martin luther king weekend

this past week has felt like spring in seattle and it makes me so happy! it's been in the 50's and sunny. we've been soaking it up because while i'm sure the worst of winter (haha, what is that?) is done here, we could definitely get more cold and snow...but maybe not?

friday i volunteered in azalea's class. they were doing a planting science experiment and her teacher needed my help prepping for it and assisting the kids. it will be fun to watch the seeds grow.

friday night we stayed in, scrounged up dinner (i'm in such a rut with planning meals lately), and got the kids to bed after overdue showers for them. switching to showers has been a game-changer. so much quicker than baths!

saturday morning we ventured out on some errands. we needed to get a birthday gift for ashford's best buddy ewan's 4th birthday party later that day. we went to fred meyer and let the kids pick out a gift (azalea was very adamant that she wanted to be involved) ;) we came home and had lunch and then it was off to the party, which was held at the phinney neighborhood center. vanessa rented a room and invited his whole preschool class plus our group of friends, so it was a packed house. luckily there was a playground right outside the room where the kids could run off their energy. they had lots of yummy snacks, and cake of course. the kids had a blast and were all hopped up on sugar. ha! 

we grilled dinner and just relaxed at home the rest of the night. we were all pooped!

sunday was a busy day! in the morning i decided it was new phone day for me! i've had the same android phone for over 3 years (which is pretty ancient in phone years). it was still working, but having a lot of issues. so, i took azalea to the tmobile store with me. my mom got a new phone recently, so i was pretty sure i was going to get the same one, but i wanted to check out some others. i settled on the one my mom has (another LG) and i am sooooo excited about it. it's definitely an upgrade from my last phone (not hard to do). haha! here's to slightly better quality pics on social media and the blog. we came home for lunch and then headed to the pacific science center as a family. it's seattle's science museum and we've only been there once in the time we've lived here. thatcher thought it might be a good place to get a membership to since the kids are getting older. we had a fun couple hours there, the kids loved it. it was really busy, so i'm looking forward to getting over there on a weekday some time.

 

 my favorite part was the tropical butterfly exhibit. the butterflies were so beautiful and landed on us multiple times. so cool! 

our final outing of the day was a preschool game night potluck. it was held at a party room of a building where one of the families lives. it was the hugest, nicest party room i've ever seen! and it had a rooftop deck with this view:

they had lots of food and games and the kids had a blast running around. thatcher got to meet some of the other parents for the first time. it was a really fun night.

monday thatcher was off work and the kids didn't have school in observance of martin luther king day. i ended up getting quite a few hours to myself because thatcher took the kids to the new paddington bear movie with his coworker karen and her daughter kiara. the company i work for did not have the day off, so i figured i better do some work. i went to java bean and worked for an hour and then went for a walk in our neighborhood before stopping off at the grocery store. it was a beautiful sunny day, so i sat outside and read my book when i got home. pretty exciting stuff! 

we made spaghetti for dinner and hung out with the kids. another fun, busy weekend! i feel like the weeks just fly by.