the camping weekend and other fall things

i haven't written about thatcher and the kids' weekend while i was away, so i'm catching up on that now. he decided to take them camping by himself (he's braver than me!). they went to fort flagler state park, which is near port townsend. they took a ferry (which ended up taking hours to leave the terminal due to some sort of diver rescue situation). it sounds like it was a rather cold and wet overnight, but they still managed to have a good time. especially flying kites...

this past week we had chilly mornings with sunny afternoons. the constant rain hasn't set in yet, which has been nice. i'm sure it's only a matter of time. on wednesday after early release, we met our friends casey, ella kate, and julie at swanson's nursery for a coffee/treat and to play in the hay maze. it's indoors and not very big, but still good for entertaining the kids for an hour. they humored their moms by sitting on the photo opp bench.

the trees are really getting beautiful around here. i actually pulled over my car on 65th near our house to take a picture of this one. 

the kids have been really into drawing robots lately. one night they kept very focused in hopes that we would not notice it was time for them to go to bed ;) 

i added some halloween decorations to the fall decorations i had already put out, so our house is feeling cozy and festive and it makes me happy! 

we didn't have much planned this weekend, but thatcher took ashford to the brick con lego convention at seattle center on saturday, and azalea and i decided to have a little date ourselves - out to lunch for thai. she's obsessed :) then we went to michael's to get a birthday gift for her friend's party this week. 

another beautiful tree - this one in lower queen anne

saturday night we watched "the chronicles of narnia" with the kids. they loved it! 

sunday morning we hung out at home then in the afternoon, thatcher and azalea went to the farmers market while i took ashford to his first kindergarten buddy birthday party. it was at seattle gymnastics academy in ballard, which is his favorite place! they invited the whole class, so it was a big party and lots of fun. i stayed and chatted with the other parents who were there. when we got home, thatcher and azalea were playing risk. ashford joined in too. and i read my book :) we had a quiet night at home and got ready for the week ahead.