Non-stop Talker

Vega is full on talking non-stop now. From the moment she wakes up to the moment she finally gives up the fight and goes to sleep, she is talking. Lately she's been getting more and more creation witht eh things she is saying.

While I was trying to get her to bed:

Daddy: Close your eyes sweetheart. Go to sleep
Vega: but I can't close my eyes. I'll turn into a tomato.

At the zoo:

Vega: I wanna go to the nightzipper. (Night Exhibit)
Vega: I wanna go see the mingos (Flamingos)
Vega: Let's go see the ringadingdings. I love the ringadingdings. (Orangutans)

While Athena was trying to get her to bed:

Vega: Stop making me grumpy Mommy

While I was trying one night to get her to go to bed

Daddy: Nightnight sweetheart
Vega: I can't go to sleep. I'm just trying to sing
Daddy: But you need to go to sleep
Vega: I'm too sick to sleep
Daddy: You need to sleep so you can feel better
Vega: Ok Daddy

A trip to the Blueberry Farm

Today we planned to go to one of the many U-pick strawberry places around Seattle. I had been talking about this with Vega since yesterday so we definitely didn't want to miss this. Unfortunately we wasted too much time doing stuff at home after her nap and we ended up getting out of the house too late to get to the u-pick places.

So instead we decided to go to the blueberry farm in Bellevue. This places is just across Lake Washington from Seattle so it's really easy to get to. The problem is that blueberries don't ripen for another couple of weeks. There is a produce stand there though that does sell all kinds of berries from farms around the area. Vega was thrilled. She got to 'pick' strawberries, raspberries & rhubarb.

Then we went on a walk around the marshes & blue berry farms of the Mercer Slough. Vega went into full-on Explorer mode, saying "Ok guys, let's go. First, grumpy troll bridge..." The funny thing is this trail has tons of little bridges over irrigation ditches and marshy areas. So at every single bridge she would stop and pretend to be the grumpy troll, saying "you can't cross my bridge" until Athena and I did something, like count to 5, or dance or jump up and down or make a silly face. One time Athena counted but I didn't and Vega "Ok mommy, you can cross my bridge. You still have to count daddy".

Camping at Lake Wenatchee

This weekend we went to Lake Wenatchee to go camping with the kids. We left Seattle Saturday morning since we didn't want Deklan's first camping trip to be a two day event. The drive was nice though Vega was freaking by the time we pulled in to the campsites. In fact she was freaking out so much at one point that I had to pull over and talk to her on the side of the road. She had a time out under a big tree.

The lake is gorgeous. The first place we went to was way around the left side of the lake. The road to the campsite is pretty crazy with steep slopes on either side. The driveways for people's lake cabins were basically sheer dropoffs. The campsites we found were great, but the mosquitoes were relentless so we decided to try a different campsite. This site appeared to be better but later when I was setting up the tent I discovered how horrible they were. After quickly setting up the tent we went to the lake shore where somebody said "ouch, looks like you got bit too". My face was covered in bites.

The lake itself was great. No mozzies, warm & sunny. The water was absolutely freezing but Vega didnt' seem to mind. Especially because whenever she got too cold she had a dad around to pick her up. We spent a ton of time in the water and once you got used to it the temp wasn't that bad.

Back at the campsite, Athena and Deklan stayed in the tent while Vega and I built a fire. She was so good at listening to instructions! She helped me gather kindling, she helped me stack up the wood in the fire pit. She stayed back while I cut down the logs with my ax and never tried to touch the fire. She had a blast though stomping around the campsite and naming things. Once the sun was down and the fire was going, the mozzies seemed to go away so we hung out by the fire for a bit before going to bed. Vega and Deklan both slept really well.

Since the mosquitoes were waiting for us in the morning we decided to have breakfast in Leavenworth before heading back to Seattle.

Singing a little song

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Taking pictures of baby kisses

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Vega wants to go to the park, in the rain at night in November (by Athena)