Doughnuts for Dinner

Greetings!

 

Sometimes you need to have doughnuts for dinner!  Elsa and Jonas had their first trip to legendary doughnuts.  They were impressed!  The doughnuts are the size of a small planet.  It was a sweet treat for the final full weekend of summer vacation!

 

That's right...school starts next week.  Jonas and Elsa went to school with Dan and helped him set up his classroom.  The picture of Jonas building a jenga tower is from the classroom (the guitar is already unpacked:).  The kids are both very excited to be returning to their same teacher.  They are the big kids now and can't wait to tell their teacher about all the things they learned. 

 

We spent a day at the annual Sand in the City event in Olympia.  Jonas and Elsa were able to meet Smokey the Bear!  It was pretty cool.  The event was awesome with lots to see and do.  It is adjacent to the Children's Museum so we were able to parlay the event into a double feature of activity!  Lots of fun and a great day.  The museum has a play stream outside and it is always a massive hit with the kids.  See below for tons of pictures!  Jonas had a big personal victory at the museum--he made it to the eagle's nest!  This required climbing and crawling through an elaborate structure that adults have a difficult time even entering--he had turned around at the ladder the last two times but conquered it this time. 

 

God Bless,

Mari & Dan & Elsa & Jonas