'esprit d'ete pour moi. Jouez avec moi, s'il vous voulez. La premiere chose que je photographe est ma jardin. Si vous n'avez pas un jardin, prenez-vous un photo d'une jardin que vous amez.

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Father's Day - Part 1

On Sunday, we drove to Woodinville to go on a bike ride. The trail is Lake Sammamish Trail. We started at Wilmot Gateway Park in Woodinville. We often stop at this park when Isaac sees his doctor. I've always wanted to bike the trail that runs through it. As we started there came a large group of bikers with numbers on their shirts. Apparently there was a road bike race for cancer. It went from Seattle to Vancouver, BC. So in order to keep out of the way we went south instead of west. We periodically stopped to check Isaac's blood sugar (very important with any physical activity) and to munch on food. The little river that we followed had kyakers and canoers on it. They were part of the Mountains to Sound race. Amazing. We had only gone about 3 miles when we needed to stop. While resting and eating, we noticed at a soccer park they were shooting off rockets so we headed over there. We saw a couple of rockets set off and then came the rain. We hurried under a the roof next to the concession stand. We were joined by a father and his kids who were shooting off rockets and also a biker from Vancouver who was trying to bike 100 km that day. His goal was to put on 1000 km during the summer. Every one was very interesting. We learned about rockets, biking, and Google. I think that we were under there for 45 minutes. We left while it was sprinkling. By the time we got back to the car, the sun had come out and it was beautiful. I wanted to go on but the kids were adamant. NO! We had only gone about 6 miles. Back home we went.

Pour le jour de pere, nous avons alles au Woodinville pour faire un tour de bicyclette. Il y a un cours la entra Seattle et Vancouver BC. Nous avons decide aller sud parce que les gens vont ouest. Nous avons commence a Wilmot Gateway Park. Il faut que nous arretons de temps en temps pour Isaac de regarde son sucre du sange. Nous avons vu qu'il y de gens qui faire de la fussee. Alors nous prenons notre bicyclette et voyons les fussees. Soudain, il commence de la pluie et aussi de la grele. Nous avons reste sous un cover pendent 45 minutes. Il y a quelques autre la aussi, un homme avec son trois enfants et un homme avec une bicyclette. Quand la pluie etais presque finir, nous avons decide de retourner a la voiture. A la fin, il fait beau et je voudrais aller encore mais les enfant dit NO!

Job didn't want to go over to the rockets - too loud.

Job n'aime pas aller a les fussee - c'est trops bruyant.

Without hands - sans main

"Where you go, I will follow"

Ou tu vas, je vais suivre.

Tired,

Fatigue

A moment with Isaac

I just want to share a little about Isaac. Je voudrais partager un peu d'Isaac.

He is witty and can push my buttons easily yet do it in such a way that it is hilarious. Il pense tous les temps et fait des blag a moi, mais quand je vois son visages je juste peut rire. Il est un coquin.

We went to the library and he read a 200 page book in an hour. Quand nous allons a le biblioteque, il a lu un livre avec 200 pages dans un heur.

He has just a few really good friends. Il a quelques meilleurs amis.

He likes to swim, play soccer, read, and have Nerf gun wars with the neighborhood middle school and high school boys. Il aime de nager, jouer au football, lire, et jouer de guerre avec des pistole nerf.

He is thoughtful and quick to thank me for taking him places or doing things for him. Il est pensif et vite de dire merci pour lui prendre a une place ou donner quelque chose pour lui.

He will be in 6th grade this fall! How did that happen? Il est dans le derniere annee pour l'ecole grammer. Comment ca passe?

He is saving for an ipod. (We'll see) Il garde l'argent pour acheter un ipod. Peut-etre ca passe.

He likes to play computer games - Rise of Nations, Club Penguin, sometimes Webkins. Il aime de jouer le jeu d'ordinateur.

His job around the house daily is to load the dishwasher, make his bed, hang up jackets, keep his room picked up. Il travaille a la maison. Il met les assiette dans la lava-vaiselle, fait son lit, et arrange son chambre.

He is learning to water ski. Il apprend de faire ski nautique.

He still wants to go on a camp out with some friends for his birthday. We need to set a date. Il deja veut faire du camping avec ses amis pour son anniversaire.

He looks up to his Dad and thinks that he's the greatest. Il pense que son pere est son hero est il est le meilleur.

He's my first born. Il est mon premier ne.

Tenant Lake Young Naturalist Class

This year with MP3 the kids took a class at Tenant Lake. They learned (and I as well) about rodents, slugs and snails, volcanoes, the moon, and a few other things. It was on Thursday from 3 to 4 for 6 weeks. The kids loved it and so did I. Their teacher, Miss Rachel is pregnant and oh so cute. She had lots of energy and was very creative in her teaching. On the day they studied volcanoes, she made a volcano with ice cream, scooped out a center in the top, filled it with chocolate syrup and then right before serving, she poured mint extract on the top and lit it on fire. Very impressive. The extract was 98% alcohol so it burned well and then the chocolate syrup poured over the edge of the ice cream like lava of a volcano. That was a highlight but the kids also went out on the boardwalk and used little fish nets to dip in the water and find bugs. It was a scavenger hunt. Then they talked about the bugs and identified them. I would have never done something like this on my own. Absolutely recommend this.

En mai et juin, nous prenons une classe au lac. Les enfants ont apris des chose au rat, la lune, les volcanos, les escargots, et des betes. Ils ont joue un jeux pour apprendre des escargots. Ils ont construire un volcano, et manger des glace qui semble un volcano. Il y a peut etre vingt enfants dans la classes entre les ages de 6 ans et 11 ans. Ils aiment de attrapper les betes d'eau et voir la lune. J'aime la classe et l'enseigner. Elle fait tres bon avec les etudients.

Sights of Summer

I am loving the summer. We work so hard all year long so we can enjoy a longer summer. If it is nice then we are outside.

J'adore l'ete. On travaille pour tout l'annee donk on peut prendre un vacances d'ete plus long. S'il fait beau, on est dehors.

The googles kill me. I look at this photo and I think of little boys pretending to be superheros.

Les lunettes sont amusant. Quand je vois ca photo, je pense de petit garcon qui joue des superheros.

Summer sign: flip flops

On apport ces chauseurs pendant l'ete.

Camping in the backyard only kids.

Les enfants font du camping derrier la maison tout seul.

Playing in the swimming pool.

Jouer dans la piscine.

Job is on a baseball kick right now.

Job aime de jouer le baseball.

Filling up the swimming pool.

Metre d'eau dans la piscine.

A summer evening after swimming. Love the golden color of the light.

Un soir d'ete apres un jour de nager. J'aime le color du lumier dans cette photo.

When visiting my grandmother as a girl we would eat outside on the patio almost every lunch. to me eating outside is a sign of summer.

Quand j'etait petite, je voudrais visiter ma grandmere et grandpere. Pour le dejeuner, on voudrais manger dehors. Pour mois c'est un memoire joli.

Playing with neighbor kids and water.

Jouer avec des copines et d'eau.

Waiting for the big boys so he can attack them.

Il attend les grands garcons pour les attacker.

Each day nerf guns are played with.

Chaque jour ils ont jouer avec les pistoles de nerf.