Greetings!We spent the rainy June planning what we would do if the summer ever arrived. One of the things that we wanted to do was to take the kids to the beach. The lowest tides of the year occurred this past week and we jumped on the opportunity and went down to a beach on the puget sound. Jonas and Elsa were a little unsure of the whole endeavor but rallied when we all went to Steamers (a local seafood restaurant adjacent to the beach). They each loved french fries! Add that to the list.
On our evening walks, Jonas and Elsa love to run in the backyard for a bit before we get into the stroller. Our backyard is on a slope and we have discovered that they have very distinctive strengths in their walking. Elsa will walk across the angled hill with no problem and only slows down when she has to either go up or down the hill. Jonas, on the other hand, will run, tumble, jump down and up the hill but then tentatively side-steps when he walks across. Elsa loves pine-cones and Jonas always has to have a stick.
One of the traditions that we have in the house is an evening dance session. We have the movie "Mamma Mia" saved on our tivo. The final closing credits involve two songs performed by the cast. Jonas and Elsa love this and request it by shaking their hips. So once, twice, sometimes even three times a day, we have a family dance off in the living room. Lots of fun!
We met with the eye specialist this past week and are planning on surgery in October for Elsa. She needs to be fully recovered from the g-tube operation in august and so that left October for the two cataracts.
Pictures: (Elsa and her monkeys; beach!; beach!; beach!; soccer practice) Videos: Elsa making monkey sounds; Elsa and Jonas on the giraffe.
God Bless,
Mari, Dan, Elsa & Jonas
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