First Day of School

It has become a tradition for Parker and me to get a frozen treat from Ken's Market on our walk home from his first day of school and this year Conway got to join us! Conway and Monroe(!) started school the following week. Parker is very excited to have Mr. McGregor as his teacher this year. Conway told me after his first week of Pre-K that he thinks he's ready for Kindergarten now. :-) And when I took Monroe into his classroom for his first day of preschool with Ms. Kippy, he turned to me and very confidently said "Go". Never mind the other two year olds around him who were crying as their parents left. Well, look out world. The Totten boys are coming! 

 

P.S. Parker Starts First Grade, Conway Starts Preschool

Seabrook for Labor Day

Many of our friends have been spending Labor Day weekend in Seabrook, WA for years now and in fact a few of them even own a vacation home there together, but for some reason this was the first year our family joined in on the fun. I mean, what's not to love? Lots of friends for the kids and the adults (just look at that gaggle of kids in the picture above!), a playground, bike trails, and the beach nearby! I'm not sure why it took us so long to get on board, but Seabrook for Labor Day will definitely be on repeat for us. 

Summer Camps

The boys got to take part in some really fun camps this summer and while we didn't get pictures of all of them, I thought the ones we did get pictures of were worth posting. These first two photos are of what we commonly refer to as "Mama Camp". Basically it means the boys didn't have another camp so we were able to go on an adventure/outing together. These two were at the zoo and of course the boys were just as interested in posing with the statues of animals as they were looking at the real animals. Go figure.

{Parker and his friend Finn at a combination Basketball and Football camp}

{Conway and his friend Reid at Sounders camp}

{Parker and Finn at Moss Bay camp where they sailed, paddle boarded, and kayaked!}

{Parker and his friends Roark and Gray at Sweetlines mountain biking camp}

{One day of mountain biking camp was cancelled because of the smoke from surrounding forest fires so in the morning I took Parker an his friends to the zoo...}

{...they went to Gray's house for lunch...}

{...and played at Roark's house in the afternoon. Not a bad day of camp!}

{More Mama Camp at the Woodland Park Zoo...}

{… and a Discovery Park hike!}

And just like that summer is coming to an end...

Rivergirl's Reunion

About a year ago I did a pretty lengthy post titled Smoked Salmon detailing an epic river trip that I was fortunate enough to be a part of. Well, four out of the five of us girls on that trip decided to have a reunion (we were missing Laurie who was busy guiding another river trip). Anna, Elly, and I met up at my mom's farm in Camas for a lovely weekend of glow in the dark Bocce Ball, floating on the Washougal River, a hilarious round of golf at The Edgefield, and lots of catching up and reminiscing. Even though Sarah wasn't able to join the original trip on the Salmon River, we were so glad that we got to have her with us for a portion of this reunion. 

And here are a few photos... 

 

 

And the weekend concluded with a peaceful walk through the woods. 

Until next time, ladies. 

Attack!!

Terrible Twos

{"No Mama! I don't want to take a nap!"}

Sailing with Boys